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OPINION

9/22/12

KEN CAMPBELL: NHLers in Europe, USA Prospects Game and the Markham Arena (The Hockey News)
LUKE FOX: Ontario vs. Quebec barnstorm (Sportsnet)
JESSE SPECTOR: Winter Classic cancellation would be devastating for all (The Sporting News)
MARK SPECTOR: A different level of hockey (Sportsnet)
CHRIS NICHOLS: Players hesitant to trust (Sportsnet)
JESSE SPECTOR: Sidney Crosby's cost to play overseas? $400,000 a month in insurance (The Sporting News)
STU HACKEL: OHL fighting bans will benefit NHL (Si.com)
PIERRE LeBRUN: Brodeur has seen this movie four times (ESPN)
GORD STELLICK: Reasons for lockout optimism (CBC)
ROY MacGREGOR: From 'cost certainty' and team survival to just plain greed (Globe & Mail)
DAMIEN COX: Canada's Hat Trick: You didn't have to see Paul Henderson's 1972 Summit Series goal to have lived it (Toronto Star)
SARAH McLELLAN: What the Coyotes are saying and doing about the lockout (Arizona Republic)
TERRY JONES: Messier highlights Leadership Experience (Edmonton Sun)
CATHAL KELLY: Gretzky to Lemieux at 1987 Canada Cup one of finest goals in nation's history (Toronto Star)
WAYNE SCANLAN: Lessons from the Summit Series (Ottawa Citizen)
JOHN MacKINNON: Downtown Edmonton arena deal can and should be made Ñ enough is enough (Edmonton Journal)
RED FISHER: The one that got away for Canada (Montreal Gazette)
ED WILLES: Four work stoppages later, Bettman and NHL continue to sing same sad tune (Vancouver Province)
CHRIS STEVENSON: Sweden opens way for players hit by NHL lockout (Ottawa Sun)

9/21/12

ADAM PROTEAU: David Branch continues progressive approach against fighting (The Hockey News)
MARK SPECTOR: A different level of hockey (Sportsnet)
MICHAEL GRANGE: Is the KHL the news WHA? (Sportsnet)
JESSE SPECTOR: 'I have a headache today': Keith Primeau on living with concussions (The Sporting News)
DAMIEN COX: Biggest contracts could take hit under new CBA (Toronto Star)
BRIAN CAZENEUVE: NHL lockout notes: the only games in town, notable free agent, more (Si.com)
CHRIS NICHOLS: Not worth the sacrifice (Sportsnet)
JOHNETTE HOWARD: Enough! Time to ignore NHL lockout (ESPN)
MIKE ZEISBERGER: NHL lockout haunts Team Canada junior coach (Toronto Sun)
STU HACKEL: What to make of Ovechkin's outburst (Si.com)
KATIE STRANG: It's no vacation for Euro players (ESPN)
TIM WHARNSBY: Why the NHL 7 players won't just split it 50/50 (CBC)
BRUCE DOWBIGGIN: NHL losing the war on social media (Globe & Mail)
WAYNE SCANLAN: Puck drops with same game, but different faces at Scotiabank Place (Ottawa Citizen)
JIM SOUHAN: In matchup of NHL owners vs. players, there's crossover (Minneapolis Star-Tribune)Subscriber site
DAVID CLIMER: NHL will survive this lockout (The Tennessean)
TOM HOFFARTH: Kings hold a Cupapalooza (Los Angeles Daily News)

