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OPINION

11/6/10

RYAN KENNEDY: When it comes to prospects, size still matters (The Hockey News)
DENIS BOUCHER: The quest for speed (The Hockey News)
SARAH KWAK: Tim Thomas erasing all doubt with stunning comeback (Si.com)
DARREN DREGOR: Several topics set to be discussed at GM meetings (Globe & Mail)
MIKE BROPHY: Off to Flying start (Sportsnet)
SCOTT BURNSIDE: Devils' woes continue against the Rangers (ESPN)
WES GOLDSTEIN: Scratch high-priced goalies, it's about getting quality backups (CBS Sportsline)
PIERRE LeBRUN: Heart gets Ryan Smyth to 1,000th game (ESPN)
ALLAN MAKI: It's Ovie's world (Globe & Mail)
DAVID SHOALTS: All she wanted to do was play (Globe & Mail)
MIKE HEIKA: Stars' Morrow, Lehtonen play a team game (Dallas Morning News)Subscriber site
PAT HICKEY: Coach Ruff on hotseat in Buffalo (Montreal Gazette)
IAIN MacINTYRE: Raffi Torres: A steal, or a thief? (Vancouver Sun)
JOHN MacKINNON: Predatory hits take centre stage (Edmonton Journal)
TOM GULITTI: Don't delay Devils, re-up Zach Parise today (Bergen Record)
BERNIE MIKLASZ: New style is paying off for Blues (St. Louis Post Dispatch)
ED WILLES: Modano on the move up (Vancouver Province)
DAVID STAPLES: Oilers' Moores a statistical trailblazer (Edmonton Journal)
PAT HICKEY: Price, Halpern share the credit (Montreal Gazette)
STEVE POLITI: Ilya Kovalchuk needs to start earning that $100 million contract from the Devils (Newark Star Ledger)
CAM COLE: NHL never tires of playing head games (Vancouver Sun)
HELENE ELLIOTT: Ducks get lift from 3-2 win over Penguins (Los Angeles Times)Subscriber site
MIKE BOONE: Hockey reaches highest summit (Montreal Gazette)
LARRY BROOKS: Devils shell of former selves (New York Post)

11/5/10

ADAM PROTEAU: Former NHL referee blames oversized goalie pads for low-scoring games (The Hockey News)
MARK SPECTOR: 1000 reasons (Sportsnet)
JIM KELLEY: NHL has a chance to get replay right; Ruff time in Buffalo; more (Si.com)
JIM KELLEY: The right ways (Sportsnet)
PIERRE LeBRUN: Flyers' D dominates, Jackets roll, Isles fall (ESPN)
WES GOLDSTEIN: What was that, J.R.? Byfuglien rocking Atlanta blueline (CBS Sportsline)
PIERRE LeBRUN: Jackets' numbers give reason to pause (ESPN)
CRAIG CUSTANCE: When NHL GMs meet, proposals fly (The Sporting News)
SCOTT BURNSIDE: Is Claude Giroux the next Peter Forsberg? (ESPN)
KEVIN ALLEN: Health restored, Bruins return to 2008-09 form and possibly better (USA Today)
TARA SULLIVAN: Devils on thin ice is a strange sight (Bergen Record)
DON BRENNAN: Crosby tilt talk of hockey world (Ottawa Sun)
RANDY PHILLIPS: Pacioretty wants to be a top-6 forward with Canadiens (Montreal Gazette)
TONY GALLAGHER: Lidstrom 'just flat out better than everybody' (Vancouver Province)
DAVID STAPLES: Arena proposal could change downtown's bleak northern border (Edmonton Journal)
GEORGE JOHNSON: Nystrom yet to hit his stride with Wild (Calgary Herald)
ROB LONGLEY: Leafs' past is irrelevant (Toronto Sun)
MARK KISZLA: Avs' Duchene moves into doghouse (Denver Post)
WAYNE SCANLAN: Lost on an Island: Good start, then disaster (Ottawa Citizen)
PAT HICKEY: SI hockey tome offers stunning visuals (Montreal Gazette)
HELENE ELLIOTT: Kings have some fun and fight in them to beat Tampa Bay, 1-0 (Los Angeles Times)Subscriber site
LANCE HORNBY: Leafs back on the edge (Toronto Sun)

