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- ADAM PROTEAU: Exciting hockey makes for best first round in years (The Hockey News)
- JESSE SPECTOR: #AskSpector about clutchness, goalies and ... Big Macs? (The Sporting News)
- MARK SPECTOR: Blues, Kings bringing the hits (Sportsnet)
- SEAN GENTILLE: Pens change it up, crank it up in Game 5 win (The Sporting News)
- DAVID ALTER: Phaneuf's toughest challenge lies ahead (Sportsnet)
- TOM GATTO: Lining up in Ottawa, Chicago (The Sporting News)
- ALLAN MUIR: Blackhawks send Wild to the handshake line with 5-1 win (Si.com)
- CRAIG CUSTANCE: Canucks facing five big offseason questions (ESPN)Paywall to view
- STU HACKEL: Fleury adds to Penguins' worries vs. Islanders (Si.com)
- PIERRE LeBRUN: Canadiens had strong season despite loss (ESPN)
- ALLAN MUIR: Senators rout Canadiens in Game 5, reach second round (Si.com)
- PIERRE LeBRUN: Life is good for the new-look Senators (ESPN)
- ELI BERNSTEIN: Penguins take command with 4-0 Game 5 rout of Islanders (Si.com)
- SCOTT BURNSIDE: Penguins' rebound is all about Vokoun (ESPN)
- ADAM GRETZ: Tomas Vokoun shines as Penguins win Game 5 (CBS Sportsline)
- TIM WHARNSBY: Leafs must decide on Dion Phaneuf's future (CBC)
- ROY MacGREGOR: Punch Imlach, foolish words, past meltdowns and finally the Sens finish (Globe & Mail)
- ALLAN MAKI: Thrust into the spotlight, backup goalies offer mixed results (Globe & Mail)
- DAVID SHOALTS: It's time to get rid of Phaneuf and his erratic play (Globe & Mail)
- BRUCE ARTHUR: Leafs can't afford to play it safe against Bruins (National Post)
- RON COOK: Vokoun excels despite nerves (Pittsburgh Post Gazette)
- BARRY ROZNER: Blackhawks pick good time for best game (Chicago Daily Herald)
- CHIP SCOGGINS: Wild's Harding keeps raising MS awareness (Minneapolis Star-Tribune)
- MARK HERRMANN: Isles have Pens right where they want them (New York Newsday)
- DAN O'NEILL: Blues need to start scoring (St. Louis Post Dispatch)
- RANDY SPORTAK: Kings enjoying physical series (Calgary Sun)
- DON BRENNAN: Goalie war turns into massacre (Ottawa Sun)
- STEVE BUFFERY: Leafs need centres to step up their play against Bruins (Toronto Sun)
- DREW SHARP: Wings should stick with youngsters until the end (Detroit Free Press)
- FRANK SERAVALLI: Fixing the Flyers' goaltending (Philadelphia Daily News)
- DEJAN KOVACEVIC: Penguins revisit their foundation (Pittsburgh Tribune Review)
- JASON BOTCHFORD: Questionable goalie calls might have cost the season (Vancouver Province)
- MIKE WISE: Washington's annual passion playoffs (Washington Post)
- DAVE FESCHUK: Former Leaf pick Rask getting it done for Bruins (Toronto Star)
- PAT HICKEY: Look to the future, Plekanec says (Montreal Gazette)
- JILL PAINTER: Kings are starting to get that swagger back (Los Angeles Daily News)
- TONY GALLAGHER: 2012-13 a bridge too far for Vigneault (Vancouver Province)
- WAYNE SCANLAN: WhoÕs up for another round? (Ottawa Citizen)
- STEVE SIMMONS: It's a net loss for Leafs (Toronto Sun)
- LARRY BROOKS: Time's now for RangersÕ big gun to start scoring (New York Post)
- MARK WHICKER: Ducks' Bonino still going after head start (Orange County Register)Paywall to view
- ED WILLES: Not in Gillis to acknowledge any responsibility for Canucks' failure (Vancouver Province)
