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OPINION

10/11/08

RYAN DIXON: Importance of goalie depth (The Hockey News)
JAMES DEACON: Too Soon to Start Planning Leafs' Parade (AOL Canada)
ALLAN MUIR: Crystal oddball predictions (Si.com)
WES GOLDSTEIN: As netminding legend continues to grow, Brodeur still stands tall (CBS Sportsline)
CRAIG CUSTANCE: Best friends on opposite sidelines in Caps-Thrashers (The Sporting News)
MARK SPECTOR: No more Mr. Nice Guy (Sportsnet)
MIKE BROPHY: What was that? (Sportsnet)
LYLE RICHARDSON: NHL could get caught in economic crunch (Foxsports)
SCOTT BURNSIDE: Too young to lead the Blackhawks? Toews says: Bring it on (ESPN)
STEPHEN BRUNT: Salary system can't save the have-nots (Globe & Mail)
CHRIS STEVENSON: Staying positive is not loonie (Ottawa Sun)
RANDY SPORTAK: There's plenty of blame to go around after Flames' self-destructive, season-opening thrashing in Vancouver (Calgary Sun)
JEFF GORDON: Andy Murray understandably pleased (St. Louis Post Dispatch)
RED FISHER: NHL has only itself to blame for rash of preseason injuries (Montreal Gazette)
ARTHUR STAPLE: Team approach works for Rangers (New York Newsday)
RED FISHER: Sens' Ruutu has praise for fans in Pittsburgh (Montreal Gazette)
LUKE DeCOCK: Comeback a start for changed Canes (Raleigh News & Observer)

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TOM POWERS: Sheriff Boogaard needs new posse (St. Paul Pioneer Press)Subscriber site
BERNIE MIKLASZ: Young Blues bring energy (St. Louis Post Dispatch)
GEORGE JOHNSON: At least one Flame is happy (Calgary Herald)
BOB DUFF: Steen Sr. tosses his hat in ring (Windsor Star)
TOM POWERS: Sheriff Boogaard needs new posse (St. Paul Pioneer Press)Subscriber site
MARK HERRMANN: Gordon faces tough decision on first night (New York Newsday)
DAN BARNES: Hey, Edmonton, why so serious? (Edmonton Journal)
GARY LOEWEN: A Leafs eye-opener ... in more ways than one (Toronto Sun)
PAT HICKEY: Hard-working Rivet deserves 'C' with Sabres (Montreal Gazette)
RED FISHER: Them's fightin' words: tempers boiling before season starts (Montreal Gazette)
ERIC FRANCIS: New dad could fuel team fire (Calgary Sun)
JAMES DUTHIE: Ovie and the caps: hockey has a rock star (Ottawa Citizen)
MIKE BOONE: Some words of wisdom (Montreal Gazette)
ALAN PERGAMENT: FiOS can’t show Sabres in high-def (Buffalo News)

10/10/08

ADAM PROTEAU: Hope springs eternal on NHL’s opening night (The Hockey News)
JIM KELLEY: Todd Bertuzzi's 'good guy' image is just a charade (Si.com)
GARY FRALEY: Behind every great player is a great hockey mom (Foxsports)
AL STRACHAN: Five things Bettman needs to change (Foxsports)
PIERRE LeBRUN: One thing Leafs will be successful at this season? Playing the spoiler role (ESPN)
BRUCE ARTHUR: Leafs turn heads in beating champs (National Post)
LARRY BROOKS: Palin's puck drop shameful (New York Post)
GARY LOEWEN: Plan the parade route (Toronto Sun)
ED WILLES: Hockey players hide their lights (Vancouver Province)
JIM MATHESON: Buffalo bench boss's longevity proves league isn't always so Ruff (Edmonton Journal)
DAVE HYDE: If Bouwmeester stays, Panthers on right track (South Florida Sun-Sentinel)
MARK PURDY: Nabokov provides reason for comfort (San Jose Mercury News)Subscriber site
BRUCE DOWBIGGIN: Canucks take liberties with Flames defence (Calgary Herald)
RED FISHER: High hopes for Habs' golden boy (Montreal Gazette)
DAVE KRIEGER: Goaltending still big uncertainty for Avs (Denver Rocky Mountain News)
TOM POWERS: Sheriff Boogaard needs new posse (St. Paul Pioneer Press)Subscriber site
STEVE POLITI: New Jersey Devils roster looks like good old days, but very old for this day and age (Newark Star Ledger)
LEN ZEIHM: Puck\drops here (Chicago Sun-Times)
HELENE ELLIOTT: Penalties costly to Ducks in season-opening loss (Los Angeles Times)Subscriber site
LUKE DeCOCK: Laviolette deserves another chance (Raleigh News & Observer)

