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OPINION

10/29/11

KEN CAMPBELL: Flyers goalie woes return (The Hockey News)
JEFF MAREK: Why the Jets are off to a shaky start (Sportsnet)
STU HACKEL: Funky goaltending abounds in the NHL (Si.com)
ADRIAN DATER: Locker room spark plugs are crucial Stanley Cup ingredients (Si.com)
MARK SPECTOR: The meal ticket (Sportsnet)
DANA WAKIJI: Sharks' big second period downs Wings (Foxsports)
TIM WHARNSBY: Manitoba is big enough for Jets and Wheat Kings (CBC)
MIKE BROPHY: Brown making his mark (Sportsnet)
PIERRE LeBRUN: Visors, visionaries and that vexing trapezoid (ESPN)
MIKE MILBURY: Caps-Pens & Bruins-Flyers are savoury matchups (CBC)
BRIAN STUBITS: Rangers get MSG debut do-over (CBS Sportsline)
GARRY GALLEY: Firing Perry Pearn part of larger strategy? (CBC)
MATTHEW SEKERES: Ovechkin is both class clown and head of the class (Globe & Mail)
KEVIN ALLEN: Canucks' Roberto Luongo leads the pressure rankings (USA Today)
MIKE BOONE: U.S. economic woes could keep Bruins fans at home (Montreal Gazette)
DAVE STUBBS: Subban brushes off Marchand tussle (Montreal Gazette)
MIKE HEIKA: Hall of Fame-bound Nieuwendyk was a team-first, shot maker (Dallas Morning News)Subscriber site
DAVID STAPLES: Nugent-Hopkins plays to his strengths (Edmonton Journal)
DAMIEN COX: Second tier of talent lifts Penguins (Toronto Star)
STU COWAN: The results are in: Habs have "best arena food" (Montreal Gazette)
ED WILLES: To visor or not to visor? That is the question (Vancouver Province)
MIKE HEIKA: Nieuwendyk, Belfour take different routes to Hockey Hall (Dallas Morning News)Subscriber site
TERRY JONES: The Oilers took their Tweet time (Edmonton Sun)
GARY LAWLESS: Should Buff stay or should Buff go? (Winnipeg Free Press)
BOB DUFF: Wings develop rookies (Windsor Star)
RED FISHER: What do the Flyers do now? (Montreal Gazette)
DAVE FESCHUK: Nine games, nine clues to Leaf outlook (Toronto Star)
PAT HICKEY: Pearn isn't hanging his head (Montreal Gazette)

10/28/11

ADAM PROTEAU: Hockey culture lingers in the past (The Hockey News)
JESSE SPECTOR: Rangers bring old problems to new-look MSG, fall to Maple Leafs (The Sporting News)
MARK SPECTOR: The $17 million question (Sportsnet)
SEAN GENTILLE: Penguins GM: Sidney Crosby hitting at practices, may not wait for home return (The Sporting News)
PIERRE LeBRUN: Lindros, Clarke hope to move on (ESPN)
STU HACKEL: Underachieving Habs and Bruins ready to renew hostilities (Si.com)
CRAIG CUSTANCE: Varlamov becoming backbone of Avs (ESPN)
MICHAEL FARBER: Bryzgalov's no laughing matter (Si.com)
SCOTT BURNSIDE: Keeping rookies a tough decision (ESPN)
TIM WHARNSBY: The 30-year-old rookie a remarkable story (CBC)
DAVID SHOALTS: Mats Sundin finally gets to enjoy the sport of hockey (Globe & Mail)
TOM POWERS: On the scoreboard, it's the same old Wild (St. Paul Pioneer Press)Subscriber site
STEVE BUCKLEY: Brad Marchand-P.K. Subban not personal (Boston Herald)
GARY LAWLESS: Twitter games doing Kane no favours (Winnipeg Free Press)
WAYNE SCANLAN: Gudbranson there to stay (Ottawa Citizen)
PAT HICKEY: Habs, Bruins have moved passed Pacioretty incident (Montreal Gazette)
TED WYMAN: Crazy night in Jets history (Winnipeg Sun)
TERRY JONES: 'It Would Be Pretty Silly' (Edmonton Sun)
BUCKY GLEASON: Enroth again superb but Miller's No. 1 (Buffalo News)
ART STAPLETON: Being Rangers' captain suits Callahan to a 'C' (Bergen Record)
TONY GALLAGHER: Fans always lose in sports labour battles (Vancouver Province)
DON BRENNAN: Rundblad keeps cruising (Ottawa Sun)
KEVIN PAUL DUPONT: Time to get a move on (Boston Globe)Subscriber site
DAMIEN COX: Maturing Tavares learning hard lessons on Island (Toronto Star)
STEPHEN HARRIS: For champs, ugly trends ring true (Boston Herald)
MIKE HEIKA: Stars learn solid showings against Kings won't cut it (Dallas Morning News)Subscriber site