- GREGG KRUPA: Wings goalie Jimmy Howard aware of his importance (Detroit News)
- DAN CAESAR: NHL disrespects, misleads its fans (St. Louis Post Dispatch)
- ROSIE DiMANNO: Toronto Maple Leafs, Dion Phaneuf turn page, focus on Game 5 against Boston Bruins in NHL playoffs (Toronto Star)
- CHIP SCOGGINS: Wild needs to find finishers to reach next level (Minneapolis Star-Tribune)
- CHRIS STEVENSON: Tomas Vokoun backstops Penguins to 3-2 series lead against Islanders (Ottawa Sun)
- CAM COLE: Kings, Blues have similar style and discipline (Vancouver Sun)
- RICK TELANDER: Blackhawks, fans have it better than other Chicago franchises (Chicago Sun-Times)
- DAVE STUBBS: Silver lining to this dark cloud (Montreal Gazette)
- HELENE ST. JAMES: No time for Wings' regrets (Detroit Free Press)
- KEN WIEBE: Capitals' Holtby playing himself into Olympic mix (Winnipeg Sun)
- CHARLEY WALTERS: Bob Naegele doesn't miss owning Wild (St. Paul Pioneer Press)
- JOHN NIYO: Young Wings players have to grow up fast to salvage season (Detroit News)
- BRUCE GARRIOCH: Team Canada GM Steve Yzerman can't be too confident in goaltending situation heading toward Sochi Games (Ottawa Sun)
- MICHAEL ARACE: NHL's TV deal turns out to be winner (Columbus Dispatch)
- MIKE SPELLMAN: Wild goalie situation lived up to team name (Chicago Daily Herald)
- BOB DUFF: Wings in must-win situation (Windsor Star)
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- KEN CAMPBELL: David Krejci making habit of performing in the playoffs (The Hockey News)
- RYAN KENNEDY: How the Minnesota Wild are similar to the 2009 Chicago Blackhawks (The Hockey News)
- MARK SPECTOR: Ducks following their leader (Sportsnet)
- JESSE SPECTOR: Derick Brassard forging a reputation with strong postseason play (The Sporting News)
- CHRIS JOHNSTON: Desperate Leafs undone by costly miscue (Sportsnet)
- SEAN GENTILLE: Tomas Vokoun to start Game 5 for Penguins; Marc-Andre Fleury out (The Sporting News)
- MICHAEL GRANGE: First pleasure, then pain (Sportsnet)
- CRAIG CUSTANCE: Boudreau's maturation as playoff coach (ESPN)Paywall to view
- ALLAN MUIR: Bruins beat Leafs 4-3 as Krejci finishes hat trick in overtime (Si.com)
- IAN MENDES: A little context to Gryba's 'blood' quote (Sportsnet)
- SCOTT BURNSIDE: Fleury gave Bylsma little choice (ESPN)
- BRIAN CAZENEUVE: New York Rangers top Washington Capitals 4-3, tie series at 2 (Si.com)
- PIERRE LeBRUN: Difficult loss leaves Leafs on the brink (ESPN)
- JONATHAN DAVIS: Kings, Ducks each win Game 5 with OT thrillers (Foxsports)
- CRAIG CUSTANCE: 'Special player' Getzlaf powering Ducks (ESPN)
- TIM WHARNSBY: Risk-taking Dion Phaneuf cost Leafs in overtime (CBC)
- ERIC DUHATSCHEK: Canucks fall from ranks of elite and rejoin chasing pack (Globe & Mail)
- ROY MacGREGOR: Senators prosper from MacLeanÕs hunches (Globe & Mail)
- JEFF BLAIR: Playoffs are a process of discovery for the Leafs (Globe & Mail)
- ALLAN MAKI: Heroes beginning to emerge in the drive for Lord Stanley's mug (Globe & Mail)
- DAVID SHOALTS: Experience, Rask turns tide in Bruins' favour (Globe & Mail)
- BRUCE ARTHUR: Leafs play a game to remember in overtime loss to Bruins (National Post)
- BRUCE ARTHUR: These NHL playoffs have not been kind to goaltenders (National Post)
