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OPINION

10/20/12

DARREN DREGOR: NHL & NHLPA believe there's a deal to be made (TSN)
JOHN SHANNON: Loungo will play for Toronto (Sportsnet)
MARK SPECTOR: Pressure mounting for Bettman (Sportsnet)
JESSE SPECTOR: Latest game cancellations? Bad, could get worse (The Sporting News)
CRAIG CUSTANCE: Charity game brings Hawks back together (ESPN)
STU HACKEL: The CBA and the sausage factory (Si.com)
SCOTT MORRISON: A glimmer of hope (Sportsnet)
CRAIG CUSTANCE: A perpetual cycle of lockouts (ESPN)
CHRIS NICHOLS: Sens fans getting fed up (Sportsnet)
ADAM GRETZ: NHL cancels games through Nov. 1 (CBS Sportsline)
JAMES MIRTLE: Luongo to the Leafs may just be a matter of time (Globe & Mail)
ROY MacGREGOR: Former NHL factory Kirkland Lake proud of growing minor system (Globe & Mail)
JEFF BLAIR: Fehr singularly dedicated to his employers (Globe & Mail)
MICHAEL TRAIKOS: Three NHLPA counter-proposals don't rub NHL the right way (National Post)
STU COWAN: A Season In Time a look back at 1992-93 NHL season's key figures (Montreal Gazette)
FRANK SERAVALLI: NHL cancels more games; players to get relief from escrow checks (Philadelphia Daily News)
JEFF GORDON: Stupid deals at crux of NHL standoff (St. Louis Post Dispatch)
GARY LAWLESS: The 'whole' truth (Winnipeg Free Press)
DAVE STUBBS: Don Cherry likes the new-look Montreal Canadiens (Montreal Gazette)
DAMIEN COX: Players pay now for NHLPA coup (Toronto Star)
PAT HICKEY: Can NBA teach NHL a lesson? (Montreal Gazette)
CAM COLE: Pucks at old St. Andrews (Vancouver Sun)

10/19/12

KEN CAMPBELL: NHL rejects three NHLPA offers (The Hockey News)
KEN CAMPBELL: Five teams that need an amnesty buyout (The Hockey News)
MICHAEL GRANGE: Darkest before dawn (Sportsnet)
JESSE SPECTOR: Forget the math -- owners' quick rejection is a bad joke (The Sporting News)
MARK SPECTOR: Torch passes to McDavid (Sportsnet)
STU HACKEL: Hope dashed as CBA talks stall again (Si.com)
PIERRE LeBRUN: CBA talks not as dire as it appears (ESPN)
CHRIS NICHOLS: Crosby responds to Giroux (Sportsnet)
SCOTT BURNSIDE: These squirrels are driving us nuts (ESPN)
ELLIOTTE FRIEDMAN: NHL labour solution could come from auto industry (CBC)
ADAM GRETZ: Gary Bettman considers NHLPA offers a step backward (CBS Sportsline)
TIM WHARNSBY: Crosby and fellow players miffed at NHL's quick rejection (CBC)
BRUCE DOWBIGGIN: Iron Mike's keys to post-lockout locker-room peace (Globe & Mail)
JAMES MIRTLE: Why the NHL playersÕ 50-50 compromise may not matter (Globe & Mail)
BRUCE ARTHUR: League, players still cannot bridge the gap (National Post)
KYLE WOODLIEF: NHL draft crop is one of the deepest in a decade (USA Today)
FRANK SERAVALLI: NHL's labor dispute still ice cold (Philadelphia Daily News)
JOHN MacKINNON: Another Bettman intervention canÕt harm negotiations (Edmonton Journal)
MARK WHICKER: Language barrier for NHL, union (Orange County Register)
DAMIEN COX: Latest stalemate threatens season (Toronto Star)
TERRY JONES: Oklahoma City Barons say Justin Schultz is ready to play for the Edmonton Oilers (Edmonton Sun)
DAVID STAPLES: Predictions? Council and Katz will soon have arena deal (Edmonton Journal)
KEN WARREN: Fans have every right to be upset by latest NHL rollercoaster ride (Ottawa Citizen)
ERIC FRANCIS: NHL Players fight losing battle (Calgary Sun)

