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OPINION
- KEN CAMPBELL: The Habs are Kirk Muller’s team for now, and they’re clearly in good hands (The Hockey News)
- RYAN KENNEDY: ‘It’s kind of like playing an exhibition game.’ Tuukka Rask has a right to feel that way, even if others don’t (The Hockey News)
- KEN CAMPBELL: Owen Brady: Cancer survivor and, finally, a hockey player again (The Hockey News)
- ERIC FRANCIS: Cam Talbot steals win for Flames and puts end to starter debate (Sportsnet)
- ERIC ENGELS: Canadiens deliver Julien-approved performance in Game 2 win over Flyers (Sportsnet)
- IAIN MacINTYRE: Canucks' Bo Horvat showing he's built for playoffs after latest heroics (Sportsnet)
- CHRIS JOHNSTON: Flyers' Vigneault diverts attention to Canadiens' power play after loss (Sportsnet)
- MARK SPECTOR: Oilers taking patient approach in diagnosis of abrupt elimination (Sportsnet)
- MICHAEL TRAIKOS: Habs' Kotkaniemi showing why he was a No. 3 overall pick (National Post)
- HELENE ELLIOTT: Stanley Cup playoff games shouldn’t be decided by 3-on-3 play or shootouts (Los Angeles Times)
- STU COWAN: 'Focused' Canadiens win one for coach Claude Julien (Montreal Gazette)
- MICHAEL ARACE: Columbus Blue Jackets again show unmatched resolve in Game 2 win (Columbus Dispatch)
- NEIL BEST: Isles manage to overcome two goals by Ovechkin (New York Newsday)
- PAT HICKEY: 'We got our butts kicked,' Alain Vigneault says (Montreal Gazette)
- MARK MADDEN: Jack Johnson should not be primary scapegoat for Penguins’ early playoff exit (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review)
- TARA SULLIVAN: Tuukka Rask’s candid comments aren’t likely to play well with fans — or his teammates (Boston Globe)
- STU COWAN: Does it really matter now that Kirk Muller isn't French? (Montreal Gazette)
- MATT LARKIN: Will the Vegas Golden Knights ever lose another hockey game? (The Hockey News)
- RYAN KENNEDY: Quinn Hughes continues to get better for the upstart Canucks (The Hockey News)
- ERIC FRANCIS: Flames left with many questions after losing more than just game (Sportsnet)
- FRANK SERAVALLI: With Julien in hospital, Habs want to 'Win for Claude' (TSN)
- ERIC ENGELS: Canadiens forge on in playoffs with Julien in their thoughts and hearts (Sportsnet)
- CHRIS JOHNSTON: Blue Jackets' Korpisalo chooses great time for hottest run of career (Sportsnet)
- MARK SPECTOR: Golden Knights brimming with confidence after fifth win in bubble (Sportsnet)
- IAIN MacINTYRE: Tight-knit Canucks experiencing tragedy, triumph in trying season (Sportsnet)
- GREG WYSHYNSKI: The Arizona Coyotes cannot waste Darcy Kuemper's NHL playoff brilliance (ESPN)
- MICHAEL TRAIKOS: Habs' Nick Suzuki developing quite the reputation in these playoffs (National Post)
- RON KANTOWSKI: Golden Knights’ edge looms larger without change of venue (Las Vegas Review-Journal)
- BARRY ROZNER: Blackhawks' best effort not enough in Game 2 (Chicago Daily Herald)
- JIM SOUHAN: Moving Parise and keeping Dubnyk might help Wild (Minneapolis Star-Tribune)
- TIM BENZ: For a guy who always talks about ‘moving forward,’ Mike Sullivan’s Penguins keep moving backward (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review)
- MIKE McINTYRE: Pressure mounting on Jets GM (Winnipeg Free Press)
- DAMIEN COX: Maple Leafs need to challenge their young stars, not coddle them (Toronto Star)
- BENJAMIN HOCHMAN: Game 2 will tell us if these bubbled Blues will burst (St. Louis Post Dispatch)
- NEIL BEST: 5 years later, Isles-Caps just as intense (and not forgotten) (New York Newsday)
- THOMAS BOSWELL: The Capitals were a mess in Game 1. That should make it easy to improve. (Washington Post)
- JOHN ROMANO: By now, Lightning should know every minute matters against Columbus (Tampa Bay Times)
- KEVIN PAUL DUPONT: ‘It feels dull at times.’ Tuukka Rask’s thoughts on the 2020 NHL playoffs are sure to raise eyebrows (Boston Globe)
- PATRICK JOHNSTON: Stecher makes a point to 'salute' late father after scoring winner for Canucks (Vancouver Province)
- STU COWAN: Wishing a speedy recovery to classy Habs coach Claude Julien (Montreal Gazette)
- BRUCE GARRIOCH: Chris Phillips will be the captain of the new Senators' Community Foundation (Ottawa Sun)
