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OPINION

11/12/11

RORY BOYLEN: Giving thanks to the fallen (The Hockey News)
JEFF MAREK: 'Hockey Sid-bits' (Sportsnet)
MIKE BROPHY: Drawing the battle lines (Sportsnet)
JESSE SPECTOR: Stars' surprising run momentarily slowed (The Sporting News)
MICHAEL FARBER: The NHL's stealth impact forces (Si.com)
SCOTT BURNSIDE: Dayn Belfour on father Ed: 'He's everything, he's awesome (ESPN)
KELLY HRUDEY: Jury's still out on headshot crackdown (CBC)
PIERRE LeBRUN: Wayne Gretzky at Winter Classic? 1-3-1 debate at GMs meetings? (ESPN)
MIKE MILBURY: NHL must prevent the 'prevent defence' (CBC)
CRAIG CUSTANCE: Mark Howe's journey all his own (ESPN)
GLENN HEALY: 5 questions: Iginla's future, shootout rant (CBC)
ROBERT McCLEOD: Doug Gilmour primed for Hockey Hall of Fame induction (Globe & Mail)
ROSIE DiMANNO: Gilmour has no regrets after Killer career (Toronto Star)
PAT HICKEY: Milestone for Predators (Montreal Gazette)
CHRIS STEVENSON: Probe expected into boring system (Ottawa Sun)
RED FISHER: Flyers-Lightning inaction was hockey of the absurd (Montreal Gazette)
DAVID STAPLES: Gilbert, Smid mature into solid blue-liners (Edmonton Journal)
TIM CAMPBELL: Penalties are poisonous (Winnipeg Free Press)
SHELLY ANDERSON: Neal's star turn beats old team (Pittsburgh Post Gazette)
MIKE BOONE: A tale of two Habs defencemen (Montreal Gazette)
WAYNE SCANLAN: Gudbranson forced to bide time in press box (Ottawa Citizen)
GARY LAWLESS: Pair Buff with Stuart (Winnipeg Free Press)

STU COWAN: Figure skates a battle for ex-NHLer Berard (Montreal Gazette)
BRUCE GARRIOCH: Anderson needs to save his job (Ottawa Sun)
BOB DUFF: Kid Line making impact (Windsor Star)

11/11/11

ADAM PROTEAU: Rick Nash best served by move out of Columbus (The Hockey News)
KEN CAMPBELL: Stifling defensive systems tricky to address (The Hockey News)
MICHAEL GRANGE: Patience is a virtue (Sportsnet)
DARREN ELIOT: Andy Murray is hardly singing the Blues at Western Michigan (Si.com)
MIKE BROPHY: Ending the scoring slump (Sportsnet)
SARAH KWAK: The NHL's most efficent scorers (Si.com)
MARK SPECTOR: A game of trap (Sportsnet)
STU HACKEL: Did the Lightning trap the entire NHL? (Si.com)
PIERRE LeBRUN: Sharks, Wild benefiting from summer deals (ESPN)
JON ROSEN: Opportunity knocking for young Ducks (Foxsports)
CRAIG CUSTANCE: NBA lockout impact (ESPN)
ART REGNER: Are Red Wings at a crossroad? (Foxsports)
SCOTT BURNSIDE: 5 Things: Island of goalies, cold, hard(ing) facts and back(strom) in form (ESPN)
ADAM GERTZ: It's a trap: Tampa Bay's system under attack (CBS Sportsline)
TIM WHARNSBY: Lightning effective, but entertaining (CBC)
MICHAEL ARACE: Decisive, coherent moves aren't too much to ask (Columbus Dispatch)
MARK KISZLA: Avs save Sacco's battered credibility (Denver Post)
DON BRENNAN: Da Costa's da real deal (Ottawa Sun)
BUCKY GLEASON: Pegula misses leadership opportunity (Buffalo News)
TED WYMAN: Jets looked tired, disinterested (Winnipeg Sun)
TONY GALLAGHER: Selanne better than ever (Vancouver Province)
PAT HICKEY: Coyotes an endangered species (Montreal Gazette)
STEVE BUFFERY: Leafs good enough, long enough (Toronto Sun)
WAYNE SCANLAN: An important trip begins for young Sens (Ottawa Citizen)
STEPHEN HARRIS: Tyler Seguin, Taylor Hall forever connected (Boston Herald)
MIKE HEIKA: Stars-Penguins trade update shows both have benefited (Dallas Morning News)Subscriber site