10/18/12

KEN CAMPBELL: Analyzing the NHL's latest CBA offer (The Hockey News)
BOB McKENZIE: NHL Proposal wasn't met with great enthusiasm (TSN)
MICHAEL GRANGE: Now comes the hard part (Sportsnet)
SEAN GENTILLE: Year 1 of owners' offer is a battleground--with middle ground (The Sporting News)
CHRIS NICHOLS: Enoying the KHL life (Sportsnet)
JESSE SPECTOR: Spin cycle eats Tuesday's CBA optimism (The Sporting News)
CRAIG CUSTANCE: Proposal won't trigger mass trading ... yet (ESPN)
STU HACKEL: Hard bargaining ahead on owners' new CBA proposal (Si.com)
PIERRE LeBRUN: NHL season hangs on union's response (ESPN)
DAVE SCHEIBER: Lightning vet Lecavalier hopeful, staying active (Foxsports)
SCOTT BURNSIDE: Lockout puts Garbutt's dream on hold (ESPN)
ELLIOTTE FRIEDMAN: Time to put grudges aside in NHL lockout (CBC)
ADAM GRETZ: League proposal would punish teams that circumvent cap with long-term contracts (CBS Sportsline)
GORD STELLICK: New ideas to get a hockey deal (CBC)
BRIAN STUBITS: Donald Fehr still not thrilled with league's latest proposal (CBS Sportsline)
TIM WHARNSBY: NHL releases full proposal made to the players (CBC)
BRUCE DOWBIGGIN: Gary Bettman starts throwing punches (Globe & Mail)
DAVID SHOALTS: Some owners will find a few gems when dust on new offer settles (Globe & Mail)
MICHAEL TRAIKOS: Gary Bettman doing a good job of staying out of the way (National Post)
KEVIN ALLEN: NHL players must decide between principle and pay (USA Today)
CAM TAIT: Young players can't understand why the NHL isn't playing games (Edmonton Journal)
CAM COLE: NHL's release of new offer latest twist in ongoing league-union Savardian Spin-o-Rama (Vancouver Sun)
PAUL FRIESEN: NHL's 50-50 offer a snake (Winnipeg Sun)
STU COWAN: Will fans forgive and forget? (Montreal Gazette)
CHRIS STEVENSON: Players need to get constructive for a change in NHL labour talks (Ottawa Sun)
JASON BOTCHFORD: Why is Canucks' Alex Edler being so evasive about his physical status? (Vancouver Province)
DEREK VAN DIEST: Film chronicles NHL enforcer Chris Nilan's struggles with transition out of hockey (Edmonton Sun)
FRANK SERAVALLI: Make or break time in NHL (Philadelphia Daily News)
ED WILLES: DonÕt just sit there, get angry! (Vancouver Province)
PAULA SIMONS: City to Katz: Maybe weÕll build it ourselves (Edmonton Journal)
IAIN MacINTYRE: Canucks give big at UBC (Vancouver Sun)
GARY LAWLESS: Fork in the road (Winnipeg Free Press)
ROSIE DiMANNO: Maple Leaf treasures, like tickets, preserve of the privileged (Toronto Star)

10/17/12

KEN CAMPBELL: NHL proposal provides optimism (The Hockey News)
MARK SPECTOR: Bettman, you're fired (Sportsnet)
JESSE SPECTOR: Owners' offer an even split--of PR and actual negotiating (The Sporting News)
MICHAEL GRANGE: All eyes on Fehr (Sportsnet)
PIERRE LeBRUN: NHL offers 50-50 split to players (ESPN)
JESSE SPECTOR: Take our 'Frank Luntz survey'--and share your work (The Sporting News)
STU HACKEL: New NHL offer designed to save season (Si.com)
CRAIG CUSTANCE: Players cautiously optimistic after NHL offer (ESPN)
CHRIS NICHOLS: Reimer addresses Luongo rumours (Sportsnet)
SCOTT BURNSIDE: NHL makes bold step to save season (ESPN)
ELLIOTTE FRIEDMAN: NHL, NHLPA enter ZOPA in labour talks (CBC)
BRIAN STUBITS: The NHL introduces optimism into CBA negotiations (CBS Sportsline)
TIM WHARNSBY: NHL's latest offer a good starting point (CBC)
BRUCE ARTHUR: League blinks, if only a little, in negotiations (National Post)
KEVIN ALLEN: NHL offer puts ball firmly in players' court (USA Today)
DAMIEN COX: No telling how NHL players will react to offer (Toronto Star)
MICHAEL ARACE: Hiring strategist backfires on Bettman (Columbus Dispatch)
JOHN MacKINNON: Katz must make his case to city council (Edmonton Journal)
GEORGE JOHNSON: Positive step by NHL, but this is just the beginning (Calgary Herald)
ANDREW GROSS: NHL needs to heed warning (Bergen Record)
IAIN MacINTYRE: Only the first step in NHL negotiations (Vancouver Sun)
JIM MATHESON: NHL's latest pitch catches the players' attention (Edmonton Journal)
GREGG KRUPA: NHL commissioner Gary Bettman, owners wake up to reality (Detroit News)
GARY LAWLESS: NHLPA views improved offer as a good start (Winnipeg Free Press)
ERIC FRANCIS: Gary Bettman offers up 'golden opportunity' with 50-50 NHL deal (Calgary Sun)
TERRY JONES: NHL owners offer gives fans hope for a season (Edmonton Sun)
MARK WHICKER: NHL offering road to labor peace? (Orange County Register)
CAM COLE: Cassie Campbell-Pascall wants hockey to be fun again for kids (Vancouver Sun)
LUKE DeCOCK: Finally, reason for optimism in NHL talks (Raleigh News & Observer)Subscriber site
DAVID STAPLES: The city should move ahead on new arena without Katz (Edmonton Journal)
GARY SHELTON: NHL lockout brings more apathy than anger (Tampa Bay Times)
PAT HICKEY: Players would be crazy to turn it down (Montreal Gazette)
PAUL FRIESEN: NHL owners play trump card (Winnipeg Sun)