- DAVE FESCHUK: From the president to the players, everyone with the Maple Leafs — OK, most everyone — is talking tough (Toronto Star)
- PAUL FRIESEN: Chevy spinning his wheels (Winnipeg Sun)
- RYAN KENNEDY: Nazem Kadri provides the gritty offense Colorado needs to slay Arizona (The Hockey News)
- MATT LARKIN: What must change to free the Toronto Maple Leafs from first-round Hell? (The Hockey News)
- IAIN MacINTYRE: Canucks growing in confidence, experience with each playoff game (Sportsnet)
- ERIC ENGELS: Canadiens show they can hang with Flyers, despite Game 1 loss (Sportsnet)
- MARK SPECTOR: Coyotes can't afford to leave Kuemper out to dry again vs. Avalanche (Sportsnet)
- CHRIS JOHNSTON: Dubas confident in Maple Leafs’ ‘core four’ despite another early exit (Sportsnet)
- ERIC FRANCIS: Flames’ Lucic rediscovers passion for game with dramatic resurrection (Sportsnet)
- GREG WYSHYNSKI: Robin Lehner or Marc-Andre Fleury? Inside the Vegas Golden Knights' delicate goalie situation in the NHL playoffs (ESPN)
- CATHAL KELLY: Leafs president Shanahan takes the blame as doomsday clock begins to tick for GM Dubas (Globe & Mail)
- MARK KISZLA: Avs’ down-and-dirty victory in NHL playoff opener reveals they have right stuff to hoist Stanley Cup (Denver Post)
- LUKE DeCOCK: From near glory to gory, Hurricanes drop Game 1 of playoff series against Bruins in 2OT (Raleigh News & Observer)
- BRUCE ARTHUR: The growing pains have become ongoing pains with one early exit after another, but the Maple Leafs still believe in their path (Toronto Star)
- TERRY JONES: Never get rid of Stanley Cup playoff marathons (Edmonton Sun)
- MICHAEL ARACE: Blue Jackets lose a 5OT heartbreaker, and now comes the hard part (Columbus Dispatch)
- STU COWAN: 'I heard it hit the crossbar,' Nick Suzuki says of last-minute shot (Montreal Gazette)
- BARRY SVRLUGA: The Capitals-Islanders series already has some sizzle, but there’s something missing (Washington Post)
- TERRY JONES: Oilers still missing something says Connor McDavid (Edmonton Sun)
- PATRICK JOHNSTON: Canucks face big challenge no matter who Blues put in goal (Vancouver Province)
- MARK MADDEN: Penguins face free fall pending difficult roster choices (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review)
- STEVE SIMMONS: How do you fix the Leafs? (Toronto Sun)
- JOHN ROMANO: A hold, a shove and a controversy for the Lightning playoff series (Tampa Bay Times)
- TARA SULLIVAN: Just like last year, Bruins top line does a number on Hurricanes in Game 1 (Boston Globe)
- STU COWAN: Jesperi Kotkaniemi growing up in front of Canadiens fans (Montreal Gazette)
- DON BRENNAN: Marathon overtimes, like the NHL playoffs, are a wonderful battle of attrition (Ottawa Sun)
- TERRY KOSHAN: Leafs steadfast in belief in each other, even if approach has to be tweaked (Toronto Sun)
- ANDREW BERKSHIRE: Who's a fit on Jets' blue line? Hello, DeMelo (Winnipeg Free Press)
- KEN CAMPBELL: Mature and poised Lightning make a statement in Game 1 marathon (The Hockey News)
- RYAN KENNEDY: Milan Lucic has turned back the clock with the Calgary Flames (The Hockey News)
- KEN CAMPBELL: Despite exciting qualifying round, NHL confirms it won’t change playoff format (thank goodness) (The Hockey News)
- CHRIS JOHNSTON: Lightning’s quintuple-OT August Epic win a surreal chapter in playoff history (Sportsnet)
- MARK SPECTOR: Blackhawks unable to outplay goaltending issues against steadier foe (Sportsnet)
- ERIC FRANCIS: Flames' Dube using skill, sandpaper to emerge as Calgary's difference-maker (Sportsnet)
- ELLIOTTE FRIEDMAN: 31 Thoughts: How will Dubas handle Maple Leafs’ off-season? (Sportsnet)
- FRANK SERAVALLI: Five OTs: Bolts outlast Jackets in August Epoch for the record books (TSN)
- CATHAL KELLY: The NHL draft may not be perfect, but ‘tanking’ should never be encouraged (Globe & Mail)
- MICHAEL TRAIKOS: Wendel Clark says Leafs could use a player like Columbus' Nick Foligno (National Post)
- ED GRANEY: Faulty skate blades aside, Golden Knights down Chicago (Las Vegas Review-Journal)
- MARK KISZLA: As NHL playoffs begin, battle to see Avs on TV won. This score just in: Hockey Fans 1, Corporate Suits 0. (Denver Post)