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GREG COTE: Florida Panthers' DeBoer is seeking respect (Miami Herald)Subscriber site
DREW SHARP: Wings can help the city during tough times (Detroit Free Press)
MARK HERRMANN: A numbers game for Isles opener (New York Newsday)
ROBERT TYCHKOWSKI: Architect relishes new role (Edmonton Sun)
DAMIEN COX: Cliff Fletcher has reason for big smile (Toronto Star)
BOB HUNTER: Jackets have a lot to prove to loyal but skeptical fans (Columbus Dispatch)
IAIN MacINTYRE: This Danish is good to go (Vancouver Sun)
ERIC FRANCIS: Whose line is it anyway? (Calgary Sun)
PAT HICKEY: Laraque brings missing fear factor (Montreal Gazette)
MARK PURDY: Sharks begin McLellan era with rapid-fire assault (San Jose Mercury News)Subscriber site
DAN BARNES: Seeking their inner child (Edmonton Journal)
BOB DUFF: Wings' duo odd men out (Windsor Star)
PAT HICKEY: Habs know they have solid team (Montreal Gazette)
TONY GALLAGHER: Very little to criticize from amazing opening night (Vancouver Province)
GEORGE JOHNSON: Bertuzzi and Co. sputter at start (Calgary Herald)
CRASH CAMERON: Let's hear from Grapes on anthem challenge (Edmonton Sun)
WOODY PAIGE: Loss won't spoil a grand weekend (Denver Post)
MIKE ZEISBERGER: Calm and collected (Toronto Sun)
GEORGE JOHNSON: Meet the new Glenn Anderson (Calgary Herald)
BOB WOJNOWSKI: Wings are back -- thank goodness (Detroit News)
DAVE STUBBS: Exciting time to lead Habs for Captain K (Montreal Gazette)
MIKE BOONE: The story of how Habs site was born (Montreal Gazette)

10/09/08

WES GOLDSTEIN: Happy birthday to Habs: Montreal centennial will bring 25th Cup (CBS Sportsline)
MIKE BROPHY: Some love for L.A. (Sportsnet)
CRAIG CUSTANCE: Predators are rolling with the punches this season (The Sporting News)
BRUCE ARTHUR: Reality bites (Sportsnet)
RYAN DIXON: Montreal fan experience bridges generations (The Hockey News)
JIM KELLEY: March to oblivion (Sportsnet)
SARAH KWAK: Original Six in the spotlight (Si.com)
DAMIEN COX: Out with the old, in with the new? It's an emerging NHL trend (ESPN)
STEPHEN BRUNT: Sports not immune to financial crisis (Globe & Mail)
BRUCE ARTHUR: League needs to stabilize before growth will be possible (National Post)
DAVID SHOALTS: Wilson's message different for fans, team (Globe & Mail)
LARRY LAGE: Wings can take our minds off other teams' shortcomings (Detroit Free Press)
MARK PURDY: Game on for Sharks (San Jose Mercury News)Subscriber site
BILL LANKHOF: For the Leafs, believing is a start (Toronto Sun)
CAM COLE: It's all theory until Canucks season starts (Vancouver Sun)
ED WILLES: It's the same song, but different conductor (Vancouver Province)
RICK SADOWSKI: Defending champion Red Wings still have edge (Denver Rocky Mountain News)
JIM MATHESON: Brodeur's been Devilishly good (Edmonton Journal)
TONY GALLAGHER: Brown's muscle a much-needed component (Vancouver Province)
JIM BAUMBACH: Okposo says the future is now (New York Newsday)
MARK PURDY: These Sharks aren't trendy or fashionable (San Jose Mercury News)Subscriber site
TOM POWERS: Minnesota Wild need to sign or trade Marian Gaborik -- fast (St. Paul Pioneer Press)Subscriber site
IAIN MacINTYRE: Luc Bourdon's spirit lives on (Vancouver Sun)
BRUCE DOWBIGGIN: Salary cap juggle victimizes Boyd (Calgary Herald)
STEPHEN HARRIS: The Bruins have more talent, but grit still necessary (Boston Herald)
BOB WOJNOWSKI: New year, same quest for Red Wings (Detroit News)
WAYNE SCANLAN: NHL belts about to be tightened (Ottawa Citizen)
ED WILLES: Demitra outshone 'superstar' teammates (Vancouver Province)
ROBERT TYCHKOWSKI: Chemistry lesson (Edmonton Sun)
MICHAEL ARACE: Overlooked Jackets will make playoffs (Columbus Dispatch)
MARK KISZLA: Sakic ignores cynics (Denver Post)
TONY GALLAGHER: Western teams getting offensive (Vancouver Province)
ERIC FRANCIS: Whose line is it anyway? (Calgary Sun)
GARY LOEWEN: Get tough Orr else (Toronto Sun)
DAN BARNES: Tale of pain sounds familiar (Edmonton Journal)
TONY GALLAGHER: Scary thought, but Detroit might be better (Vancouver Province)
PAT HICKEY: Preparation is the secret to recovery (Montreal Gazette)
TERRY FREI: '08 Hall class in a class all its own (Denver Post)
KEVIN PAUL DUPONT: Bear necessity (Boston Globe)Subscriber site
GEORGE JOHNSON: Canucks' perfect pre-season pumps playoff prognostications (Calgary Herald)
ED WILLES: Philly will fly while Leafs will fall and fall ... (Vancouver Province)
MIKE ZEISBERGER: No sympathy for Leafs at Wing-ding (Toronto Sun)
BERNIE LINCICOME: Many variations for Avs' theme song (Denver Rocky Mountain News)
GARY LOEWEN: Bertuzzi the Art Lost favourite (Toronto Sun)

