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OPINION

10/22/11

KEN CAMPBELL: Hockey Canada residency rules must change (The Hockey News)
MARK SPECTOR: A letter to Canucks fans (Sportsnet)
STU HACKEL: Hal Gill's unlikely milestone (Si.com)
MIKE BROPHY: On the front line (Sportsnet)
ADRIAN DATER: It's trade tease time in the NHL (Si.com)
DANA WAKIJI: Red Wings use power play to remain perfect (Foxsports)
PIERRE LeBRUN: Pressure on Flames to win now (ESPN)
BRIAN STUBITS: Weekend Preview: Will Trotz lose it? Wings-Caps (CBS Sportsline)
TIM WHARNSBY: How many games should a No. 1 goalie play (CBC)
ALLAN MAKI: Blood Brothers: Concussion still stinging hockey's Staal family (Globe & Mail)
SEAN GORDON: Habs' Max Pacioretty making a name for himself (Globe & Mail)
KYLE WOODLIEF: To end of NHL draft looks very competitive (USA Today)
DAVE STUBBS: We're trying, Canadiens tell irrational fans (Montreal Gazette)
TIM SASSONE: Blackhawks to unveil statues of Hull, Mikita (Chicago Daily Herald)Subscriber site
LARRY BROOKS: Rangers just getting by without top defenseman (New York Post)
MIKE HEIKA: Everything falling in line for Stars, especially their top lines (Dallas Morning News)Subscriber site
RED FISHER: Pittsburgh Penguins show why they're the best (Montreal Gazette)
CAM COLE: Ex-NHLer Guerin has Stern lesson for NBA's locked-out stars (Vancouver Sun)
GARY LAWLESS: Jets not punchline material just yet (Winnipeg Free Press)
TOM GULITTI: NHL locals all have a good shot to make the playoffs (Bergen Record)
DAVE STUBBS: Montreal Canadiens concerned, but it's not the end of the world (Montreal Gazette)
TOM GULITTI: NHL locals all have a good shot to make the playoffs (Bergen Record)
ED WILLES: Weekend roundup (Vancouver Province)
BRUCE GARRIOCH: Will Senators deal Alfredsson? (Ottawa Sun)
PAUL FRIESEN: Trick or treat for Jets, Bombers? (Winnipeg Sun)
MIKE BOONE: Habs vs. Leafs - the rivalry that isn't (Montreal Gazette)
BOB DUFF: Lidstrom solves problem (Windsor Star)
STU COWAN: Kirk Muller still dreams of NHL coaching job (Montreal Gazette)

10/21/11

ADAM PROTEAU: NHL trade verdicts best left to history (The Hockey News)
JESSE SPECTOR: Ovechkin's new goal means fewer goals--and that's fine for Caps (The Sporting News)
STU HACKEL: Hal Gill's unlikely milestone (Si.com)
JIM DIAMOND: Craig Smith makes easy NHL transition (Foxsports)
CRAIG CUSTANCE: Detroit's new D (ESPN)
BRIAN STUBITS: Slide risks: Who returns to juniors, who stays (CBS Sportsline)
MIKE MILBURY: NHL GMs: Three up and three down (CBC)
PAUL WALDIE: Byfuglien's lawyer to enter not-guilty plea in boating incident (Globe & Mail)
STEVE SIMMONS: Leafs have 'Ducks' in a row (Toronto Sun)
GARY SHELTON: For at least one night, order is restored for Tampa Bay Lightning (St. Petersburg Times)
BOB HUNTER: Blue Jackets front office needs senseof urgency (Columbus Dispatch)
WAYNE SCANLAN: Sens' defensive problems not all about those on the blue-line (Ottawa Citizen)
KEVIN PAUL DUPONT: Fans still cool to Kessel (Boston Globe)Subscriber site
IAIN MacINTYRE: Canucks have a spell of relief ... for now (Vancouver Sun)
TERRY JONES: Divisional dilemma for Oilers (Edmonton Sun)
PAT HICKEY: 'We're not doing things the right way,' Gill says (Montreal Gazette)
GARY LAWLESS: Jets should emerge as contender, eventually (Winnipeg Free Press)
KEVIN CALLAHAN: Giroux emerging as Flyers superstar (South Jersey Courier Post)
TONY GALLAGHER: Welcome back, Kes - we missed ya: Canucks (Vancouver Province)
DEREK VAN DIEST: Wild depending on Setoguchi (Edmonton Sun)
DAMIEN COX: Cup champs school Leafs, 6-2 (Toronto Star)
STEPHEN HARRIS: Less does mean more for Milan Lucic (Boston Herald)
TED WYMAN: Not enough offence to win (Winnipeg Sun)
DON BRENNAN: Greening a big hit (Ottawa Sun)
MIKE HEIKA: Jamie Benn, Stars working hard to improve in the faceoff circle (Dallas Morning News)Subscriber site
PHIL SHERIDAN: Captain Pronger will right this ship (Philadelphia Inquirer)