- TERRY JONES: Oilers GM faces tough decisions after ‘massively disappointing’ series loss (Edmonton Sun)
- BEN KUZMA: Horvat vs. O'Reilly a key battle in control of circle in Canucks-Blues series (Vancouver Province)
- JOHN ROMANO: Officially, the Lightning game lasted six hours; unofficially, it will live forever (Tampa Bay Times)
- BRUCE GARRIOCH: The New York Rangers will likely listen to offers on their No. 1 pick in the NHL draft (Ottawa Sun)
- ED GRANEY: Golden Knights must win West to justify Gerard Gallant firing (Las Vegas Review-Journal)
- MIKE CHAMBERS: As expected, the NHL’s return-to-play uncovered flaws (Denver Post)
- JEFF GORDON: Blues get one more postseason shot with Cup-winning cast (St. Louis Post-Dispatch)
- BEN KUZMA: Coach feels physical Myers will find fine line, shake penalty rash (Vancouver Province)
- ROBERT TYCHKOWSKI: Playoffs reveal a team's true identity, so Edmonton Oilers remain a mystery (Edmonton Sun)
- TERRY KOSHAN: Answering questions on his off-season to-do list now the process for Dubas (Toronto Sun)
- NEIL BEST: No time like the present for Isles to win a Cup (New York Newsday)
- KEVIN PAUL DUPONT: One more strange twist makes perfect sense in this most unusual of Bruins seasons (Boston Globe)
- TIM BENZ: Jim Rutherford is somehow both totally correct, and completely wrong (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review)
- STU COWAN: Only thing predictable about Canadiens is unpredictability (Montreal Gazette)
- RYAN KENNEDY: The New York Rangers win the Alexis Lafreniere sweepstakes (The Hockey News)
- IAIN MacINTYRE: Young, promising Canucks getting pivotal education on how to win (Sportsnet)
- MARK SPECTOR: Rangers a worthy winner of No. 1 pick, chance to accelerate rebuild (Sportsnet)
- FRANK SERAVALLI: Consensus top pick Lafreniere ready to take bite out of Big Apple (TSN)
- CATHAL KELLY: As currently comprised, the Maple Leafs do not have what it takes to win (Globe & Mail)
- MICHAEL TRAIKOS: Crisis averted as New York gets NHL's No. 1 draft pick (National Post)
- HELENE ELLIOTT: Young stars should get noticed as NHL playoffs go on (Los Angeles Times)
- TERRY KOSHAN: Leafs have become all too familiar in post-season, fail to learn from previous losses (Toronto Sun)
- PAUL SULLIVAN: The sports world takes a back seat when our city is in distress (Chicago Tribune)
- JIM MATHESON: No lottery win, no play-in win, lost August for Oilers (Edmonton Journal)
- BEN KUZMA: Cup-champion Blues have Pettersson's attention, not Calder comment (Vancouver Province)
- BARRY ROZNER: Blackhawks' depth will be tested against Vegas (Chicago Daily Herald)
- STEVE SIMMONS: One more year like this one and Leafs GM Dubas will be looking for work (Toronto Sun)
- STU COWAN: Canadiens and Flyers prepare to meet in Foxhole Series (Montreal Gazette)
- LUKE DeCOCK: Boston Bruins are the East’s best team, but Hurricanes may have an edge in NHL playoffs (Raleigh News & Observer)
- MARK MADDEN: Penguins offered blueprint on how to beat them (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review)
- MICHAEL ARACE: Columbus Blue Jackets no longer in pool for top draft pick, but that’s OK (Columbus Dispatch)
- LARRY BROOKS: The dreadful mistake Rangers can't make after lottery stunner (New York Post)
- TERRY JONES: NHL Hub City hosts sent packing, but don't dial out just yet (Edmonton Sun)
- DAVE FESCHUK: The Leafs might make the smart play and fix their defence. But first they have to admit the process failed (Toronto Star)
- BEN KUZMA: Perron still producing for Blues, still a draft wound for Canucks (Vancouver Province)
- BRENDAN KELLY: Fans should live the moment. Weber and Price sure are (Montreal Gazette)
- SAM CARCHIDI: Flyers are Philadelphia’s best hope to bring home a championship (Philadelphia Inquirer)
- BARRY SVRLUGA: The NHL playoffs in a bubble will be weird, wacky and unprecedented. Strap in. (Washington Post)
- GREG COTE: As Florida Panthers move on from GM Dale Tallon, here’s who could be next in Miami to go (Miami Herald)
