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OPINION

10/9/10

DENNIS BOUCHER: The development of on-ice testing (The Hockey News)
MIKE BROPHY: It's Joe's team now (Sportsnet)
BOB McKENZIE: What was the point of the MacIntyre-Ivanans fight? (TSN)
JIM KELLEY: On the uptick (Sportsnet)
ERIC DUHATSCHEK: Goalies on the cheap (Globe & Mail)
MATTHEW SEKERES: Canucks finally a part of VancouverÕs sporting fabric (Globe & Mail)
KEVIN PAUL DUPONT: No offense, but will they be able to score? (Boston Globe)Subscriber site
CAM COLE: Canucks, with no enforcer, now under the goon (Vancouver Sun)
TOM GULITTI: DevilsÕ John MacLean just needs to be himself (Bergen Record)
PAT HICKEY: Visiting players in awe of Penguins' new arena (Montreal Gazette)
MIKE HEIKA: After a shaky start for Stars' Lehtonen, teammates pick up the slack (Dallas Morning News)Subscriber site
WAYNE SCANLAN: At least the goalie played well (Ottawa Citizen)
GREG DOUGLAS: After 40 years, original Canucks hit the ice one more time (Vancouver Sun)
DAVE D'ALESSANDRO: Kovalchuk can answer all questions by reintroducing NJ to Lord Stanley (Newark Star Ledger)
HELENE ELLIOTT: Kings measure Drew Doughty's growth in leaps and bounds (Los Angeles Times)Subscriber site
STU COWAN: Poor drafting hobbles Habs (Montreal Gazette)
MICHAEL ROSENBERG: Red Wings' Mike Modano proves he still has it with a quick score (Detroit Free Press)
MIKE BOONE: Brunet at centre of media brouhaha (Montreal Gazette)
DAMIEN COX: Leafs can get better. But will they? (Toronto Star)
BOB DUFF: Fowler shines in debut (Windsor Star)
STEPHANIE MYLES: Ovechkin has lost his way (Montreal Gazette)

10/8/10

ADAM PROTEAU: Must-win games start in October (The Hockey News)
RYAN DIXON: Montreal's P.K. Subban looking to balance two-way game (The Hockey News)
DARREN DREGOR: Analyzing this year's exceptional crop of NHL rookies (TSN)
BOB McKENZIE: Lower-profile rookies could make some noise (TSN)
PIERRE LeBRUN: J.S. Giguere, Leafs start strong (ESPN)
RAY SLOVER: Loss to Maple Leafs raises pressure on Canadiens' Price (The Sporting News)
SCOTT BURNSIDE: 'Why you don't run out' on a market (ESPN)
DAVID SHOALTS: NHL's gain, world junior teams' loss (Globe & Mail)
WAYNE SCANLAN: What does season hold for Sens? Only the Zamboni knows (Ottawa Citizen)
JEFF BLAIR: Leafs get quick start Wilson wanted (Globe & Mail)
BRUCE ARTHUR: A good start in a year Leafs will fight for relevance (National Post)
STEVE BUFFERY: Zigomanis has Blue and White fever (Toronto Sun)
RON COOK: Penguins triumphant regardless of loss (Pittsburgh Post Gazette)
TERRY JONES: All the right moves (Edmonton Sun)
MIKE WISE: For the Capitals, only the Stanley Cup matters (Washington Post)Subscriber site
TONY GALLAGHER: Not ashamed to run out of superlatives (Vancouver Province)
PAT HICKEY: 'We did some good things,' Price says (Montreal Gazette)
RICK MORRISSEY: A personnel question for the Hawks (Chicago Sun Times)
DAN BARNES: Fans get a night to remember (Edmonton Journal)
BILL LANKHOF: Leafs give fans reason for hope (Toronto Sun)
MARK KISZLA: Avs still in project mode (Denver Post)
PAT HICKEY: Eller shows he can play with Habs (Montreal Gazette)
GEORGE JOHNSON: Embarrassed Flames left searching for answers (Calgary Herald)
MICHAEL ARACE: No one thinks Jackets are playoff team, except ... (Columbus Dispatch)
IAIN MacINTYRE: Canucks need to push play after sluggish start on ice (Vancouver Sun)
BUCKY GLEASON: To build the best team under cap, don't send big bucks to stars (Buffalo News)
DEREK VAN DIEST: Morrison ready to catch fire with Flames (Edmonton Sun)
KEVIN GORMAN: A small-market town no more (Pittsburgh Tribune Review)
DAVE STUBBS: Canadiens are a work in progress (Montreal Gazette)
ED WILLES: Team has parts, and spares (Vancouver Province)
GARY SHELTON: Thinking is good for new Tampa Bay Lightning leadership (St. Petersburg Times)
ROSIE DiMANNO: These Leafs built of sterner stuff (Toronto Star)
STEVE SIMMONS: A night like no other (Toronto Sun)
DAMIEN COX: Giguere rock solid as Leafs win opener 3-2 (Toronto Star)