11/4/10

RYAN DIXON: P.K. not the only Subban (The Hockey News)
BOB McKENZIE: Karlander has seen it all in 16 minor pro seasons (TSN)
MARK SPECTOR: Picked apart (Sportsnet)
DARREN DREGOR: Cloud of darkness hangs over Calgary Flames (TSN)
DARREN DREGOR: Phaneuf injury could have been much worse (TSN)
ROY MacGREGOR: Capitals crown Leafs (Globe & Mail)
MIKE BROPHY: Toronto is Loserville (Sportsnet)
PIERRE LeBRUN: Midweek rumblings: Kaberle rumors, GMs patient in Buffalo and Anaheim (ESPN)
ROY MacGREGOR: Capitals crown Leafs (Globe & Mail)
BRUCE ARTHUR: Burke's balking at those boos just wrong (National Post)
TONY GALLAGHER: Canucks can only win if they keep attacking (Vancouver Province)
PAT HICKEY: Gomez line tops Habs' to-do list (Montreal Gazette)
GEORGE JOHNSON: Red Wings show frustrated Flames how it's done (Calgary Herald)
WAYNE SCANLAN: Senators suddenly feel empowered (Ottawa Citizen)
MIKE HEIKA: Stars maintain edge after fast start this time (Dallas Morning News)Subscriber site
HELENE ELLIOTT: Kings' Ryan Smyth carves out a career in combat zone (Los Angeles Times)Subscriber site
TED KULFAN: Capitals looking to kick it in gear (Detroit News)

11/3/10

RORY BOYLEN: Blue Jackets have good start despite lack of star power (The Hockey News)
BOB McKENZIE: Leafs' Burke defends Paneuf from ACC boo-birds (TSN)
STEVE SIMMONS: Centres of attention (Toronto Sun)
MARK SPECTOR: Old is new for Torres (Sportsnet)
PIERRE LeBRUN: Sergei Gonchar's mentoring pays off (ESPN)
ERIC DUHATSCHEK: Capitals' Green finally gets defensive (Globe & Mail)
DAMIEN COX: Cap makes replacing injured stars impossible (Toronto Star)
ROB ROSSI: Therrien should top list of in-season coach replacements (Pittsburgh Tribune Review)
TONY GALLAGHER: If the glove fits ... catch (Vancouver Province)
PAT HICKEY: Columbus no hockey hotbed (Montreal Gazette)
ERIC FRANCIS: Can Iggy change? Y Not? (Calgary Sun)
TOM POWERS: Nik Backstrom is at the top of his game for Minnesota Wild (St. Paul Pioneer Press)Subscriber site
STEVE BUFFERY: Leafs' Burke rips boo-birds (Toronto Sun)
PAT HICKEY: They outworked us': Hamrlik (Montreal Gazette)
BOB HUNTER: It's difficult to get read on team (Columbus Dispatch)
STEVE SIMMONS: Centres of attention (Toronto Sun)

11/2/10

KEN CAMPBELL: Fighting alive and well on NHL.com (The Hockey News)
RORY BOYLEN: Jack Adams Award Watch: Bolt of inspiration (The Hockey News)
DARREN ELIOT: Surprises, pleasant and otherwise, abound between the pipes (Si.com)
JOHN BUCCIGROSS: Looking back on the first 12 percent of the season (ESPN)
MARK SPECTOR: Phaneuf is what he is (Sportsnet)
LYLE RICHARDSON: Teams struggle with salary cap, trades (Foxsports)
SCOTT BURNSIDE: 5 Things: Briere's hit, Sabres' woes, backups wanted (ESPN)
ERIC DUHATSCHEK: Iginla following in Messier's skatesteps (Globe & Mail)
JUSTIN BOURNE: For Kris Versteeg and the other slow starters out there, it gets better (USA Today)
ARTHUR STAPLE: Callahan has emerged as a leader (New York Newsday)Subscriber site
DAN BARNES: Trio acing all exams (Edmonton Journal)
STEVE MacFARLANE: Centre position is centre stage for Flames (Calgary Sun)
JOHN SMALLWOOD: Flyers showing a winning attitude (Philadelphia Daily News)
DAMIEN COX: Jury still out on Ovechkin despite Capitals' success (Toronto Star)
ED WILLES: Too many days off and the rust sets in (Vancouver Province)
STEVE MacFARLANE: Bound to rebound? (Calgary Sun)
ROBERT TYCHKOWSKI: Oilers down to two netminders (Edmonton Sun)
WAYNE SCANLAN: Leafs have struggled, but they're tough on Sens (Ottawa Citizen)
HELENE ELLIOTT: Bob Murray and Randy Carlyle are also to blame for Ducks' woes (Los Angeles Times)Subscriber site
ERIC FRANCIS: Langkow shut down after latest setback (Calgary Sun)
TED KULFAN: Wings' fourth line gets vote of confidence from Mike Babcock (Detroit News)
GEORGE JOHNSON: Veteran Flames 'need to get some work done' (Calgary Herald)
PAT HICKEY: Judging by output, Habs' No. 2 line tries harder (Montreal Gazette)