- JERRY SULLIVAN: Rolston hired because he's no threat (Buffalo News)
- MITCH ALBOM: Howard did it all, but Wings still lost in OT (Detroit Free Press)
- JEFF MILLER: Bonino gives Ducks two chances to advance (Orange County Register)Paywall to view
- DAN O'NEILL: Playoffs bringing out best in Oshie (St. Louis Post Dispatch)
- PATRICK REUSSE: Blackhawks' Hossa again proving he made right move (Minneapolis Star-Tribune)
- DON BRENNAN: Ottawa Senators beating Montreal Canadiens on and off the ice (Ottawa Sun)
- CAM COLE: Ryan Getzlaf rights ship to lift Ducks over Wings (Vancouver Sun)
- STEVE BUFFERY: Jake Gardiner looked great despite Leafs' OT loss to Bruins (Toronto Sun)
- JOE STARKEY: Pens not in critical condition -- yet (Pittsburgh Tribune Review)
- PAT HICKEY: 'I want to beat these guys': P.K. Subban (Montreal Gazette)
- TRACEE HAMILTON: CapitalsÕ Game 3 mistakes resurface in Game 4 loss/a> (Washington Post)
- TARA SULLIVAN: Henrik Lundqvist lights Rangers' fire with play and words (Bergen Record)
- HELENE ST. JAMES: Wings' Smith asks himself: What would Lidstrom do? 3:24 AM (Detroit Free Press)
- RANDY SPORTAK: Face it Canucks, your Stanley Cup window is shut (Calgary Sun)
- DAMIEN COX: Maple Leafs lose heartbreaker, but what a night of hockey (Toronto Star)
- CHIP SCOGGINS: It's easy to see talent gap between Wild, Blackhawks (Minneapolis Star-Tribune)
- Red Wings' Danny DeKeyser had thumb surgery, out until development camp in July (Detroit Free Press)
- WAYNE SCANLAN: Hockey Gods smile on the Senators (Ottawa Citizen)
- CAM COLE: Daniel Sedin's penalty cruel and unusual punishment (Vancouver Sun)
- DAVE STUBBS: An unfortunate night to remember (Montreal Gazette)
- BERNIE MIKLASZ: Blues are on the brink again (St. Louis Post Dispatch)
- KEVIN PAUL DUPONT: Toronto making it extra difficult (Boston Globe)
- DAVE FESCHUK: Formidable Bruins have one glaring flaw (Toronto Star)
- JOSH YOHE: It's time to adapt to Islanders (Pittsburgh Tribune Review)
- IAIN MacINTYRE: Canucks' Cup dreams left to rot in hockey graveyard (Vancouver Sun)
- MARK WHICKER: It's easy to 'C' Getzlaf's leadership (Orange County Register)Paywall to view
- JACK TODD: Hockey world adjusting to Subban (Montreal Gazette)
- PAUL FRIESEN: Rangers even up series with Capitals (Winnipeg Sun)
- ROSIE DiMANNO: Toronto Maple Leafs captain Dion Phaneuf takes blame for Game 4 meltdown (Toronto Star)
- TOM POWERS: Even though it feels like Wild are done, there's still time (St. Paul Pioneer Press)
- JEFF GORDON: Kings just too Quick for Blues (St. Louis Post Dispatch)
- STEVE SIMMONS: Dion Phaneuf's pinch in OT disastrous for Leafs, his reputation (Toronto Sun)
- GREGG KRUPA: Red Wings have their moments, but Ducks take flight with game on the line (Detroit News)
- FRANK SERAVALLI: Fixing the Flyers' defense (Philadelphia Daily News)
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- CRAIG CUSTANCE: Risk, reward in California outdoor game (ESPN)Paywall to view
- SCOTT BURNSIDE: Wild in dire goaltending situation (ESPN)
- JESSE SPECTOR: What should the Penguins do with Marc-Andre Fleury? (The Sporting News)
- CHRIS JOHNSTON: Jagr one of a kind (Sportsnet)
- ALLAN MUIR: Sharks sweep Canucks as Marleau wins Game 4 in overtime, 4-3 (Si.com)