11/10/11

RYAN KENNEDY: The sensitivity of a sporting legacy (The Hockey News)
MIKE BROPHY: Ending the scoring funk (Sportsnet)
JON ROSEN: SoCal kid Blum developing for Preds (Foxsports)
JESSE SPECTOR: Five Hole: Playing 'breakout or fluke' with Corey Perry, John Tavares and a pair of Maple Leafs (The Sporting News)
MIKE O'HARA: Words keep Redmond in the game (Foxsports)
STU HCAKEL: OHL still leading way with stiff headshot bans (Si.com)
STEVE HUNT: Souray, Nystrom making impact for Stars (Foxsports)
CRAIG CUSTANCE: Iginla's future (ESPN)
CRAIG MORGAN: Tippett's preparedness keeps Coyotes in hunt (Foxsports)
SCOTT BURNSIDE: Bizarre first period overshadows interesting Flyers-Lightning clash (ESPN)
BRIAN STUBITS: Stars shining bright behind light of top lines (CBS Sportsline)
TIM WHARNSBY: From May Day to La-la-la-la LaFontaine, Jeanneret is a Hall of Famer (CBC)
ROY MacGREGOR: Meaningless stupidity takes centre stage in Ottawa (Globe & Mail)
BRUCE ARTHUR: Laraque not pulling punches on NHL (National Post)
DON BRENNAN: Spezza sizzles in faceoff circle (Ottawa Sun)
DAVE FESCHUK: Latest of 'several' concussions worries Reimer's mom (Toronto Star)
DAVE STUBBS: Habs' postman hopes to deliver (Montreal Gazette)
IAIN MacINTYRE: Kings' Doughty expects to be the best (Vancouver Sun)
ERIC FRANCIS: Sheldon Kennedy's positive state (Calgary Sun)
MIKE BOONE: Memorabilia craze: Some legends were born too early (Montreal Gazette)
MARK WHICKER: Better effort, but Ducks still can't win (Orange County Register)
WAYNE SCANLAN: Spezza has become quicker on the draw (Ottawa Citizen)
BARRY ROZNER: Blackhawks' power play fix not complicated (Chicago Daily Herald)Subscriber site

11/9/11

RORY BOYLEN: Teddy Purcell grows as a pro with Lightning (The Hockey News)
MARK SPECTOR: The winning formula (Sportsnet)
MICHAEL GRANGE: The tentative approch (Sportsnet)
MIKE BROPHY: Moment of terror (Sportsnet)
SEAN GENTILLE: Penguins send Mark Letestu to Blue Jackets, deny correlation to Crosby return (The Sporting News)
TONY LAROCCA: NHL coaching milestone coincidence (Foxsports)
STU HACKEL: The NHL's early surprises (Si.com)
ANDREW ASTLEFORD: Blues honor Demitra, Korolev in ceremony (Foxsports)
CRAIG CUSTANCE: Goalies on market (ESPN)
TIM WHARNSBY: There is unrest in Leaf-land after back-to-back losses (CBC)
ADAM GERTZ: Ken Hitchcock's defensive influence (CBS Sportsline)
GARRY GALLEY: Offside is offside (CBC)
DAMIEN COX: Adding RNH to the mix lifts these Oilers (Toronto Star)
RED FISHER: Is there a scorer in the house? (Montreal Gazette)
WAYNE SCANLAN: Plenty of surprises -- both good and bad -- in NHL creases (Ottawa Citizen)
TED WYMAN: Discipline a major problem for Jets (Winnipeg Sun)
DAVID STUBBS: Bulin Wall protects Oilers' net (Montreal Gazette)
ROBERT TYCHKOWSKI: No rust on Hemsky (Edmonton Sun)
TONY GALLAGHER: Laraque's blanket drug use claims taint too many players (Vancouver Province)
ERIC FRANCIS: Bourque dishes out advice for Iginla (Calgary Sun)
DAVE FESCHUK: Leafs feel ReimerÕs absence in 5-1 loss to Panthers (Toronto Star)
JEFF MILLER: This is chance for Ducks to fix things (Orange County Register)
PAT HICKEY: Fraser says referees made wrong calls against Habs (Montreal Gazette)

11/8/11

MARK SPECTOR: The Hitchcock approach (Sportsnet)
JESSE SPECTOR: Hitch in the plan: Blues job means Columbus can't target Hitchcock (The Sporting News)
STU HACKEL: New coach Ken Hitchcock, the Blues, and the NHL's 200-foot game (Si.com)
TIM WHARNSBY: Hitchcock's hiring good for Blues, Blue Jackets (CBC)
B.J. RAINS: Hitchcock ready for job with the Blues (Foxsports)
GORD STELLICK: Schenn sits and Oilers rule (CBC)
CRAIG CUSTANCE: More changes may be ahead for Blues (ESPN)
ELLIOTTE FRIEDMAN: Blues smart to hire Hitchcock + 30 Thoughts (CBC)
DAVID SHOALTS: Blues, Blue Jackets share more than name (Globe & Mail)
ROY MacGREGOR: Sports matter to the nation, but hockey matters the most (Globe & Mail)
MIKE HEIKA: Souray adds new dimension to Stars with all-out style of play (Dallas Morning News)Subscriber site
DAMIEN COX: Elite NHL prospect felled by violent head shot (Toronto Sun)
RED FISHER: Martin wears bull's eye after criticizing refs (Montreal Gazette)
WAYNE SCANLAN: Don't count out the captain (Ottawa Citizen)
BERNIE MIKLASZ: Little darlings need what Hitchcock brings (St. Louis Post Dispatch)
STEPHEN HARRIS: Nathan Horton picks up head of steam (Boston Herald)
ERIC FRANCIS: Flames thought about Hitchin' wagon to coach (Calgary Sun)
MIKE BOONE: Pacioretty takes up mantle (Montreal Gazette)
CHRIS STEVENSON: Senators proving detractors wrong (Ottawa Sun)
ANDREW GROSS: Don't expect bigger role for Rangers' Avery (Bergen Record)
BOB HUNTER: Players unfazed by inertia of Jackets (Columbus Dispatch)
HELENE ELLIOTT: Kings need to make some noise or they will hear it (Los Angeles Times)Subscriber site
DAVE FESCHUK: Leafs' Schenn feeling weight of big-bucks contract (Toronto Star)
PAT HICKEY: We won't see Gomez as a winger (Montreal Gazette)