9/20/12

MARK SPECTOR: Unintended consequences (Sportsnet)
DARREN DREGOR: OHL targetting fighters; NHL targetting embellishers (TSN)
PAT STEINBERG: Keep an eye on Karri (Sportsnet)
SCOTT BURNSIDE: What's an NHLer to do in North America? (ESPN)
JESSE SPECTOR: NHL concussions: As junior leagues adapt, documentary could move needle (The Sporting News)
PIERRE LeBRUN: AHL cautious about lockout boost (ESPN)
STU HACKEL: NHL Lockout Notebook: Day 4 (Si.com)
PIERRE LeBRUN: NHL keeping eye on OHL's new fighting rule (ESPN)
ELLIOTTE FRIEDMAN: Making sense of hockey-related revenue (CBC)
TED KULFAN: Remaining free agents are in lockout limbo (Detroit News)
CHRIS STEVENSON: A way for NHL to cut down on staged fights? Put a cap on number of bouts (Ottawa Sun)
VINCENT BONSIGNORE: Anschutz exit isn't end of hopes for Farmers Field or NFL in Los Angeles (Los Angeles Daily News)
DON BRENNAN: Doug Gilmour happy to see Jason Spezza going to his old Swiss team (Ottawa Sun)
TED WYMAN: NHLers taking jobs in Europe during lockout unfair (Winnipeg Sun)
ROSIE DiMANNO: Patrick Burke to meet with Yunel Escobar on homophobia (Toronto Star)
WAYNE SCANLAN: When they were (almost) kings (Ottawa Citizen)
DAVE STUBBS: There's a new sheriff in town (Montreal Gazette)

9/19/12

RYAN KENNEDY: Hockey options for fans in NHL markets (The Hockey News)
IAN MENDES: War of public perception (Sportsnet)
SCOTT BURNSIDE: What's an NHLer to do in North America? (ESPN)
JOHN SHANNON: Plenty of hockey to go around (Sportsnet)
PIERRE LeBRUN: CBA negotiations at 'crucial' period (ESPN)
CHRIS NICHOLS: Crunch time for arena deal (Sportsnet)
STU HACKEL: NHL lockout player exodus has its costs (Si.com)
CRAIG CUSTANCE: Mike Modano: Lockout wasn't worth it (ESPN)
ERIC DUHATSCHEK: A lost NHL season could happen again (Globe & Mail)
TOM POWERS: Houston Aeros coach has Wild's future in his hands (St. Paul Pioneer Press)Subscriber site
WAYNE SCANLAN: Fed-up fan has had his fill of NHL (Ottawa Citizen)
VINCENT BONSIGNORE: Philip Anschutz to hand off NFL stadium project near goal line (Los Angeles Daily News)
TERRY JONES: Edmonton Mayor Stephen Mandel and Oilers owner Daryl Katz need to hammer out arena deal (Edmonton Sun)
TONY GALLAGHER: Canadian Stanley Cup chances look dimmer (Vancouver Province)
DAMIEN COX: L'Affaire Allaire turns vicious (Toronto Star)
CHRIS STEVENSON: Next week crucial to determining length of NHL lockout (Ottawa Sun)
PAULA SIMONS: City no longer knows what Oilers owner wants (Edmonton Journal)

9/18/12

KEN CAMPBELL: NHL had chance to bury players in 2005 (The Hockey News)
JOHN SHANNON: Where's the passion (Sportsnet)
JESSE SPECTOR: Turn over the league's present and future to Brendan Shanahan (The Sporting News)
CRAIG CUSTANCE: GMs look to past for post-lockout success (ESPN)
MARK SPECTOR: Put up or shut up (Sportsnet)
BRIAN STUBITS: Your daily hockey fix for Day 2 (CBS Sportsline)
CHRIS NICHOLS: Price feels terrible (Sportsnet)
ERIC DUHATSCHEK: KHL has learnt from past mistakes, but ... (Globe & Mail)
DAVE FESCHUK: Toronto Maple Leafs: Intrigue surrounds departure of goalie coach Francois AllaireFormer Leafs goaltending coach Francois Allaire, left, instructs netminder James Reimer during a team practice last year (Toronto Star)
JOE WARMINGTON: Replacement players could solve NHL owners' problems, end lockout (Toronto Sun)
SAM DONNELLON: High-sticking it to NHL players (Philadelphia Daily News)
BOB DUFF: Babcock turns to home for lockout (Windsor Star)
LANCE HORNBY: 40 things you don't know about the Summit Series (Toronto Sun)
RACHEL BLOUNT: Fehr gives union edge, so lockout could be lengthy (Minneapolis Star-Tribune)Subscriber site
STEVE BUFFERY: Francois Allaire's departure from Maple Leafs must hurt Brian Burke (Toronto Sun)
DAVID STAPLES: 'I'm focused on making this deal work,' Katz says (Edmonton Journal)