11/1/10

JOHN GRIGG: Capitals taking advice they didn't know they got (The Hockey News)
ERIC DUHATSCHEK: Playing hockey's blame game (Globe & Mail)
DAVE STUBBS: Return just another step for Markov (Montreal Gazette)
ERIC FRANCIS: Leafs' fans starting to sour on Phaneuf (Calgary Sun)
SAM CARCHIDI: Flyers appear to be regaining their postseason swagger (Philadelphia Inquirer)
RED FISHER: 10 games in, plenty of surprises (Montreal Gazette)
ERIC FRANCIS: Langkow shut down after latest setback (Calgary Sun)
STEPHEN HARRIS: B's buying in, things working out (Boston Herald)
JACK TODD: If I were king for a day, I would ... (Montreal Gazette)
GEORGE JOHNSON: Flames looking 'dumb,' old and slow (Calgary Herald)
MICHAEL ARACE: Opportunities developing for Hitchcock (Columbus Dispatch)
FRANK SERAVALLI: Flyers banish Maroon from Phantoms (Philadelphia Daily News)

10/31/10

CRAIG CUSTANCE: In NHL, concussions vs. warrior mentality (The Sporting News)
CRAIG CUSTANCE: Concussions and the baseline (The Sporting News)
MIKE HEIKA: Dallas Stars' Brenden Morrow proves leadership, steps up game (Dallas Morning News)Subscriber site
TERRY FREI: Frei: Tanguay trying to regain "best hockey" (Denver Post)
SAM CARCHIDI: Looking for scoring from the wings (Philadelphia Inquirer)
DAMIEN CRISTODERO: What Brad Richards trade to Dallas Stars has wrought for Tampa Bay Lightning (St. Petersburg Times)
ED WILLES: Strachan an old-school scribe (Vancouver Province)
DAVE MOLINARI: Even the toughest Penguin knows you can never take on a fan (Pittsburgh Post Gazette)
JASON YORK: Kuba's a super soother (Ottawa Sun)
ERIC FRANCIS: Bosom buddies (Calgary Sun)
DAMIEN COX: Punchless Leafs a goalie's best friend (Toronto Star)
JOHN SHORT: Oilers' Renney sticks to game plan (Edmonton Sun)
TONY GALLAGHER: Lamoriello still on top (Vancouver Province)
ARTHUR STAPLE: NHL needs a policy on sexual taunts (New York Newsday)Subscriber site
STEPHEN HARRIS: Bill Guerin remains in limbo (Boston Herald)
WAYNE SCANLAN: These bears are a real threat in the East (Ottawa Citizen)
LARRY BROOKS: The craziest 8 days in Rangers history (New York Post)
ED WILLES: Devils dismal start (Vancouver Province)
DEREK VAN DIEST: Oilers Renney getting it done (Edmonton Sun)
RANDY SPORTAK: Slashed and burned (Calgary Sun)
BUCKY GLEASON: Finding a scapegoat for Sabres' slow start is tough (Buffalo News)
CHUCK GORMLEY: Did Devils make mistake? (South Jersey Courier Post)
TONY GALLAGHER: Seen the big, the bad and the ugly (Vancouver Province)
DON BRENNAN: Sens' Elliott put to the test (Ottawa Sun)
MICHAEL RUSSO: Does star power matter in NHL? (Minnesota Star-Tribune)Subscriber site
ROB ROSSI: He's got the look (Pittsburgh Tribune Review)
MIKE ZEISBERGER: Belfour belongs in Hall (Toronto Sun)
HELENE ELLIOTT: Kings beat the Devils, and Ilya Kovalchuk, 3-1 (Los Angeles Times)Subscriber site
ROB LONGLEY: Leafs captain putting fans' love to the test (Toronto Sun)

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