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OPINION

05/29/10

RYAN KENNEDY: Ups and downs of the NHL Scouting Combine (The Hockey News)
KEN CAMPBELL: Leighton, Niemi won't decide Stanley Cup (The Hockey News)
ALLAN MUIR: Player battles to watch and more Stanley Cup Final notes (Si.com)
PIERRE LeBRUN: Third time the charm for Hossa? (ESPN)
WES GOLDSTEIN: Finals breakdown: Hard to find an overall edge (CBS Sportsline)
SCOTT BURNSIDE: Post-lockout Pronger? He's a winner (ESPN)
ERIC DUHATSCHEK: The Broad Street Darlings (Globe & Mail)
DAVID SHOALTS: One Hulluva déjà vu (Globe & Mail)
DAVE FESCHUK: Tyler 1, Taylor 0 at NHL combine (Toronto Star)
BOB DUFF: Quenneville lives dream (Windsor Star)
STEVE SIMMONS: New coach's work took time (Toronto Sun)
DAVE STUBBS: Memories of Chicago's last Cup (Montreal Gazette)
DAMIEN COX: Toronto at the periphery of Bettman’s hockey universe (Toronto Star)
PHIL SHERIDAN: Flyers are a team built for postseason (Philadelphia Inquirer)
CAM COLE: Bettman upset that NHL gets no IIHF respect (Vancouver Sun)
DAVID HAUGH: For Blackhawks, it's family first (Chicago Tribune)
TERRY JONES: Canada well represented (Edmonton Sun)
BUCKY GLEASON: A taste of Buffalo in the Stanley Cup finals (Buffalo News)
MIKE IMREM: Lord Stanley's Cup is all that matters now (Chicago Daily Herald)
MIKE BOONE: A farewell to L'attaque a 5 (Montreal Gazette)
DAN BARNES: Don't expect Phillips to go quietly (Edmonton Journal)
MIKE LOPRESTI: Of teeth, waits and comebacks (South Jersey Courier-Post)
GARY PETERSON: Sharks should consider keeping Evgeni Nabokov and letting Patrick Marleau go (San Jose Mercury News)Subscriber site
HELENE ELLIOTT: Blackhawks are on verge of capping their rapid rise with a Stanley Cup title (Los Angeles Times)Subscriber site
CAM COLE: Arrogant assistant has a mean ring to it (Vancouver Sun)
TERRY JONES: Farewell to a legend (Edmonton Sun)
BOB DUFF: Leighton heads into opener on hot streak (Windsor Star)
RED FISHER: Former GM Tallon deserves credit for building Hawks into a winner (Montreal Gazette)
TERRY JONES: Classic and classy send-off (Edmonton Sun)
STEVE SIMMONS: A fairy-tale finish (Toronto Sun)
DAMIEN COX: High-priced Hawk gets groove back (Toronto Star)

05/28/10

ADAM PROTEAU: Which team is destined to win the Stanley Cup? (The Hockey News)
JOHN GRIGG: Why the Flyers will win and the Blackhawks won't be back (The Hockey News)
BOB McKENZIE: Chicago needs speed to get past Pronger (TSN)
CRAIG CUSTANCE: Stanley Cup awaits a long-suffering team (The Sporting News)
JIM KELLEY: Overrated goaltending, underrated warriors and Yzerman's mission (Si.com)
CRAIG CUSTANCE: Making cases for and against Blackhawks, Flyers (The Sporting News)
JON GREENBERG: No reservations (ESPN Chicago)
MARK SPECTOR: Strong roots (Sportsnet)
JOHN BUCCIGROSS: My reasons why Flyers can beat Hawks (ESPN)
JIM KELLEY: Good is good enough (Sportsnet)
PIERRE LeBRUN: A few minutes with Hearst's finest (ESPN)
ERIC DUHATSCHEK: Understudies starring on centre stage (Globe & Mail)
MICHAEL RUSSO: Blackhawks are talk of that toddlin' town (Minnesota Star-Tribune)Subscriber site
DAVID HAUGH: Byfuglien: Minnesota kid matured in Chicago (Chicago Tribune)
JACK TODD: Six happy weeks of thrills and chills (Montreal Gazette)
BOB FORD: Flyers bonded under painful circumstances (Philadelphia Inquirer)
STEVE SIMMONS: Kane: So young, so fast (Toronto Sun)
ERIC FRANCIS: Attitude adjustment (Calgary Sun)
DAN McNEIL: Time to give Hawks their due (Chicago Tribune)
CAM COLE: Chopping at the bit to start R-rated fun (Vancouver Sun)
RED FISHER: Canadiens must be asking 'what if?' (Montreal Gazette)
PHIL SHERIDAN: The pressure mounts for both teams (Philadelphia Inquirer)
LUKE DeCOCK: Echoes of a past Cup (Raleigh News & Observer)Subscriber site
RICK MORRISSEY: Put on a winning face (Chicago Sun Times)
DAVE STUBBS: A man with two rings (Montreal Gazette)
GEORGE JOHNSON: Ex-Flames enjoying amazing ride with Flyers (Calgary Herald)
PHIL SHERIDAN: From Winter Olympics to Finals (Philadelphia Inquirer)
CHRIS STEVENSON: Same old playoff experience for Hossa (Ottawa Sun)
BUCKY GLEASON: Bowman creating his own legacy (Buffalo News)
BARRY ROZNER: With no regrets, Hawks have no worries (Chicago Daily Herald)
PAT HICKEY: Decision time for GM Gauthier (Montreal Gazette)
MICHAEL ROSENBERG: Tom Wilson wants facets of Ilitch's Olympia empire working together (Detroit Free Press)
GARY MILES: Eternally devoted to the Spectrum (Philadelphia Inquirer)
RICK TELANDER: Sports-icon casting call (Chicago Sun Times)
DAMIEN COX: Offensive Blackhawks logo has got to go (Toronto Star)