10/7/10

RYAN DIXON: Expect David Clarkson to do more for Devils (The Hockey News)
PIERRE LeBRUN: So far, Mike Comrie paying off for Penguins (ESPN)
SCOTT BURNSIDE: Paul Martin prepares for new stint with Pens (ESPN)
ALLAN MUIR: 2010-11 Central Division Preview (Si.com)
PIERRE LeBRUN: Kris Versteeg on Leafs atmosphere: 'crazy' (ESPN)
A cruel, cruel mix (Sportsnet)
SCOTT BURNSIDE: For Capitals, it's Cup or bust (again) (ESPN)
MIKE BROPHY: Under the hot lights (Sportsnet)
JOHN BUCCIGROSS: Music, numbers, questions ... oh my! (ESPN)
ROY MacGREGOR: Canada king of the rink again (Globe & Mail)
DAVID SHOALTS: Habs-Leafs rivalry renewed (Globe & Mail)
STEVE SIMMONS: Road to reinvention (Toronto Sun)
ADAM J. JAHNS: After Cup hangover, Hawks must refocus (Chicago Sun Times)
WAYNE SCANLAN: Sens are all over the conference (Ottawa Citizen)
ED WILLES: Canucks first-place contenders (Vancouver Province)
LUKE DeCOCK: Will Maurice's usual 90 points be enough? (Raleigh News & Observer)Subscriber site
PAT HICKEY: Habs will miss a guy like White (Montreal Gazette)
TONY GALLAGHER: After Caps & Pens, it gets pretty lame (Vancouver Province)
DAVID HAUGH: New Hawks goalie Turco on the hot seat (Chicago Tribune)
VINAY MENON: 44 reasons for hope in Leafs Nation (Toronto Star)
DAN BARNES: A tale of two different Oilers captains (Edmonton Journal)
ED WILLES: Sedin's success this season about one stat (Vancouver Province)
MARK WHICKER: Jonas needs some brothers on Ducks' defense (Orange County Register)
DAVE STUBBS: Canadiens face new-look Leafs (Montreal Gazette)
CAM COLE: Calculating theIt Factor by subtraction (Vancouver Sun)
TERRY JONES: That's Horcoff with a 'C' (Edmonton Sun)
ERIC FRANCIS: Old guard on standby duty (Calgary Sun)
WAYNE SCANLAN: Communication the best defence (Ottawa Citizen)
MICHAEL ROSENBERG: Sweet home Detroit: Longtime foe Modano adjusts to life as Red Wing (Detroit Free Press)
TONY GALLAGHER: Too many hurdles to face to be a sure thing (Vancouver Province)
JAY GREENBERG: For local teams, Cup half empty (New York Post)
DAVE STUBBS: Gorges wants Habs to pick up where they left off (Montreal Gazette)
IAIN MacINTYRE: Gillis may thrill us after impressive summer (Vancouver Sun)
BARRY ROZNER: Selke would be great hardware to add to Toews collection (Chicago Daily Herald)
STEVE BUFFERY: Burkie disses Sun over Kadri photo (Toronto Sun)
RICK MORRISSEY: The voice of experience (Chicago Sun Times)
DAMIEN COX: With champs torn apart, chase for the Cup is wide open (Toronto Star)

10/6/10

RORY BOYLEN: What an AHL demotion says about the organization (The Hockey News)
MIKE SPECTOR: Flickering hopes (Sportsnet)
PIERRE LeBRUN: So, how'd those preseason experiments go? (ESPN)
WES GOLDSTEIN: Flames expecting to burn net more often (CBS Sportsline)
PIERRE LeBRUN: Teams figuring out final rosters before Wed. (ESPN)
ERIC DUHATSCHEK: Bettman walking fine line on head hits (Globe & Mail)
STEPHEN BRUNT: Coyotes a winner on ice, but still a business loser (Globe & Mail)
ROY MacGREGOR: No need for fourth line (Globe & Mail)
BRUCE ARTHUR: The NHL enters its Rorschach era (National Post)
MITCH ALBOM: Ilitch's vision could mean a re-energized downtown (Detroit Free Press)
PAT HICKEY: Cammalleri tight-lipped (Montreal Gazette)
ERIC FRANCIS: Playoffs now end-game (Calgary Sun)
WAYNE SCANLAN: Good health, cap logic hurt Hale (Ottawa Citizen)
TERRY JONES: Ultimate test for Oilers (Edmonton Sun)
JEFF MILLER: The story of 'The Miracle Kid' (Orange County Register)
IAIN MacINTYRE: O'Brien fires parting shot at Vigneault (Vancouver Sun)
GENE COLLIER: Sidney Crosby, The Natural (Pittsburgh Post Gazette)
GEORGE JOHNSON: This C-quel may not have a happy ending (Calgary Herald)
BRUCE GARRIOCH: Senators on the road to recovery (Ottawa Sun)
DAN BARNES: Youthful Oilers hope to duplicate Avalanche feat (Edmonton Journal)
TONY GALLAGHER: Cap fits assistant GM Gilman pretty much perfectly (Vancouver Province)
RED FISHER: Odds stacked against Hawks (Montreal Gazette)
ERIC FRANCIS: Oil's way not best for Flames (Calgary Sun)
JOHN NIYO: Wings goaltender Jimmy Howard focused on getting better (Detroit News)
CHRIS STEVENSON: Head-hunting ban biggest change to NHL (Ottawa Sun)
MIKE BOONE: Our Canadiens are a cosmopolitan melting pot (Montreal Gazette)
ERIC FRANCIS: Feaster can't skate, sure can GM (Calgary Sun)
MICHAEL ROSENBERG: Bold bid to force new Detroit arena (Detroit Free Press)
JASON YORK: Former NHLer starts Sun column (Ottawa Sun)