10/08/08

SAM McCaig: Saturday night nostalgia at Maple Leaf Gardens (The Hockey News)
MICHAEL FARBER: NHL's European plan is nonsense (Si.com)
BILL CLEMENT: MVP? Alex's still NHL's greatest player (MSNBC)
JIM KELLEY: Coaching carousel (Sportsnet)
ERIC DUHATSCHEK: Line dancing in Calgary (Globe & Mail)
KEVIN ALLEN: An ice forecast for the NHL this season (USA Today)
GARY LOEWEN: Hockey's no-hearts (Toronto Sun)
TERRY JONES: Time to get giddy with it (Edmonton Sun)
BRUCE GARRIOCH: Rising to the defence (Ottawa Sun)
IAIN MacINTYRE: Luongo regains his calm, focus (Vancouver Sun)
DAVE STUBBS: Habs take no chances with wounded (Montreal Gazette)
BRUCE GARRIOCH: Gerber's a show stopper (Ottawa Sun)
TERRY JONES: Time to get giddy with it (Edmonton Sun)
LARRY BROOKS: Rangers in cap trap (New York Post)
GEORGE JOHNSON: Canucks back Big Bert (Calgary Herald)
DON BRENNAN: On the defensive (Ottawa Sun)
MIKE ZEISBERGER: There's history in the making (Toronto Sun)
JIM MATHESON: Can talent-laden Red Wings win two consecutive Stanley Cups? (Edmonton Journal)
MICHAEL ARACE: Time to get out Hitchionary for hockey season (Columbus Dispatch)
ERIC FRANCIS: Great expectations (Calgary Sun)
ROBERT TYCHKOWSKI: Oilers are pumped (Edmonton Sun)
CAM COLE: Canadian fans faithful through Cup drought (Vancouver Sun)
KEVIN PAUL DUPONT: General manager Chiarelli reshaped Bruins from bottom up (Boston Globe)Subscriber site
DON BRENNAN: All eyes on Heatley (Ottawa Sun)
DAN BARNES: Mac to put smack back in Oil attack (Edmonton Journal)
STEVE SIMMONS: Cliff caught in the middle (Toronto Sun)
BRUCE DOWBIGGIN: Sutter would step in before he steps back (Calgary Herald)
MIKE BOONE: Local musicians hope to score with their hockey anthem (Montreal Gazette)
DAN BARNES: This should be the season that your Oilers return to National Hockey League playoffs (Edmonton Journal)
RANDY SPORTAK: Ready to ignite (Calgary Sun)
MIKE ZEISBERGER: He's a 'keeper (Toronto Sun)
JIM MATHESON: Early look at 2010 Canadian Olympic team (Edmonton Journal)
WAYNE SCANLAN: Ruutu 'better than I thought' (Ottawa Citizen)
DON BRENNAN: On the defensive (Ottawa Sun)
BILL LANKHOF: Grabovski starting to settle in (Toronto Sun)