05/27/10

RYAN DIXON: Off-season priorities for the Montreal Canadiens (The Hockey News)
RYAN KENNEDY: Yzerman takes over Lightning team in good shape (The Hockey News)
DARREN ELIOT: Flyers are the stuff of Hollywood (Si.com)
WES GOLDSTEIN: Tough Cup pick: Little separates turnaround finalists (CBS Sportsline)
LYLE RICHARDSON: Spector's Stanley Cup finals preview (Foxsports)
PIERRE LeBRUN: Top 10 Conn Smythe Trophy contenders (ESPN)
JEFF BLAIR: Déjà vu for Subban (Globe & Mail)
KEVIN ALLEN: Yzerman will succeed as GM because he works to be the best (USA Today)
KEVIN ALLEN: Stanley Cup prediction: Title is there for Blackhawks' taking (USA Today)
DAVE FESCHUK: Subban’s best not enough for Bulldogs (Toronto Star)
BOB WOJNOWSKI: Steve Yzerman follows competitive fire (Detroit News)
GEORGE JOHNSON: Former Flames help guide Flyers' wild ride (Calgary Herald)
STEPHEN A. SMITH: Give Ed Snider his due for Flyers' run (Philadelphia Inquirer)
LANCE HORNBY: Hawks will win in six (Toronto Sun)
LYNN HENNING: Steve Yzerman strikes out on his own, and Lightning are perfect fit (Detroit News)
MARK PURDY: Sharks' offseason broom will sweep away some familiar faces (San Jose Mercury News)Subscriber site
RANDY SPORTAK: Final fans NHL flame (Calgary Sun)
RICK MORRISSEY: Hawks put mouth guards on talk of being Cup favorites (Chicago Sun Times)
RICH HOFMANN: Flyers defense rarely rests (Philadelphia Daily News)
BERNIE MIKLASZ: Blues must stick with plan, hope it works (St. Louis Post Dispatch)
DREW SHARP: It's a good thing: Yzerman hired, but still admired (Detroit Free Press)
RANDY SPORTAK: Smart keeping captain (Calgary Sun)
PHIL SHERIDAN: Flyers aren't afraid to dream big (Philadelphia Inquirer)
CHRIS McCOSKY: Emerging payroll problems will force Blackhawks to take a hit (Detroit News)
LANCE HORNBY: The Final Breakdown (Toronto Sun)