- TIM BENZ: Investigating ‘fixed’ NHL draft lottery theories. Frozen ball, hidden weight, magnets? Let’s believe ’em all! (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review)
- WES GILBERTSON: Flames score favourable first-round matchup, but we’ve said that before (Calgary Sun)
- KEN CAMPBELL: Toronto eliminated by Columbus: Are the Maple Leafs too cute to win? (The Hockey News)
- CHRIS JOHNSTON: Why seismic change is needed for Maple Leafs after predictable loss (Sportsnet)
- ERIC ENGELS: Canadiens will have their hands full with formidable Flyers (Sportsnet)
- CATHAL KELLY: Fifty-three years and counting: Leafs’ Cup drought keeps on going (Globe & Mail)
- MICHAEL TRAIKOS: It's time the Leafs traded Nylander for defensive help (National Post)
- BEN KUZMA: Can playoff-bound Canucks slay another dragon in Cup champions? (Vancouver Province)
- BRUCE ARTHUR: The Leafs exit without a goal in Game 5. Blame whoever you like, but this season was a waste of a whole lot of talent (Toronto Star)
- BARRY ROZNER: Crawford vs. Lehner adds to Blackhawks drama (Chicago Daily Herald)
- RON COOK: Don't let Penguins' stars off the hook (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
- STEVE SIMMONS: Keefe gambled big and the defeated Maple Leafs went home (Toronto Sun)
- PAUL SULLIVAN: The Blackhawks’ 2nd chance is working out for rejuvenated playoff team with nothing to lose (Chicago Tribune)
- BEN KUZMA: Sutter turned back competitive clock in Canucks' series triumph (Vancouver Province)
- ROSIE DiMANNO: This Leafs core has had long enough to gel. They should have been better with the season on the line (Toronto Star)
- BENJAMIN HOCHMAN: Man, the Blues sure have looked bad. But they still should be good to go (St. Louis Post-Dispatch)
- TERRY JONES: Oilers skip out on end-of-season media interviews after loss (Edmonton Sun)
- DAMIEN COX: Expanding the Stanley Cup playoffs was a good idea that should stick around. It might be just the start (Toronto Star)
- KEVIN PAUL DUPONT: Reality check: Bruins need to hope experience, ‘playoff hockey’ will eliminate their lethargic play (Boston Globe)
- BRUCE ARTHUR: Big games are the ultimate test of how far the Maple Leafs have come, and how far they have to go (Toronto Star)
- TIM BENZ: Want a rebuild for impotent Penguins? Let’s examine what that really means (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review)
- ED WILLES: To be the man, Canucks have to beat the man (Vancouver Province)
- ROSIE DiMANNO: For the Maple Leafs and Blue Jackets, the road to Game 5 contained all the elements (Toronto Star)
- KEN CAMPBELL: First-round bound Vancouver Canucks are growing up right before our eyes (The Hockey News)
- ERIC FRANCIS: Flames’ Talbot rewarded with yet another Vezina-calibre post-season test (Sportsnet)
- BARRY ROZNER: Big effort not new for Blackhawks' Toews (Chicago Daily Herald)
- MARK KISZLA: The Avs. The Nuggets. Two games. Three overtimes. One afternoon of sweet adrenaline overload. (Denver Post)
- JIM SOUHAN: Given a chance to show unity with Dumba, NHL players stumble (Minneapolis Star-Tribune)
- RON COOK: Don't let Penguins' stars off the hook (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
- DAVE FESCHUK: The Miracle of Game 4 might be the push the Maple Leafs need for Game 5 (Toronto Star)
- MICHAEL ARACE: Stunning reversals part of Jackets-Leafs series charm (Columbus Dispatch)
- LARRY BROOKS: NHL going crazy inside bubble (New York Post)
- JOHN ROMANO: The Lightning will go as far as Andrei Vasilevskiy takes them (Tampa Bay Times)
- MATT PORTER: With prelims wrapping up, here are some bests and worsts around the NHL (Boston Globe)
- STEVE SIMMONS: Game 5 couldn't possibly top the previous two for drama, could it? (Toronto Sun)
- MATT VENSEL: Seven Penguins who could depart this offseason (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
- ED WILLES: Tanev takes turn playing hero, albeit teammates say he's always super (Vancouver Province)
- WES GILBERTSON: Flames could be tough out for a first-round favourite (Calgary Sun)
- TERRY JONES: Oilers may be out but 50-50 ticket draw must go on (Edmonton Sun)
- BRUCE ARTHUR: Champions don’t hesitate. The Leafs will get what they deserve in Game 5 — win or lose (Toronto Star)