- STU COWAN: Eller hit may change more than Montreal-Ottawa series (Si.com)
- SCOTT BURNSIDE: Crawford has been a goaltending beacon (ESPN)
- JESSE SPECTOR: Game 4 victory shows just how far the Islanders have come this season (The Sporting News)
- ALLAN MUIR: Senators stun Canadiens 3-2 in OT thriller, take 3-1 series lead (Si.com)
- KATIE STRANG: Isles gaining confidence (ESPN)
- RJ KRAFT: Early playoff exit could start shakeup in Vancouver (The Sporting News)
- SCOTT BURNSIDE: Harding not backing down to MS (ESPN)
- ADAM GRETZ: It's time for the Penguins to sit Marc-Andre Fleury (CBS Sportsline)
- SARAH KWAK: Isles down Penguins 6-4, send series back to Pittsburgh tied at 2 (Si.com)
- MARK SPECTOR: Canucks suffer humiliating end (Sportsnet)
- TIM WHARNSBY: Leafs claim Bruins faceoff cheaters (CBC)
- JEFF BLAIR: Battle being waged in the faceoff circle between Bruins, Leafs (Globe & Mail)
- ALLAN MAKI: Looking for Canucks blame? Look no further than Mike Gillis (Globe & Mail)
- PAUL FRIESEN: Winnipeg Jets prospect Mark Scheifele a Colt becoming a thoroughbred (Winnipeg Sun)
- GENE COLLIER: It's time for Vokoun (Pittsburgh Post Gazette)
- MARK HERRMANN: John Tavares gives Isles a reason to believe (New York Newsday)
- DAVID STAPLES: Katz must step up to save arena deal (Edmonton Journal)
- TONY GALLAGHER: Vigneault a tough sell to bring back after his team's effort in the last two playoffs (Vancouver Province)
- CHIP SCOGGINS: Wild need more out of captain (Minneapolis Star-Tribune)
- MARK PURDY: Sharks sweep and have something to talk about (San Jose Mercury News)
- HELENE ST. JAMES: Red Wings great under pressure; now they need consistency (Detroit Free Press)
- BUCKY GLEASON: Regier's plan had Rolston coming back all along (Buffalo News)
- CAM COLE: Canucks show they still have it -- but just not enough (Vancouver Sun)
- JEFF MILLER: Reputation precedes Ducks' Boudreau (Orange County Register)Paywall to view
- DAN O'NEILL: Blues' thrill ride isn't over yet (St. Louis Post Dispatch)
- ROSIE DiMANNO: Bruising NHL playoffs series with Boston Bruins likely to get bumpier (Toronto Star)
- IAIN MacINTYRE: San Jose brings well-rounded team into Vancouver, but the clock is ticking (Vancouver Sun)
- CHRIS STEVENSON: Islanders outgun Penguins to tie series 2-2 (Ottawa Sun)
- MARK WHICKER: Momentum hard to come by for Ducks, Wings (Orange County Register)Paywall to view
- BOB DUFF: Swiss connection (Windsor Star)
- TOM POWERS: You can't try to skate with these Blackhawks (St. Paul Pioneer Press)
- TRACEE HAMILTON: Oates provides rest (Washington Post)
- DAVE FESCHUK: Boston Bruins' ageless wonder still commands respect (Toronto Star)
- JILL PAINTER: Can defending Stanley Cup champs remain offensive? (Los Angeles Daily News)
- PAT HICKEY: No icing on this cake (Montreal Gazette)
- TONY GALLAGHER: Unrealistic to think Vancouver had makings for another Cup run (Vancouver Province)
- LARRY BROOKS: Rangers center Boyle regains magic touch in playoffs (New York Post)
- STEPHEN HARRIS: Milan Lucic strong at right time (Boston Herald)
- STEVE SIMMONS: Leafs a 'high-wire act at best' (Toronto Sun)
- DEJAN KOVACEVIC: Vokoun not Pens' Plan B anymore (Pittsburgh Tribune Review)