05/26/10

RORY BOYLEN: Yzerman learned the GM tricks before entering the trade (The Hockey News)
WES GOLDSTEIN: Richards proves he's heart and soul of Flyers (CBS Sportsline)
CRAIG CUSTANCE: Marian Hossa's third consecutive Stanley Cup finals is no accident (The Sporting News)
MIKE BROPHY: Don't ask why (Sportsnet)
PIERRE LeBRUN: Yzerman ready to jump to NHL GM role (ESPN)
MARK SPECTOR: Lightning in a bottle (Sportsnet)
PIERRE LeBRUN: Cup finals preview: Hawks-Flyers (ESPN)
DAVID SHOALTS: Bettman coolly exploits both Winnipeg and Glendale (Globe & Mail)
STEVE SIMMONS: ‘It’s no accident’ (Toronto Sun)
TIM KAWAKAMI: Sharks took their best shot at a Cup; now what? (San Jose Mercury News)Subscriber site
BARRY ROZNER: Flyers won't go quietly, but they'll go down (Chicago Daily Herald)
PHIL SHERIDAN: Rejects got the Flyers where they are (Philadelphia Inquirer)
JOE HENDERSON: In one move, Bolts get the how and the Y (Tampa Tribune)
CHRIS STEVENSON: Playoff run raises goaltending questions for Habs (Ottawa Sun)
HELENE ELLIOTT: Yzerman brought sense of humor to series business of winning (Detroit Free Press)
BOB DUFF: Stevie Y makes right call (Windsor Star)
PHIL ROSENTHAL: Cubs give up WGN-AM slots for Blackhawks' finals (Chicago Tribune)
SAM DONNELLON: Holmgren's acquistions proving their worth with Flyers (Philadelphia Daily News)
CHRIS STEVENSON: Yzerman hit a 'class ceiling' in Detroit (Ottawa Sun)
STEPHEN HARRIS: Fly in face of reason (Boston Herald)
DAVE STUBBS: CH fans' thunder fuelled run - Gomez (Montreal Gazette)
MARK PURDY: Picking over Sharks' postseason offers some hope (San Jose Mercury News)Subscriber site
MIKE IMREM: How many of these fans in it for good? (Chicago Daily Herald)
MITCH ALBOM: Yzerman's departure tough on Wings' family (Detroit Free Press)
WAYNE SCANLAN: Steve Yzerman takes wing in Tampa (Ottawa Citizen)
BARRIE DAWSON: Flyers' playoff run stranger than any fiction (South Jersey Courier-Post)
JOHN ROMANO: By picking Tampa Bay, Yzerman revives hockey faith (St. Petersburg Times)
CHRIS McCOSKY: Steve Yzerman had to leave the Wings to become a GM (Detroit News)
DAVE FESCHUK: Home-ice advantage? Maybe not so much (Toronto Star)

05/25/10

RYAN DIXON: Canadiens couldn't match Flyers' desire (The Hockey News)
DARREN ELIOT: At last, the Blackhawks have become a model franchise (Si.com)
BOB McKENZIE: Great hockey teams in the Stanley Cup final (TSN)
BRIAN CAZENEUVE: Flyers earn their touch of Wales trophy with tireless work ethic (Si.com)
WES GOLDSTEIN: Flyers don't coast past Habs but get job done as always (CBS Sportsline)
CRAIG CUSTANCE: Flyers facing Blackhawks for Stanley Cup (The Sporting News)
SCOTT BURNSIDE: It's now time to stop the Cinderella talk (ESPN)
ROY MacGREGOR: The Habs' heart-stopping run comes to a close (Globe & Mail)
BRUCE ARTHUR: That Macho thing (National Post)
DAMIEN COX: NHL hits the jackpot with Hawks and Flyers (Toronto Star)
RICH HOFMANN: Richards rises to occasion as Flyers leader (Philadelphia Daily News)
DAVE STUBBS: Canadiens' postseason magic well runs dry (Montreal Gazette)
RICK MORRISSEY: A brand new day for Hawks (Chicago Sun Times)
LUKE DeCOCK: A perfect opportunity for Triangle and Hurricanes (Raleigh News & Observer)Subscriber site
CAM COLE: Blackhawks sweep no disgrace for Sharks (Vancouver Sun)
PAT HICKEY: Laviolette deserves respect (Montreal Gazette)
GREG COTE: South Florida teams sitting on the hot seat (Miami Herald)Subscriber site
MIKE IMREM: Always good idea to win this title now (Chicago Daily Herald)
PAT HICKEY: Canadiens took 'big step,' Gomez says (Montreal Gazette)
SAM DONNELLON: Long wait finally over for Flyers' Laperriere (Philadelphia Daily News)
MARK PURDY: Sharks surely won't be able to keep both Marleau and Nabokov (San Jose Mercury News)Subscriber site
RON COOK: Penguins fans worst nightmare - Hossa and the Blackhawks vs. the Flyers (Pittsburgh Post Gazette)