11/7/11

KEN CAMPBELL: Blues surprise by plucking Ken Hitchcock from Blue Jackets (The Hockey News)
MIKE BROPHY: Follow the leader (Sportsnet)
JESSE SPECTOR: Hitch in the plan: Blues job means Columbus can't target Hitchcock (The Sporting News)
JON ROSEN: Inconsistencies plague Ducks on road trip (Foxsports)
SCOTT BURNSIDE: Hitchcock brings the experience Blues need (ESPN)
JEFF BLAIR: Will Georges Laraque's claims about hockey and steroids fall on deaf ears? (Globe & Mail)
BRUCE ARTHUR: Burke fighting for more out of sports (National Post)
KEVIN ALLEN: Unheralded free agents pay big dividends (USA Today)
JACK TODD: Humiliating loss doesn't inspire confidence (Montreal Gazette)
MIKE HEIKA: Stars are making wins seem easy with 5-2 victory over Hurricanes (Dallas Morning News)Subscriber site
ALAN PANZARI: Power play pivotal to Senators' success (Ottawa Citizen)
TED WYMAN: Some offence please (Winnipeg Sun)
BILL LYON: Remembering Chuck Newman, former Inquirer sportswriter (Philadelphia Inquirer)
PAT HICKEY: Discipline problems sabotage comeback (Montreal Gazette)
MICHAEL ARACE: Blue Jackets can go one of two ways from here (Columbus Dispatch)
FRANK SERAVALLI: Goal-scoring not a problem for Flyers (Philadelphia Daily News)
CATHAL KELLY: Whatever you think of him, Cherry's slow fall sad to watch (Toronto Star)

11/6/11

KEN CAMPBELL: What the Rinne contract means for Nashville (The Hockey News)
JESSE SPECTOR: Power play still powerless, but Richards doing his part (The Sporting News)
JESSE SPECTOR: Sporting News' Best NHL City: Montreal (The Sporting News)
ANTHONY MAGGIO: Harding, Backstrom serving Wild well in net (Foxsports)
TIM WHARNSBY: Leafs, Bruins still have room to improve (CBC)
MIKE ZEISBERGER: Where's the 'stache? (Toronto Sun)
DAMIEN CRISTODERO: Shootouts stink (St. Petersburg Times)
SAM CARCHIDI: Flyers' Hartnell is rejuvenated (Philadelphia Inquirer)
DAVE FESCHUK: Scrivens and the Maple Leafs mauled by Bruins (Toronto Star)
BRUCE GARRIOCH: Spezza the specialist (Ottawa Sun)
MIKE HEIKA: Why Stars' excellent Eriksson may not fly under radar much longer (Dallas Morning News)Subscriber site
DAVID HAUGH: Kane not tough enough to play center? Eat your words (Chicago Tribune)
DAVE MOLINARI: Sad, but true; Flyers rivalry not big everywhere (Pittsburgh Post Gazette)
ARTHUR STAPLE: Bailey and Comeau search for scoring answers (New York Newsday)Subscriber site
JASON YORK: Daug days in Ottawa (Ottawa Sun)
LARRY BROOKS: Delay-of-game rule needs tweak (New York Post)
ERIC FRANCIS: Marathon men (Calgary Sun)
TONY GALLAGHER: Bolland ready to renew war with Canucks (Vancouver Province)
RICH CHERE: Former Devils center David Steckel enjoys being part of Toronto Maple Leafs' resurgence (Newark Star Ledger)
TED WYMAN: Big Buff subpar so far (Winnipeg Sun)
WAYNE SCANLAN: Sens learn divisional lesson (Ottawa Citizen)
ADRIAN DATER: Talented, young Oilers are scary good (Denver Post)
BUCKY GLEASON: Jagr returns from Russia with maturity (Buffalo News)
RANDY MILLER: Hartnell makes line click (South Jersey Courier Post)
BRUCE GARRIOCH: GMs chasing blueliners should call Predators (Ottawa Sun)
HELENE ELLIOTT: Kings finally score but lose, 3-2, to Penguins in shootout (Los Angeles Times)Subscriber site
STEVE SIMMONS: Lupul the unexpected bonus (Toronto Sun)
ERIC ERLENDSSON: Realignment is imminent, but details remain unclear (Tampa Tribune)
MIKE ZEISBERGER: Sundin's Hall time is coming (Toronto Sun)

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