- JEFF SEIDEL: Wings don't need pretty goals, just goals (Detroit Free Press)
- STEVE FRYER: Is it time for Boudreau to make change in goal? (Orange County Register)Paywall to view
- ED WILLES: Four games in which the Canucks got old before our very eyes (Vancouver Province)
- WAYNE SCANLAN: Bad to worse for the Montreal Canadiens (Ottawa Citizen)
- DAMIEN COX: Bruins superstar no longer moves like Jaromir Jagr of old (but itÕs still fun to watch) (Toronto Star)
- MIKE HEIKA: Stars GM Jim Nill faces dozens of daunting questions in coming weeks... but that's just what he signed up for (Dallas Morning News)Paywall to view
- JOE STRAUSS: Win tonight is crucial for Blues' hopes (St. Louis Post Dispatch)
- JIM SOUHAN: Wild need more out of captain (Minneapolis Star-Tribune)
- JOHN NIYO: Wings shouldn't let Game 4 heroics distract from task at hand (Detroit News)
- DAVE STUBBS: Subban's focus on team (Montreal Gazette)
- CATHAL KELLY: It's OK, Boston, we don't hate you, just your teams (Toronto Star)
- MARK HERRMANN: Ex-Islanders coach Steve Stirling helped groom Jack Capuano and Dan Bylsma (New York Newsday)
- BARRY ROZNER: After Wild start, Blackhawks take control (Chicago Daily Herald)
- KEN WIEBE: Blue Jackets deadline deal fuels Rangers resurgence (Winnipeg Sun)
- GREGG KRUPA: Wings' forechecking needs a boost (Detroit News)
- BOB SANSEVERE: What if Wild goalie Josh Harding hadn't gotten hurt? (St. Paul Pioneer Press)
- FRANK SERAVALLI: Fixing the Flyers' offense (Philadelphia Daily News)
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- KEN CAMPBELL: Tuukka Rask shining against the team that traded him (The Hockey News)
- JESSE SPECTOR: Rangers' special teams make the difference in Game 3 victory (The Sporting News)
- MICHAEL GRANCE: Leafs Nation seeking a win at home (Sportsnet)
- RJ KRAFT: Youngsters help Red Wings even series; Kings still have the magic (The Sporting News)
- ALLAN MUIR: Kings stun Blues with 4-3 comeback victory, even series at 2 (Si.com)
- MARK SPECTOR: Bieksa says Sharks embellish (Sportsnet)
- ALLAN MUIR: Red Wings beat Ducks on Brunner's OT goal, series knotted at 2 (Si.com)
- CRAIG CUSTANCE: Viktor Fasth's path to the NHL (ESPN)Paywall to view
- SARAH KWAK: Boston Bruins beat Maple Leafs 5-2, take 2-1 series lead (Si.com)
- CRAIG CUSTANCE: From blunder to winner for Wings' Brunner (ESPN)
- BRIAN CAZENEUVE: Rangers top Capitals 4-3, cut Washington's series lead to 2-1 (Si.com)
- PIERRE LeBRUN: Bruins ruin Toronto's playoff party (ESPN)
- TIM WHARNSBY: Bruins crash Leafs' playoff party (CBC)
- ROY MacGREGOR: Fight Night in Canada's long run continues unabated (Globe & Mail)
- ALLAN MAKI: Putting Gryba in Senators' line-up either a wise choice or a provocative move (Globe & Mail)
- DAVID SHOALTS: Bruins turn back clock, take control of series (Globe & Mail)
- JEFF BLAIR: Win or lose, Leafs Nation just happy to be along for ride (Globe & Mail)
- BRUCE ARTHUR: Leafs give home crowd little reason to cheer in Game 3 loss to Bruins (National Post)
- DAN BICKLEY: New money, new ownership bid and new problems (Arizona Republic)
- MITCH ALBOM: Wings' rookies tie up series in unlikely fashion (Detroit Free Press)
- IAIN MacINTYRE: Another first-round exit could be costly for Alain Vigneault (Vancouver Sun)