05/24/10

JOHN GRIGG: Resilient Blackhawks do it all to sweep Sharks (The Hockey News)
BOB McKENZIE: Habs will need to battle along the wall (TSN)
MICHAEL FARBER: Blackhawks showing some teeth (Si.com)
RAY RATTO: Disciplined Blackhawks never give Sharks a chance in series (CBS Sportsline)
SCOTT BURNSIDE: If we only knew then what we know now (ESPN)
CRAIG CUSTANCE: Blackhawks reel in Sharks, reach Cup finals (The Sporting News)
PIERRE LeBRUN: Sharks fight to end, but future uncertain (ESPN)
CRAIG CUSTANCE: Chicago grinds out its biggest win (The Sporting News)
PIERRE LeBRUN: Hawks ready for Cup drought to end (ESPN)
ALLAN MAKI: In it for the long Hall (Globe & Mail)
ROY MacGREGOR: Habs wishing on a star (Globe & Mail)
DAMIEN COX: Year of the Hawk lifts NHL, tweaks Leafs (Toronto Star)
RED FISHER: Canadiens must play relentless hockey to stay alive (Montreal Gazette)
RICK MORRISSEY: Hawks now have bigger fish to fry in Stanley Cup finals (Chicago Sun Times)
PHIL SHERIDAN: Flyers don't plan on giving away their edge (Philadelphia Inquirer)
JACK TODD: Les Boys punt away Cup hopes (Montreal Gazette)
DAVID HAUGH: Keith absorbs the shot, numbs Chicago's pain (Chicago Tribune)
CAM COLE: Keith does a good Bobby Clarke impression (Vancouver Sun)
MARK EVERSON: Kovalchuk in no Russ (New York Post)
MIKE IMREM: It's all bright lights now (Chicago Daily Herald)
DAVE STUBBS: Habs thrive in postseason underdog role (Montreal Gazette)
RICH HOFMANN: Flyers' Boucher out to get back on the ride (Philadelphia Daily News)
BARRY ROZNER: Where there's a way, Hawks will it (Chicago Daily Herald)
MARK PURDY: Sharks will carry scars from playoff sweep (San Jose Mercury News)Subscriber site

05/23/10

RORY BOYLEN: Flyers simply too much for Canadiens to handle (The Hockey News)
BRIAN COSTELLO: Toews, Kane reminiscent of Hull, Mikita in '61 (The Hockey News)
BOB McKENZIE: Leighton bounced back strong (TSN)
ALLAN MUIR: Flyers teach Habs tough lesson (Si.com)
WES GOLDSTEIN: Leighton's job in net made easier by Philly's smothering D (CBS Sportsline)
PIERRE LeBRUN: Malkin, Jackets' search, Johnsson update (ESPN)
CRAIG CUSTANCE: Quality candidates aplenty for NHL coaching vacancies (The Sporting News)
PIERRE LeBRUN: Sharks turn to former mates for advice (ESPN)
CRAIG CUSTANCE: After eliminating inconsistencies, Blackhawks now on verge of eliminating Sharks (The Sporting News)
SCOTT BURNSIDE: Flyers rebound in pivotal Game 4 (ESPN)
ROY MacGREGOR: Witching hour approaches for Cinderella Habs (Globe & Mail)
ERIC DUHATSCHEK: Sharks hold their heads high (Globe & Mail)
DAMIEN COX: Tough to forget Giroux’s name now (Toronto Star)
DAMIEN CRISTODERO: Time for Tampa Bay Lightning to decide on general manager (St. Petersburg Times)
CHRIS McCOSKY: Re-signing Tomas Holmstrom likely, but no slam dunk for Red Wings (Detroit News)
CHUCK GORMLEY: Mom, Dad proud of their son, the goalie (South Jersey Courier-Post)
MARK EVERSON: Russian team taking shot at Devils' Kovalchuk (New York Post)
BRUCE GARRICH: 'No market' to trade Spezza (Ottawa Sun)
TERRY FREI: Players merit a break (Denver Post)
FLUTO SHINZAWA: Retaining Wideman is a defensible move (Boston Globe)Subscriber site
MARK PURDY: Sharks still have meaning to this postseason (San Jose Mercury News)Subscriber site
GEORGE JOHNSON: Kisio's talents should shine in Flames office (Calgary Herald)
TIM SASSONE: Hawks delivering career-defining moments (Chicago Daily Herald)
PHIL SHERIDAN: A landmark triumph for the Flyers (Philadelphia Inquirer)
DON BRENNAN: Life's a beach for Flyers (Ottawa Sun)
LARRY BROOKS: NHL's Arizona obsession costing players big bucks (New York Post)
BUCKY GLEASON: Briere is toast of the town, again (Buffalo News)
MICHAEL WILBON: After decades without a true headliner, D.C.'s teams could each have someone front and center (Washington Post)Subscriber site
GARY SHELTON: Phil Esposito still has strong opinions, passions about 'his' Tampa Bay Lightning (St. Petersburg Times)
DAMIEN COX: Hab believers put to the test again (Toronto Star)

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