10/20/11

RYAN KENNEDY: Nineteen-year-old draft makes little sense (The Hockey News)
MIKE BROPHY: Squeaking one out (Sportsnet)
CRAIG CUSTANCE: Young talent gives Ottawa reason for hope (ESPN)
MARK SPECTOR: Time for Nash to cash (Sportsnet)
STU HACKEL: Talkin' hockey (Si.com)
TIM WHARNSBY: Concussion problem in hockey hits home with Mark Stuart (CBC)
SCOTT BURNSIDE: 5 Things: Stars' surge, Sabres' latest rookie sensation, Ryan Kesler's impact (ESPN)
KELLY HRUDEY: Bobby Orr vs Wayne Gretzky (CBC)
DAVID SHOALTS: Jets see signs of hope (Globe & Mail)
MAC ENGEL: Bill Guerin to NBA players: It's not worth it (Fort Worth Star-Telegram)Subscriber site
GARY LAWLESS: Lots of love for Jets in T.O. (Winnipeg Free Press)
DAVE FESCHUK: Another Fall Classic -- Phil Kessel's on fire (Toronto Star)
TONY GALLAGHER: Canuck party line is it's all 'hunky-dory' (Vancouver Province)
DAVE STUBBS: History shows Habs will rebound (Montreal Gazette)
MIKE HEIKA: Stars' ownership situation could be days away from resolution (Dallas Morning News)Subscriber site
GARY LAWLESS: 'Frosty' would have treasured this night (Winnipeg Free Press)
ERIC FRANCIS: Lay off Luongo: Canucks (Calgary Sun)
CAM TAIT: MacLean's book carries heavy Cherry flavour (Edmonton Journal)
DON BRENNAN: Sens' Anderson needs help (Ottawa Sun)
IAIN MacINTYRE: Luongo reacts to boos by rolling up his sleeves (Vancouver Sun)
JOE STARKEY: Letang verdict half right (Pittsburgh Tribune Review)
DAMIEN COX: Leafs down Jets in a weird one (Toronto Star)
MIKE BOONE: Cup climb begins on top rung of draft ladder (Montreal Gazette)
TIM SASSONE: Avalanche, Stars early surprises in NHL (Chicago Daily Herald)Subscriber site
TED WYMAN: Playing with fire in more ways than one (Winnipeg Sun)

10/19/11

RORY BOYLEN: That's your prediction? C'mon Man! (The Hockey News)
MIKE BROPHY: Finding their balance (Sportsnet)
CRAIG CUSTANCE: Stability keys Flyers' fast start (ESPN)
JESSE SPECTOR: NHL realignment: Three-conference system would provide creative solution to a geographic problem (The Sporting News)
PIERRE LeBRUN: Finding beauty in those hockey details (ESPN)
STU HACKEL: Florida's teams on opposite paths (Si.com)
PIERRE LeBRUN: Latest rumblings: Panic in Columbus? No D in Tampa Bay? Schneider on block? (ESPN)
GORD STELLICK: Why do we need the trapezoid again? (CBC)
DAVE STUBITS: Early season surprises: Avalanche take the cake (CBS Sportsline)
TIM WHARNSBY: Kobasew back on track with Avalanche (CBC)
PAUL WALDIE: Joyous Jets start four-game road trip in Toronto (Globe & Mail)
KEVIN ALLEN: Five U.S.-born players in mix of top NHL hopefuls (USA Today)
PAT HICKEY: Luke Adam a pleasant surprise for Buffalo Sabres (Montreal Gazette)
JOE HENDERSON: Bolts look vulnerable in front of net (Tampa Tribune)
MIKE HEIKA: Stars' fast start gives young team room to make mistakes (Fort Worth Star-Telegram)Subscriber site
WAYNE SCANLAN: Is the NHL at 18 too young for most? (Ottawa Citizen)
ROBERT TYCHKOWSKI: Red Deer's waiting (Edmonton Sun)
STEPHEN HARRIS: Missed conduct (Boston Herald)
RED FISHER: Sabres are riding a wave of rich contracts (Montreal Gazette)
PAUL FRIESEN: Noel clears up the 'chaos' (Winnipeg Sun)
TONY GALLAGHER: Demitra on Gaborik's mind (Vancouver Province)
DEJAN KOVACEVIC: Hockey heaven? You call it home (Pittsburgh Tribune Review)
JOHN MacKINNON: Bumping back NHL draft age proposed (Edmonton Journal)
ERIC FRANCIS: Nuge fights big odds (Calgary Sun)
JEFF MILLER: For starters, Ducks are looking good (Orange County Register)
DON BRENNAN: Out with the Auld! (Ottawa Sun)
DAVE STUBBS: Miller a multi-dimensional guy (Montreal Gazette)
BOB HUNTER: Jackets need to do more than play hard (Columbus Dispatch)