10/5/10

RYAN KENNEDY: 2011 NHL draft top 10 prospect ranking (The Hockey News)
KEN CAMPBELL: Seven thoughts from around the league (The Hockey News)
MARK SPECTOR: Time zone trauma (Sportsnet)
JOHN BUCCIGROSS: Another hockey goodbye? WHHHHHY!?! (ESPN)
WES GOLDSTEIN: Flyers still solving net puzzle amid higher goals (CBS Sportsline)
PIERRE LeBRUN: Preseason marks better times for KHL, NHL (ESPN)
STEPHEN BRUNT: MLSE execs feel the pain, too, fans (Globe & Mail)
JUSTIN BOURNE: NHL's wearing down the talent in name of growing the game (USA Today)
DAMIEN COX: Sending youngsters down is no disaster for Leafs (Toronto Star)
PAT HICKEY: Habs look like same old gang (Montreal Gazette)
WAYNE SCANLAN: Senators goalies are who we thought they were? (Ottawa Citizen)
IAIN MacINTYRE: Canucks' cap tricks: How will Vancouver fit under the $59.4M limit? (Vancouver Sun)
FRANK SERAVALLI: Flyers, other teams have shown you don't need elite goalie to win big (Philadelphia Daily News)
DAN BARNES: Oilers form protection racket (Edmonton Journal)
PHIL ROSENTHAL: Giordano's wants piece of Blackhawks' pie (Chicago Tribune)
RED FISHER: Cammalleri escapes with slap on wrist (Montreal Gazette)
TERRY JONES: Renney makes his call (Edmonton Sun)
STEVE BUFFERY: No bold statements from Burke (Toronto Sun)
DAVE FESCHUK: Toronto fans might want to go the free-agent route (Toronto Star)

10/4/10

WES GOLDSTEIN: Loaded Kings might be ready for royal season (CBS Sportsline)
SEAN GORDON: Gionta settles in, stands out (Globe & Mail)
DAVID SHOALTS: Leafs get a 'D' on Defence (Globe & Mail)
HELENE ELLIOTT: Kings and Ducks ready to play the games that count (Los Angeles Times)Subscriber site
DAVE STUBBS: A history of booing goaltenders (Montreal Gazette)
LARRY BROOKS: Righty-filled Rangers D can be left for now (New York Post)
LANCE HORNBY: Leafs look better, on paper anyway (Toronto Sun)
ROBERT TYCHKOWSKI: Oilers shooting blanks (Edmonton Sun)
PAT HICKEY: Cammalleri to face the music (Montreal Gazette)
ED WILLES: It's Doughty, no doubty (Vancouver Province)
DAVID BOCLAIR: Fabric of the Predators' success completely ignored by franchise (Nashville City Paper)
DAMIEN COX: Once too small and weak, Tyler BozakÕs tops in Leaf camp (Toronto Star)
RANDY YOUNGMAN: Ducks' defense braces for test (Orange County Register)

10/3/10

WES GOLDSTEIN: Lightning look to recapture glory, but it's a long road back (CBS Sportsline)
BRUCE DOWBIGGIN: Hockey Night in Canada: An institution that's lost its way (Globe & Mail)
WAYNE SCANLAN: Time to get Sens ship in shape (Ottawa Citizen)
LARRY BROOKS: Islanders cashin' on Yashin to avoid cap floor (New York Post)
ROBERT TYCHKOWSKI: Oilers Belle ready to pop (Edmonton Sun)
MARK SUTCLIFFE: Quebec City's game to get Harper, Bettman's ear (Ottawa Citizen)
CHRIS STEVENSON: Hockey passion shines through at rally (Ottawa Sun)
MIKE ZEISBERGER: Ryder Cup of Hockey? (Toronto Sun)

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