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OPINION
5/23/20
RYAN KENNEDY: AHL All-Stars bring under-the-radar players to the forefront
(The Hockey News)
MATT LARKIN: ‘5-foot-8 waterbugs, electric in open ice’: What to expect from hockey’s 3-on-3 league
(The Hockey News)
FRANK SERAVALLI: NHLPA agrees to more talks on league's 24-team Return to Play proposal
(TSN)
ERIC ENGELS: World Cup of Hockey: Halak vs. Price added spark to improbable final
(Sportsnet)
ELLIOTTE FRIEDMAN: Penguins players vote 'yes' to NHL's proposed return-to-play format
(Sportsnet)
CHRIS JOHNSTON: NHLPA vote first of many big steps before NHL can return to play
(Sportsnet)
RICK WESTHEAD: Doctor encourages NHLers to consider long-term health risks of COVID-19
(TSN)
IAIN MacINTYRE: Adam Gaudette: Canucks can 'do some damage' if NHL returns
(Sportsnet)
ERIC FRANCIS: Flames' Brad Treliving on return-to-play proposal: 'I’m good with that'
(Sportsnet)
MARK SPECTOR: Why Edmonton should have an edge in bid to host NHL games
(Sportsnet)
CATHAL KELLY: NHL’s pandemic plan could flatten the curve on regular-season demand for good
(Globe & Mail)
MICHAEL TRAIKOS: Expanded NHL playoff format expected to be approved
(National Post)
SIMON HOUPT: Here’s what it will take for the NHL to say Game On
(Globe & Mail)
HELENE ELLIOTT: Mental health no longer dirty words in macho world of NHL
(Los Angeles Times)
BEN KUZMA: Canucks proposed playoff series would head down Wild memory-lane road
(Vancouver Province)
MIKE SIELSKI: In the age of coronavirus, we’re finding out just how much sports matters
(Philadelphia Inquirer)
BRENDAN KELLY: Hockey 24 showcases Canadians playing their favourite sport
(Montreal Gazette)
ED WILLES: Pandemic will pose problems for pro sports as sponsors, fans take a hit
(Vancouver Province)
BRUCE GARRIOCH: Sens' coach D.J. Smith keeping himself busy during NHL pause
(Ottawa Sun)
TERRY JONES: New Stanley Cup playoff concept taking shape
(Edmonton Sun)
DAVE FESCHUK: The Leafs are built for the Stanley Cup playoff blueprint that’s taking shape
(Toronto Star)
MIKE McINTYRE: COVID-19 Stanley Cup could be most memorable NHL playoffs of our lifetime
(Winnipeg Free Press)
BEN KUZMA: NHLPA playoff format approval would ignite Canucks-Wild series
(Vancouver Province)
PAUL ZEISE: Penguins' path is extremely favorable under proposed 24-team format
(Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
5/22/20
KEN CAMPBELL: Making the case for Boston Bruins: 2020 Stanley Cup champions
(The Hockey News)
MATT LARKIN: Asterisk, schmasterisk: a brief history of bizarre Stanley Cup playoff formats
(The Hockey News)
RYAN KENNEDY: The OHL’s most outstanding player is 2020 draft prospect Marco Rossi
(The Hockey News)
ELLIOTTE FRIEDMAN: 31 Thoughts: Player vote underway on NHL playoff system
(Sportsnet)
CHRIS JOHNSTON: NHL's potential post-season will challenge teams, create great theatre
(Sportsnet)
ERIC ENGELS: Canadiens vs. Penguins would highlight 24-team format's chaotic potential
(Sportsnet)
IAIN MacINTYRE: New playoff format could reignite Canucks-Wild rivalry
(Sportsnet)
FRANK SERAVALLI: A closer look at the NHL’s 24-team Return to Play proposal
(TSN)
ERIC FRANCIS: How Flames stack up to Jets in potential playoff series
(Sportsnet)
MARK SPECTOR: Oilers equipped to exploit Blackhawks' weaknesses in potential playoff series
(Sportsnet)
GREG WYSHYNSKI: How NHL 20 became a hockey 'lifeline' during the coronavirus pandemic, and what comes next
(ESPN)
MICHAEL TRAIKOS: Good, bad and the ugly about the NHL's post-season proposal
(National Post)
DAN SHAUGHNNESSY: Gerry Cheevers says forget your ego and wear your mask — and he should know
(Boston Globe)
TERRY KOSHAN: Under proposed NHL playoff format, we could handle a Leafs-Jackets opening round series
(Toronto Sun)
DON BRENNAN: These days Habs SHOULD be thrown parade for making playoffs
(Ottawa Sun)
BEN KUZMA: Sutter figures if Canucks can shake rust, young stars give them a shot
(Vancouver Province)
BRUCE GARRIOCH: D.J. Smith marks his one-year anniversary as coach of the Ottawa Senators on Saturday
(Ottawa Sun)
DAMIEN COX: Akim Aliu once again spoke out about ugly side of hockey. And the NHL stars stayed silent
(Toronto Star)
TED WYMAN: There’s been positive news, but so many questions need answers before Winnipeg pro sports teams return to action
(Winnipeg Sun)
JOE STARKEY: Penguins-Canadiens? Sounds great, as does imperfect NHL postseason
(Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
5/21/20
KEN CAMPBELL: Looking for fairness in the playoffs? Give out Participation badges
(The Hockey News)
RYAN KENNEDY: New Jersey Devils prospect Ty Smith is your WHL defenseman of the year
(The Hockey News)
MATT LARKIN: Part Panarin, Part Tarasenko: can Kirill Kaprizov arrive in the NHL as an instant star?