10/18/11

KEN CAMPBELL: Kessel-Seguin trade gets interesting (The Hockey News)
MICHAEL GRANGE: Reconstuction project (Sportsnet)
MIKE BROPHY: Finding the balance (Sportsnet)
BOB McKENIE: Coyotes franchise news to pick up soon (TSN)
MARK SPECTOR: The dynamic trio (Sportsnet)
JESSE SPECTOR: Colorado Avalanche among early surprises in 2011-12 NHL season (The Sporting News)
PIERRE LeBRUN: Young Avs squad off to surprising start (ESPN)
STU HACKEL: Cherry's apology and Slap Shot mythology (Si.com)
CRAIG CUSTANCE: Rangers, Lightning battle early road tests (ESPN)
ELLIOTTE FRIEDMAN: The 10-game rule and 30 Thoughts (CBC)
ADAM GERTZ: Good news, Vancouver: Ryan Kesler is back (CBS Sportsline)
TIM WHARNSBY: Reimer and special teams struggle in Leafs loss (CBC)
PAUL WALDIE: Opponents solving the riddle of Jets' top pick Scheifele (Globe & Mail)
KEVIN ALLEN: League, union still debating revenue figures (USA Today)
DAVE FESCHUK: Reimer and Kessel can't do it all (Toronto Star)
MARTIN FENNELLY: Still waiting for real Lightning to show up (Tampa Tribune)
MIKE HEIKA: Four-game trip could reveal cracks in system or galvanize team (Dallas Morning News)Subscriber site
TERRY JONES: Smyth's night all right (Edmonton Sun)
DAVE STUBBS: Gill closing in on milestone (Montreal Gazette)
KIRK PENTON: Burmistrov at centre of it all from the wing (Winnipeg Sun)
WAYNE SCANLAN: Smooth sailing for revamped Flyers so far (Ottawa Citizen)
JOHN MacKINNON: Eberle poster boy for bumping back NHL draft age (Edmonton Journal)
LUKE DeCOCK: Skinner still shining (Raleigh News & Observer)Subscriber site
IAIN MacINTYRE: Rick Rypien: the one everyone leaned on (Vancouver Sun)
ANDREW GROSS: Rangers need to play better on road (Bergen Record)
BARRY ROZNER: Kane experiment working for Hawks (Chicago Daily Herald)Subscriber site
MICHAEL ARACE: Time for Jackets to panic? Ask again after three games (Columbus Dispatch)
DEREK VAN DIEST: Eager to be fit (Edmonton Sun)
PAT HICKEY: Earl McRae informed, educated and entertained (Montreal Gazette)
GARY LAWLESS: Noel's Hitchcockian ways scare them good (Winnipeg Free Press)
PAOLA SIMONS: Katz Group power play scores major concessions from city (Edmonton Journal)
JOHN ROMANO: Little bit of everything contributing to Tampa Bay Lightning's skid (St. Petersburg Times)
MIKE BOONE: Players must adjust after cheering stops (Montreal Gazette)
HELENE ELLIOTT: Sharks go to great depths to become stronger (Los Angeles Times)Subscriber site
PAUL FRIESEN: Noel able to coax more out of Jets (Winnipeg Sun)
DAMIEN COX: Avs' Landeskog appears destined to stick in NHL (Toronto Star)