- MARK WHICKER: Kings begin to rediscover magic (Orange County Register)Paywall to view
- JEFF GORDON: Blues can't finish off Kings (St. Louis Post Dispatch)
- BOB DUFF: Brunner delivers in OT (Windsor Star)
- TOM JONES: Time to get Oilers arena deal done (Edmonton Sun)
- CHIP SCOGGINS: When opportunity knocks, Leipold isn't afraid to listen (Minneapolis Star-Tribune)
- STEVE SIMMONS: Maple Leafs need to find answer to Bruins' David Krejci (Toronto Sun)
- BRENDA BRANSWELL: Therrien looking for Habs to bounce back (Montreal Gazette)
- CAM COLE: Who, really, to blame for fall of the Canucks? (Vancouver Sun)
- JEFF MILLER: Blame rest of Ducks, not Hiller (Orange County Register)Paywall to view
- ANDREW GROSS: Rangers shouldn't give up yet on Chris Kreider (Bergen Record)
- SAM DONNELLON: You could call him Mr. Teflon; Cup's empty, but Ed Snider's never under fire (Philadelphia Daily News)
- TOM POWERS: For Wild, Jared Spurgeon is top dog on second sled (St. Paul Pioneer Press)
- PAULA SIMONS: Downtown ultimatums won't get an arena deal done (Edmonton Journal)
- TONY GALLAGHER: Bold moves needed to stop Canucks from aging into oblivion (Vancouver Province)
- DEJAN KOVACEVIC: Penguins answer? Check, please (Pittsburgh Tribune Review)
- DAMIEN COX: Civic pride aside, Bruins spoil return of playoff hockey to Toronto (Toronto Star)
- MARK PURDY: This San Jose Sharks team has playoff edge (San Jose Mercury News)
- BOB VERDI: Hawks' 1991 captain reflects on playoff adversity (Chicago Daily Herald)
- DON BRENNAN: Fans, players singing Pageau's praises -- literally (Ottawa Sun)
- PAT HICKEY: Gallagher a Calder finalist (Montreal Gazette)
- STEPHEN HARRIS: Line shifts into third (Boston Herald)
- BOB WOJNOWSKI: Young Red Wings aggressive from get-go -- and it pays off in big way (Detroit News)
- ROB ROSSI: Bylsma hopes seven-game scenario during regular season helped Pens (Pittsburgh Tribune Review)
- WAYNE SCANLAN: Winning the mind games (Ottawa Citizen)
- STEVE BUFFERY: Maple Leafs failed to use team speed in Game 3 loss (Toronto Sun)
- DAN O'NEILL: Blues and Kings getting closer all the time (St. Louis Post Dispatch)
- DREW SHARP: Wings' offense rises to occasion in must-win Game 4 May 7, 2013 (Detroit Free Press)
- CHRIS STEVENSON: Islanders need Nabokov to be better against Penguins (Ottawa Sun)
- DAVE STUBBS: Habs can't mix it up again (Montreal Gazette)
- JILL PAINTER: Victory is like circa 2012 (Los Angeles Daily News)
- DAVE FESCHUK: Milan Lucic biggest, baddest Bruin (Toronto Star)
- GENE COLLIER: Islanders make pests of themselves (Pittsburgh Post Gazette)
- IAN MENDES: 10 startling stats from Game 3 between the Canadiens and Senators (Ottawa Citizen)
- JOHN NIYO: Red Wings' Damien Brunner gets last laugh with redemptive winner (Detroit News)
- FILIP BONDY: NY Rangers back in it after 4-3 win over Capitals in Game 3 (New York Daily News)
- ROSIE DiMANNO: Jake Gardiner stepping up his game for Maple Leafs (Toronto Star)
- TRACEE HAMILTON: Capitals donÕt bring enough vs. desperate Rangers in Game 3 of NHL playoff series (Washington Post)
- GREGG KRUPA: Red Wings relentless on attack to pull even in series with Ducks (Detroit News)
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