10/16/12

KEN CAMPBELL: NHL players miss first payday (The Hockey News)
GENE PRINCIPE: Opening night that never was (Sportsnet)
JOHN SHANNON: Compromise needed (Sportsnet)
CRAIG CUSTANCE: Lockout could force vets into retirement (ESPN)
GENE PRINCIPE: Opening night that never was (Sportsnet)
CRAIG CUSTANCE: Shawn Horcoff is one ticked off player (ESPN)
LUKE FOX: Best hockey documentary ever (Sportsnet)
PIERRE LeBRUN: NHL cannot afford to lose another season (ESPN)
MICHAEL GRANGE: Forget focus groups (Sportsnet)
SCOTT BURNSIDE: Stars aligned for Mike Modano (ESPN)
JESSE SPECTOR: Use science to improve game--with a 'glow puck' assist (The Sporting News)
SCOTT BURNSIDE: Bettman bails on U.S. HHOF ceremony (ESPN)
STU HACKEL: Owners, players bleeding green as NHL lockout drags on (Si.com)
SCOTT BURNSIDE: Hockey is a way of life for Ed Olczyk (ESPN)
ANDI PETRILLO: Lidstrom's ceremony on ice until lockout settled (CBC)
ADAM GRETZ: Ranking the Stanley Cup winners in the salary cap era (CBS Sportsline)
TIM WHARNSBY: AHL experiences early turnstile gains (CBC)
ROY MacGREGOR: Parents, how do you revitalize kids' hockey? Just let them play! (Globe & Mail)
STEVE SIMMONS: Toronto a passion pit for sports (Toronto Sun)
DAVE STUBBS: "Unemployed" goalie Peter Budaj working out in Denver (Montreal Gazette)
MIKE HEIKA: Mike Modano still glad hockey found him 'by accident' (Dallas Morning News)Subscriber site
TIM BAINES: Phillips wants fairness (Ottawa Sun)

10/15/12

SCOTT BURNSIDE: Stars aligned for Mike Modano (ESPN)
ELLIOTTE FRIEDMAN: NHL could learn from baseball's labour peace (CBC)
NORMAN CHAD: Ever wonder what the NHL commissioner is thinking? (Washington Post)Subscriber site
MIKE HEIKA: Hall induction on home turf speaks to Modano's transcendence (Dallas Morning News)Subscriber site
CHRIS STEVENSON: NHL's freefalling without a parachute (Ottawa Sun)
PATRICK REUSSE: NHL lockout leaves void for St. Paul businesses, too (Minneapolis Star-Tribune)Subscriber site
CHRIS STEVENSON: Missed NHL matchups rub salt in fans' wounds (Ottawa Sun)
TERRY FREI: NHL lockout a bigger abomination every day (Denver Post)
ERIC FRANCIS: Former Flames coach Sutter has narrow miss in beef scare (Calgary Sun)

10/14/12

KEVIN CALLAHAN: NHL players cause hardships overseas (South Jersey Courier-Post)
STEVE SIMMONS: Just what did Bettman whisper in Burke's ear? (Toronto Sun)
JASON BOTCHFORD: Edler injury revelation a troubling one (Vancouver Province)
WAYNE SCANLAN: Hockey lives on (Ottawa Citizen)
RANDY SPORTAK: Calgary Cowboys were quintessential WHA club (Calgary Sun)
LARRY BROOKS: Owners own lockout (New York Post)
SAM CARCHIDI: Flyers fans still bleed orange and black (Philadelphia Inquirer)
DAMIEN COX: Toronto Marlies open season with 3-1 win over Rochester Americans (Toronto Star)

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