10/17/11

LYLE RICHARDSON: Turris to the Devils? (The Hockey News)
MIKE BROPHY: On the plus side (Sportsnet)
DAVE STUBITS: Tavares, the Nuge are pretty good (CBS Sportsline)
DAVID SHOALTS: Bruins still nursing a Stanley Cup hangover (Globe & Mail)
BRUCE DOWBIGGIN: Don Cherry's grovelling fails to erase errors (Globe & Mail)
PAUL WALDIE: Winnipeg Jets: No wins, no points, no wonder (Globe & Mail)
BRUCE ARTHUR: Don Cherry will be missed when he's gone (National Post)
HELENE ELLIOTT: Ducks' top line makes it a memorable night in 4-2 win over Blues (Los Angeles Times)Subscriber site
JACK TODD: HNIC's MacLean under fire (Montreal Gazette)
RED FISHER: Work to do on Montreal Canadiens' defense (Montreal Gazette)
TERRY JONES: Oilers Nugent-Hopkins ho-hum about hat trick (Edmonton Sun)
MIKE HEIKA: Ribeiro's reputation has positive growth for Stars (Dallas Morning News)Subscriber site
DON BRENNAN: Sens' 3 D taking shape (Ottawa Sun)
FRANK SERAVALLI: Richards' awkward return (Philadelphia Daily News)
PAT HICKEY: Montreal Canadiens's new ironman is David Desharnais (Montreal Gazette)
MARK WHICKER: Ducks' Hiller playing like he never left (Orange County Register)
RED FISHER: Avalanche rolling toward record (Montreal Gazette)
DAVE STUBBS: Pacioretty's terrible hit, amazing recovery, assist to Montreal General (Montreal Gazette)
JIM GINTONIO: Major distraction swatted out of Phoenix Coyotes' locker room early (Arizona Republic)Subscriber site

10/16/11

JESSE SPECTOR: Loss to Islanders should serve as warning to Rangers (The Sporting News)
STEVE SIMMONS: Rose Cherry, voice of reason (Toronto Sun)
GREG COTE: Home-opening win a promising start for Florida Panthers (Miami Herald)Subscriber site
BRUCE GARRIOCH: Flames' Feaster would like to make moves (Ottawa Sun)
DAMIEN CRISTODERO: Tampa Bay Lightning defense has a lot to figure out (St. Petersburg Times)
RANDY YOUNGMAN: Ducks scoring less but winning more (Orange County Register)
SAM CARCHIDI: Briere opens his home to rookie Couturier (Philadelphia Inquirer)
MICHAEL RUSSO: It's all about location (Minneapolis Star-Tribune)Subscriber site
GARY LAWLESS: Has Buff right stuff? (Winnipeg Free Press)
LARRY BROOKS: Hockey world unites behind plane crash victims (New York Post)
DAVE MOLINARI: Girding for first visit to Winnipeg (Pittsburgh Post Gazette)
WAYNE SCANLAN: Country has lost a great voice in Earl McRae (Ottawa Citizen)
KEVIN PAUL DUPONT: Stay-at-home players are a vanishing breed (Boston Globe)Subscriber site
BUCKY GLEASON: Rivet's love for the game is priceless (Buffalo News)
ERIC FRANCIS: New age of NHL reason sought (Calgary Sun)
ARTHUR STAPLE: Rangers-Islanders rivalry heating up again (New York Newsday)Subscriber site
TED WYMAN: Nightmare start to season (Winnipeg Sun)
DAVID STAPLES: Statistics don't show whole picture (Edmonton Journal)
RANDY MILLER: Gutsy trades have improved Flyers (South Jersey Courier Post)
TONY GALLAGHER: Asham incident the latest confusing sign of hockey's no-hit times (Vancouver Province)
DON BRENNAN: Karlsson rises to his own defence (Ottawa Sun)
JOE STARKEY: Sideshows' get old (Pittsburgh Tribune Review)
GARY LAWLESS: Defence still coming up short (Winnipeg Free Press)
ADRIAN DATER: Avs' defense, goaltending much improved (Denver Post)
MIKE HEIKA: After slow start, Stars' top line plays like one in win (Dallas Morning News)Subscriber site
DAMIEN COX: Maple Leafs picking up where they left off (Toronto Star)
JASON YORK: Asham's actions warrant suspension (Ottawa Sun)
MIKE BERARDINO: Entertainment is back for the Florida Panthers (South Florida Sun-Sentinel)
TERRY KOSHAN: Franson still playing small (Toronto Sun)

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