9/17/12

STU HACKEL: NHL Lockout Day 1: Talking to the fans, not each other (Si.com)
SEAN GENTILLE: On Day 1, sides opt for PR moves rather than negotiations (The Sporting News)
GORD STELLICK: Summit Series: Valuable time to get it all together (CBC)
BRUCE DOWBIGGIN: No hockey a windfall for networks (Globe & Mail)
MICHAEL HIESTAND: NHL lockout hurts fledgling NBC Sports Network (USA Today)
BARRY ROZNER: NHL fans want hockey, not Bettman's promise (Chicago Daily Herald)
KEN WIEBE: Jets score with Kane deal (Winnipeg Sun)
GEORGE JOHNSON: Eerie silence surrounds Dome as lockout takes effect (Calgary Herald)
ED WILLES: NHL lockout causing richer teams to lose millions (Vancouver Province)
ADAM L. JAHNS: In hockey fight, players are right (Chicago Sun Times)
JACK TODD: Canada's game has been stolen (Montreal Gazette)
TED WYMAN: Don't shed tears for locked out Jets (Winnipeg Sun)
NORMAN CHAD: NHL owners trying to turn back the clock (Washington Post)Subscriber site
BOB DUFF: NHL fight hits close to home (Windsor Star)
LUKE DeCOCK: For lockout veterans, not deja vu but disbelief (Raleigh News & Observer)Subscriber site
RANDY SPORTAK: NHL players take moral high ground in labour dispute (Calgary Sun)

9/16/12

JASON KAY: What THN will look like during the NHL lockout (The Hockey News)
MARK SPECTOR: Players have more to lose (Sportsnet)
JESSE SPECTOR: NHL lockout begins: How did this happen ... again? (The Sporting News)
MICHAEL GRANGE: Midnight strikes on Bettman (Sportsnet)
SEAN GENTILLE: NHL lockout: AHL stockpiles talent; who should you watch? (The Sporting News)
SCOTT BURNSIDE: NHL, NHLPA throwing it all away (ESPN)
STU HACKEL: NHL lockout on (Si.com)
KATIE STRANG: NHL imposes league-wide lockout (ESPN)
ADAM GRETZ: NHL lockout: Here we go again (CBS Sportsline)
TIM WHARNSBY: NHL, players face another lengthy battle (CBC)
PAT LEONARD: NY Rangers may have to make power play to prevent another lost NHL Season (New York Daily News)
LARRY BROOKS: Backward-thinking NHL shoots itself in skate (New York Post)
SAM CARCHIDI: NHL stalemate is an insult to the fans (Philadelphia Inquirer)
KEVIN CALLAHAN: NHL slaps the fans' faces again (South Jersey Courier-Post)
TIM SASSONE: The No Hockey League -- again (Chicago Daily Herald)
STEVE SIMMONS: Bettman the face of frustration (Toronto Sun)
MIKE ZEISBERGER: Sidney Crosby and NHLPA's Donald Fehr go back a ways (Toronto Sun)
JASON YORK: 3 Strikes on Bettman (Ottawa Sun)
JEFF MILLER: NHL lockout leaves young players puzzled (Orange County Register)
BERNIE MIKLASZ: Bettman betraying loyal hockey fans (St. Louis Post Dispatch)
DAMIEN COX: NHL, NHLPA relationship 50 Shades of Nasty (Toronto Star)
JASON BOTCHFORD: Time to turn off the hype and hypocrisy (Vancouver Sun)
STEPHEN HARRIS: Shutdown defense stops NHL's momentum (Boston Herald)
BRUCE GARRIOCH: Collateral damage (Ottawa Sun)
HELENE ST. JAMES: Players digging in, but owners have upper hand (Detroit Free Press)
STEVE POLITI: NHL lockout could halt sport's momentum once again (Newark Star Ledger)
TOM POWERS: Fans should walk when NHL comes back (St. Paul Pioneer Press)Subscriber site
BUCKY GLEASON: Blame NHL owners, but time and money on their side (Buffalo News)
LUKE DeCOCK: Eight years later, another lockout of uncertain duration (Raleigh News & Observer)Subscriber site
GARY LAWLESS: Move teams north already (Winnipeg Free Press)
DAVID STAPLES: Classic 1987 series packed with scoring chances (Edmonton Journal)
RANDY SPORTAK: Lockout could influence Iginla's future with Flames (Calgary Sun)

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