10/07/08

DARREN ELIOT: Blues' bright future getting closer (Si.com)
RAY SLOVER: 2008's fab four defenseman make bids to stay in NHL (The Sporting News)
KEN CAMPBELL: CBA serving purpose of driving up franchise values (The Hockey News)
CRAIG CUSTANCE: Blues count on youth, lessons learned in 2008-09 (The Sporting News)
MIKE BROPHY: Losing their looks (Sportsnet)
LYLE RICHARDSON: Wings poised for repeat in the West (Foxsports)
GARY LOEWEN: What do fans gain from the NHL money machine? (Toronto Sun)
ADRIAN DATER: Avs and fans alike deserve brutal truth (Denver Post)
GEORGE JOHNSON: Calgary love-in not happily ever after just yet (Calgary Herald)
CHRIS STEVENSON: Positive vibes for Sens (Ottawa Sun)
ROB OLLER: Jackets, Crew could feel pinch of tight times (Columbus Dispatch)
DAN BARNES: Is this the year ... ? Don't count on it (Edmonton Journal)
DAVE STUBBS: Price knows he wears an invisible C (Montreal Gazette)
BRUCE DOWBIGGIN: Court case will make Bertuzzi's past very difficult to ignore (Calgary Herald)
DAVE DYE: Melrose lights into his Lightning (Detroit News)
LARRY BROOKS: $ather needs thinking 'cap' (New York Post)
CHRIS STEVENSON: Ray back in NHL? (Ottawa Sun)
BRUCE DOWBIGGIN: Melnyk's forecast calls for some rain (Calgary Herald)
CAM COLE: Catching up to reality (Vancouver Sun)
WAYNE SCANLAN: Senators 2.0: Hockey with attitude (Ottawa Citizen)
BILL LANKHOF: Fun with your Leafs (Toronto Sun)

10/06/08

SCOTT BURNSIDE: Who are these Rangers? Drury, Gomez providing some answers (ESPN)
BRUCE ARTHUR: Leafs have to be careful with Schenn (National Post)
GARY LOEWEN: Offside Monday - Show me the kronors (Toronto Sun)
DAVE STUBBS: The fight for 25 begins (Montreal Gazette)
IAIN MacINTYRE: Successful pre-season important for these Canucks (Vancouver Sun)
LANCE HORNBY: Monday Morning Puck Shot (Toronto Sun)
JIM MATHESON: Oilers ponder the possibilities, pitfalls of opening a season overseas (Edmonton Journal)
ERIC FRANCIS: Mascot with a mullet and high-top runners? Sink your teeth into what best represents the Oilers ... (Calgary Sun)
CHRIS STEVENSON: Melnyk ready to cast his vote -- for European expansion; Sid may be throwing a power-play curve (Ottawa Sun)
DAMIEN COX: Leafs' season could be tale of woe (Toronto Star)

10/05/08

RAY SLOVER: Blackhawks to Khabibulin: Take a seat (The Sporting News)
PIERRE LeBRUN: Kennedy's big night could be promising sign of things to come for Penguins (ESPN)
STEVE SIMMONS: Bell's salary an anchor for the Leafs (Toronto Sun)
ED WILLES: Vigneault the (Vancouver Province)
ARTHUR STAPLE: If Isles' youngsters mesh with veterans, look out (New York Newsday)
JIM MATHESON: Wild may be forced to trade Gaborik (Edmonton Journal)
CHRIS STEVENSON: Gerber turns to mush in opener; Sundin gets fans' roar of approval; Spezza's maddening antics strike again (Ottawa Sun)
ERIC FRANCIS: Family matters (Calgary Sun)
LARRY BROOKS: New world order needs fees (New York Post)
TONY GALLAGHER: Life of Ryan illustrates twisted cap (Vancouver Province)
GARTH WOOLSEY: It worked for Red, can it work for White? (Toronto Star)
JOHNETTE HOWARD: Islanders can't seem to do anything right (New York Newsday)
DON BRENNAN: The 6 Million Dollar Man (Ottawa Sun)

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