10/27/11

RYAN KENNEDY: Mandatory visor rule is overdue (The Hockey News)
TOM THOMPSON: Winnipeg fans soak in NHL hockey (The Hockey News)
DARREN DREGOR: Looking at 10 potential NHL head coaches (TSN)
MIKE BROPHY: Debut on Broadway (Sportsnet)
JESSE SPECTOR: Five Hole: Grandfather clause would help solve NHL's vision problem (The Sporting News)
MARK SPECTOR: Getting even (Sportsnet)
STU HACKEL: Bettman sees Isles staying in New York (Si.com)
CRAIG CUSTANCE: Teams, rookies facing fork in the rink (ESPN)
ADAM GERTZ: Looking at the starts for Luongo, Ovechkin (CBS Sportsline)
TIM WHARNSBY: Luongo should be playing, not watching (CBC)
TARIK EL-BASHIR: A power-play resurgence (Washington Post)Subscriber site
GARY LAWLESS: How will losing play out? (Winnipeg Free Press)
RED FISHER: Performance and results are all that matter (Montreal Gazette)
KEVIN CALLAHAN: Visors should be a must (South Jersey Courier Post)
CAM COLE: Canucks will look to Luongo for answer (Vancouver Sun)
TERRY JONES: Edmonton daring to be great again (Edmonton Sun)
TED KULFAN: Last season's Stanley Cup finalists have had rough start (Detroit News)
PAT HICKEY: Pearn the scapegoat for terrible start (Montreal Gazette)
ED WILLES: Canucks no better in front of Schneider as Vancouver takes 3-0 loss to St. Louis Blues (Vancouver Province)
TED WYMAN: Huge relief for Slater (Winnipeg Sun)
JOHN MacKINNON: Downtown revitalization at heart of arena deal (Edmonton Journal)
DAVE STUBBS: Snuffing out losing streak leaves Price tickled pink (Montreal Gazette)
IAIN MacINTYRE: No time for the Canucks defence to rest (Vancouver Sun)
WAYNE SCANLAN: Z-Day had a lot to with money, too (Ottawa Citizen)
MIKE HEIKA: How young Stars are a reflection of role-model Rangers team (Dallas Morning News)Subscriber site
DAVID STAPLES: City council makes the right call on downtown arena (Edmonton Journal)
TONY GALLAGHER: Can coach give Luongo his mojo back? (Vancouver Province)
RED FISHER: Habs deliver in last 40 minutes (Montreal Gazette)
LARRY BROOKS: Hockey night in Manhattan (New York Post)
DAVE STUBBS: Habs goalie not a nutbar (Montreal Gazette)
JOHN NIYO: Wings' Jimmy Howard receives quick lesson in fatherhood (Detroit News)