(The Hockey News)
ERIC ENGELS: Making the case for Vancouver to be a hub city in NHL’s return
(Sportsnet)
CHRIS JOHNSTON: Leafs' Barrie at peace despite uncertainty around free agency, NHL season
(Sportsnet)
ELLIOTTE FRIEDMAN: NHL, NHLPA working on 24-team conference-based playoff setup
(Sportsnet)
GREG WYSHYNSKI: Rick Tocchet on possible NHL playoff formats, Taylor Hall, Mario vs. Jordan and more
(ESPN)
MICHAEL TRAIKOS: Shane Wright restores the prestige of the 'exceptional status' pick
(National Post)
SHAWN WINDSOR: Big-state governors have it right: We crave sports to feed our souls
(Detroit Free Press)
TIM BENZ: Gov. Wolf’s comments about sports fans were arrogant and inaccurate
(Pittsburgh Tribune-Review)
MIKE McINTYRE: Former NHL prospect cranks up volume with essay on hockey's toxic culture
(Winnipeg Free Press)
BEN KUZMA: Regardless of NHL hub criteria, Vancouver 'very well-placed' to play host
(Vancouver Province)
DAVE FESCHUK: Free-agent-to-be Tyson Barrie believes he’ll don a Maple Leafs sweater again — for the playoffs, at least
(Toronto Star)
TERRY JONES: Will concentrated NHL schedule draw TV viewers in summer?
(Edmonton Sun)
5/20/20
KEN CAMPBELL: NHL-NHLPA relations are, ‘best (Bettman) has seen in his career’
(The Hockey News)
RYAN KENNEDY: Victor Hedman and the Tampa Bay Lightning have unfinished business
(The Hockey News)
MARK SPECTOR: Memories of electric Team North America have not faded
(Sportsnet)
CHRIS JOHNSTON: NHL hopeful extended border closure won’t impact return to play timelines
(Sportsnet)
FRANK SERAVALLI: Border closure extension not expected to affect NHL planning
(TSN)
SAM CARCHIDI: If NHL returns with gimmicky 24-team tourney, it shouldn’t use it beyond this season
(Philadelphia Inquirer)
LARRY BROOKS: NHL players' fear of one goalie part of messy return equation
(New York Post)
LUKE DeCOCK: Raleigh native Alex Wilkinson found a different kind of hockey success at Army
(Raleigh News & Observer)
MIKE McINTYRE: Return of pro sports a Herculean task
(Winnipeg Free Press)
TERRY JONES: Edmonton 'the safest place' for NHL, says Premier Kenney
(Edmonton Sun)
BRUCE GARRIOCH: Ottawa Senators' conditioning staff keeping players ready for every scenario
(Ottawa Sun)
BEN KUZMA: Canadian border closure extension shouldn't spook Canucks
(Vancouver Province)
SAM CARCHIDI: Injuries again stall progress of former Flyers first-round draft pick German Rubtsov
(Philadelphia Inquirer)
STEVE SIMMONS: Jim McKenny healing himself as he helps those battling addiction
(Toronto Sun)
5/19/20
CHRIS JOHNSTON: World Cup of Hockey elevated Sidney Crosby to all-time great
(Sportsnet)
ALEX PREWITT: Amid Uncertainty, John Tavares Sees NHL's Return Plan Coming Together
(Si.com)
MICHAEL TRAIKOS: NHL's proposed 24-team playoff format could become the norm
(National Post)
JOHN DIETZ: Dietz: NHL postseason plan continues to make no sense
(Chicago Daily Herald)
LARRY BROOKS: Outrage over NHL's coronavirus playoff plan is comical
(New York Post)
GREG COTE: Cardboard cutouts, robots, fake noise? Welcome to sports without fans, the new normal
(Miami Herald)
TIM BENZ: Some goals. Some goons. A brawl. A building. The top 20 Penguins grudges of all time.
(Pittsburgh Tribune-Review)
STEVE SIMMONS: First among equals - the great goalie race to the Hockey Hall of Fame
(Toronto Sun)
ED WILLES: The road to new normal for professional sports is filled with potholes
(Vancouver Province)
5/18/20
JARED CLINTON: Country comes first for NWHL rookie Ashley Birdsall
(The Hockey News)
GREG WYSHYNSKI: NHL vs. TikTok: Players find an 'addicting' outlet during the coronavirus pause
(ESPN)
BOB WOJNOWSKI: When fans can return, will it be a sports world they embrace?
(Detroit News)
TIM BENZ: Sidney Crosby is the Michael Jordan of hockey, former Penguins star says
(Pittsburgh Tribune-Review)
DAMIEN COX: Time’s almost up for the NHL’s summer playoff dream, which has little to do with hockey fans
(Toronto Star)
MICHAEL SILVERMAN: Marty Walsh on meeting Bobby Orr and missing Boston sports
(Boston Globe)
5/17/20
IAIN MacINTYRE: How Sami Salo went from injury prone to tough as steel in 2010 playoffs
(Sportsnet)
BEN FREDERICKSON: The story behind the punch that made Jeremy Roenick a Craig Berube believer
(St. Louis Post-Dispatch)
LARRY BROOKS: Outrage over NHL's coronavirus playoff plan is comical
(New York Post)
MIKE HARRINGTON: Fans make the right call: The '74-75 Sabres are the No. 1 team in franchise history
(Buffalo News)
MIKE CHAMBERS: Is commissioner Gary Bettman really genuine about the NHL’s return?
(Denver Post)
PHIL MUSHNICK: Bloody NHL photo makes me miss playoffs that much more
(New York Post)
MATT PORTER: Catching up with retired star Jarome Iginla
(Boston Globe)
STEVE SIMMONS: NHL players almost fully paid still want shot at the Stanley Cup
(Toronto Sun)