10/26/11

RORY BOYLEN: Roberto Luongo Vancouver's best bet (The Hockey News)
MARK SPECTOR: Getting even (Sportsnet)
BUCKY GLEASON: Ellis brings work ethic to Sabres (Buffalo News)
MIKE BROPHY: The nation's best (Sportsnet)
DARREN ELIOT: Canucks still Canada's best hope (Si.com)
JESSE SPECTOR: Marc-Andre Fleury's ascension helps Penguins weather absence of Crosby, Malkin (The Sporting News)
STU HACKEL: Should visors be mandatory in the NHL? (Si.com)
ADAM GRETZ: Ilya Kovalchuk's role as a penalty killer (CBS Sportsline)
JOHN MANASSO: Underwood kicks husband Fisher, Preds out (Foxsports)
CRAIG CUSTANCE: Wisniewski's back (ESPN)
ROY MacGREGOR: Seeing the light on visors (Globe & Mail)
MIKE HEIKA: Gritty Stars grind out 'blueprint' victory over Phoenix (Dallas Morning News)Subscriber site
WAYNE SCANLAN: Woe Canada: Early-season troubles dog most of seven teams (Ottawa Citizen)
BOB HUNTER: It's just one win, but it was needed in worst way (Columbus Dispatch)
DEREK VAN DIEST: Oilers' Peckham an unhappy scratch (Edmonton Sun)
PAT HICKEY: Chris Pronger injury rekindles debate over visors (Montreal Gazette)
JEFF MILLER: Ducks need to find offensive spark (Orange County Register)
ERIC FRANCIS: Rumour mill churns full-time around Flames (Calgary Sun)
BUCKY GLEASON: Ellis brings work ethic to Sabres (Buffalo News)
TONY GALLAGHER: Luongo, Nowitzki two forces to be reckoned with (Vancouver Province)
LARRY BROOKS: Rangers face issues down the middle (New York Post)
JOHN MacKINNON: Battle rages at city hall (Edmonton Journal)
DON BRENNAN: Pronger injury triggers painful memories (Ottawa Sun)
'Little' sums up top line (Winnipeg Free Press)
L. IAN MacDONALD: The Habs and the Liberals, both flailing (Montreal Gazette)
TERRY JONES: Edmonton's downtown arena a step closer (Edmonton Sun)
TIM CAMPBELL: Jets on mountain collision course (Winnipeg Free Press)
LUKE DeCOCK: Boychuk needs his NHL shot (Raleigh News & Observer)Subscriber site
DAVE FESCHUK: Heat's off Connolly in long-awaited Leaf debut (Toronto Star)

10/25/11

KEN CAMPBELL: Canadiens problems extend beyond coaching (The Hockey News)
MIKE BROPHY: Random hockey thoughts (Sportsnet)
NABIL KARIM: Bogosian finding his way in Winnipeg (CBC)
MARK SPECTOR: Booth review (Sportsnet)
GORD STELLICK: 'Free' Flyers, Tallon tales (CBC)
STU HACKEL: Habs' slump has fans howling for change (Si.com)
TIM WHARNSBY: Gauthier deserves the blame for Canadiens woes (CBC)
DAVE SCHEIBER: Lightning starting to sizzle after rough start (Foxsports)
ELLIOTTE FRIEDMAN: Goalie mask changes needed, plus 30 Thoughts (CBC)
CRAIG CUSTANCE: Early deficits should trigger trades (ESPN)
JOHN ROMANO: Tampa Bay Lightning's Dwayne Roloson slumping, but still No. 1 goalie (St. Petersburg Times)
HELENE ELLIOTT: Jonathan Quick gives Kings an usual strength: great goaltending (Los Angeles Times)Subscriber site
WAYNE SCANLAN: MacLean definitely has players' attention (Ottawa Citizen)
DAVE STUBBS: Habs' season gets more complicated (Montreal Gazette)
RICH HOFMANN: Pronger's injury simply horrifying (Philadelphia Daily News)
TED WYMAN: Rangers rob win (Winnipeg Sun)
CHRIS STEVENSON: Habs finding new ways to lose (Ottawa Sun)
PAT HICKEY: Canadiens' Petteri Nokelainen took long road to Montreal (Montreal Gazette)
ANDREW GROSS: Yet another Rangers opener (Bergen Record)
MIKE HEIKA: Stars' Vernon Fiddler adds much-needed grit to winning mix (Dallas Morning News)Subscriber site
DON BRENNAN: Keep Zibanejad ... at Alfredsson's house (Ottawa Sun)
MIKE BOONE: Passionate Habs fan makes long drive to watch team in person (Montreal Gazette)
MICHAEL ARACE: Jackets try not to look at recent sordid past (Columbus Dispatch)
CHRIS STEVENSON: Pronger avoids serious eye injury (Ottawa Sun)

10/24/11

MIKE BROPHY: Leading the way (Sportsnet)
JON ROSEN: Quick etches name in Kings history book (Foxsports)
BRUCE ARTHUR: Canucks' expectations a huge speed bump (National Post)
KEN WARREN: You think the Senators are in rough shape? (Ottawa Citizen)
JACK TODD: Management to blame for Canadiens' problems (Montreal Gazette)
ERIC FRANCIS: Canucks pluck sniper to aid another run for Cup (Calgary Sun)
JOHN MacKINNON: World junior hockey tournament a stepping stone to many NHL careers -- from Gretzky to Eberle (Edmonton Journal)
ED WILLES: Booth worth the gamble (Vancouver Province)
BOB DUFF: Young Lidstrom idolized Salming (Windsor Star)
CHRIS STEVENSON: Canadiens' coach on hot seat (Ottawa Sun)
FRANK SERAVALLI: Flyers' parade plans on hold (Philadelphia Daily News)
TERRY JONES: Top 20 reasons to develop downtown arena district (Edmonton Sun)
BEN KUZMA: Booth helps give Canucks a better team on paper than they had a year ago (Vancouver Province)
STEVE MacFARLANE: Flames bad across the board (Calgary Sun)
DAVE STUBBS: Canadiens' wounds are self-inflicted (Montreal Gazette)
DON BRENNAN: Maybe Senators aren't so bad (Ottawa Sun)
DAMIEN COX: Phaneuf gets his mojo back as Leafs thrive (Toronto Star)
MIKE HEIKA: Stars need to be moved East to help regain relevance with fans (Dallas Morning News)Subscriber site

10/23/11

KEN CAMPBELL: Booth to Canucks looks money-motivated (The Hockey News)
JESSE SPECTOR: Blues determined not to slide back into oblivion (The Sporting News)
JESSE SPECTOR: Jacques Martin might pay for Habs' sorry start (The Sporting News)
JON ROSEN: NHL fighting to promote cancer awareness (Foxsports)
DAVID STUBITS: Capitals look good all around in pounding Wings (CBS Sportsline)
KEVIN ALLEN: Sizing up Panthers-Canucks trade (USA Today)
MICHAEL RUSSO: NHL players on better behavior -- so far (Minneapolis Star-Tribune)Subscriber site
TED WYMAN: Sizzling hot sports city (Winnipeg Sun)
SAM CARCHIDI: Jagr established as team leader (Philadelphia Inquirer)
DAVE MOLINARI: NHL entry draft announcement will add to fulfillment of a promise (Pittsburgh Post Gazette)
KEVIN PAUL DUPONT: Time to start clicking with clock ticking (Boston Globe)Subscriber site
ERIC ERLENDSSON: Time for NHL to eliminate shootouts (Tampa Tribune)
ED WILLES: Canucks cast shows Sami Salo love for reaching 700 games (Vancouver Province)
GARY LAWLESS: Admiration from across the nation (Winnipeg Free Press)
JEFF MILLER: Ducks' Cogliano the latest Edmonton import (Orange County Register)
DON BRENNAN: Spezza scoring points with coach, against critics (Ottawa Sun)
JOHN MacKINNON: One way or another, deadline will force a decision (Edmonton Journal)
LARRY BROOKS: NHL referees need Shan-holding (New York Post)
RICH CHERE: Philadelphia Flyers GM Paul Holmgren recovers from bike crash, sees positive signs from his team (Newark Star Ledger)
ARTHUR STAPLE: Isles plan to go with hot hand in net (New York Newsday)Subscriber site
ERIC FRANCIS: NHL GMS fine with fighting (Calgary Sun)
RANDY YOUNGMAN: Is it too soon for Ducks to panic (Orange County Register)
TONY GALLAGHER: Gillis goes back to the well with Florida in limited downside deal (Vancouver Province)
BUCKY GLEASON: Realignment not as easy as it looks (Buffalo News)
ADRIAN DATER: Avs face tough questions if Mueller isn't healthy (Denver Post)
JOE STARKEY: Sideshows' get old (Pittsburgh Tribune Review)
STEPHEN HARRIS: Sharks solid on road like B's of last year (Boston Globe)Subscriber site
RANDY MILLER: Erixon saga brings Lindros to mind (South Jersey Courier Post)
GEORGE RICHARDS: Cutting down on the violence in the NHL (Miami Herald)Subscriber site
JOHN ROMANO: Brett Connolly's a keeper but Tampa Bay Lightning's decision is deeper (St. Petersburg Times)

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