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OPINION

11/15/08

RYAN KENNEDY: Looking for some honesty from the NHL, NHLPA (The Hockey News)
ALLAN MUIR: This circus was doomed from start (Si.com)
WES GOLDSTEIN: Melrose can't live up to Tampa's expectations (CBS Sportsline)
MIKE BROPHY: Sooner than later (Sportsnet)
ALLAN MUIR: Kings have gems in Doughty and Moller, Flames go cold, more (Si.com)
SCOTT BURNSIDE: Melrose experiment fails miserably in Tampa Bay (ESPN)
GARY LOEWEN: Coming to the silver screen: Madness (Toronto Sun)
MIKE BOONE: Vote early and often (Montreal Gazette)
GARY SHELTON: Quick draw from Lightning owners (St. Petersburg Times)
LARRY BROOKS: Scoring combos dot Rangers history (New York Post)
RANDY SPORTAK: NHL can't make a Hab-it of all-star voting by fans if they stuff ballot box with undeserving players (Calgary Sun)
GREG LOGAN: Spezza, Heatley could have been Islanders (New York Newsday)
JAMES DUTHIE: Getting inside the NHLPA's head (Ottawa Citizen)
RED FISHER: A question for Canadiens players: Why weren't you ready to play? (Montreal Gazette)
DAMIEN COX: Leaf fans: Get ready for a Burke-quake (Toronto Star)
TOM POWERS: Family reunion ignites Minnesota Wild's offense (St. Paul Pioneer Press)Subscriber site
IAIN MacINTYRE: The media can be a menace for Mr. Wilson (Vancouver Sun)
JIM MATHESON: Tampa no longer Melrose place (Edmonton Journal)
HELENE ELLIOTT: Ducks can't make change work for them (Los Angeles Times)Subscriber site
PAT HICKEY: Bettman's boast of healthy NHL attendance is misleading (Montreal Gazette)
JAY GREENBERG: Rangers' schedule allows Lundqvist to stay fresh (New York Post)
MIKE ZEISBERGER: Under the big top (Toronto Sun)
BRUCE DOWBIGGIN: Take stock: Flames, markets underperforming this fall (Calgary Herald)
JOE HENDERSON: Melrose Circus Doomed From Start (Tampa Tribune)
BRUCE GARRIOCH: Big three don't spell victory (Ottawa Sun)
RED FISHER: Not a happy homecoming for Kolzig in Washington (Montreal Gazette)
RED FISHER: Sometimes a rule isn't really a rule in the NHL (Montreal Gazette)
SCOTT MORRISON: Burke-Leafs contract details could provide challenges ... Discipline debate renewed ... Who wants to stay in T-Bay? (Toronto Sun)

11/14/08

ADAM PROTEAU: Hockey can’t ignore concussion issue (The Hockey News)
MARK SPECTOR: Beware of Burke (Sportsnet)
JAMES DEACON: NHL Must Stop Defending Head Shots (AOL Sports)
JIM KELLEY: NHL still paralyzed by the head shots issue, plus more notes (Si.com)
MARK SPECTOR: Beware of Burke (Sportsnet)
GEORGE JOHNSON: Magnificent Miikka continues to be the Mortal Miikka (ESPN)
LYLE RICHARDSON: Get ready for a Burke bidding war (Foxsports)
PIERRE LeBRUN: The NHL has its issues, but the on-ice product is pretty good right now (ESPN)
KEVIN ALLEN: Little's development a big factor in Thrashers' improvement (USA Today)
DAMIEN COX: Burke could command $3M in salary (Toronto Star)
STEVE SIMMONS: Burke will be next Leafs GM (Toronto Sun)
JAY GREENBERG: Zherdev needs time, 'space' (New York Post)
TRACEY MYERS: Cheap shots to a player’s head should be punished (Fort Worth Star Telegram)Subscriber site
RICK SADOWSKI: Bang for free-agent bucks (Denver Rocky Mountain News)
LUKE DeCOCK: Anyone seen the Canes? (Raleigh News & Observer)

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TONY GALLAGHER: Ovechkin stands up for Semin's comments (Vancouver Province)
GARY SHELTON: Patience gets lost in the stampede (St. Petersburg Times)
DON BRENNAN: Sens' rookie roughed up in debut ... Bickering no big deal to Kelly ... No Duff stuff on Isles' playlist (Ottawa Sun)
TOM POWERS: Family reunion ignites Minnesota Wild's offense (St. Paul Pioneer Press)Subscriber site
PAT HICKEY: Burke would be good fit with Boston (Montreal Gazette)
MIKE ZEISBERGER: Fat to fabulous: The Kyle Wellwood story (Toronto Sun)

11/13/08

ADAM PROTEAU: Burke done with Ducks, Maple Leafs watch begins (The Hockey News)
MICHAEL FARBER: Ex-Ducks GM Brian Burke is tailor-made for the Maple Leafs (Si.com)
WES GOLDSTEIN: Melrose's time with Lightning full of bumps but hope remains (CBS Sportsline)
KEVIN PAUL DUPONT: Ovechkin's confidence, and offense, will return (MSNBC)
RYAN DIXON: Players have to protect themselves, not hope for penalty (The Hockey News)
ALLAN MUIR: Sad Panthers are cooked again (Si.com)
SCOTT BURNSIDE: Will Toronto be Burke's next stop? We know other teams that could use him (ESPN)
DAVID SHOALTS: Bruins also likely to come courting (Globe & Mail)
BRUCE ARTHUR: Burke a good fit, but not a saviour (National Post)
IAIN MacINTYRE: Burke's bound for the Buds (Vancouver Sun)
SCOTT MORRISON: Will T.O. get its Christmas wish? (Toronto Sun)
KEVIN PAUL DUPONT: Hiring this former Duck would fit the bill (Boston Globe)Subscriber site
BOB VERDI: Pair of No. 3s get their just due (Chicago Tribune)
WAYNE SCANLAN: Senators' calm shattered (Ottawa Citizen)
HELENE ELLIOTT: Burke's legacy is solid, but he leaves uncertain future for Ducks (Los Angeles Times)Subscriber site
LARRY BROOKS: There's one king in this rivalry (New York Post)
JIM MATHESON: Maple Leafs are an adventure (Edmonton Journal)
RED FISHER: Ruutu puts on 'Who me?' innocent act (Montreal Gazette)
GARY LOEWEN: Sundin just won't go away (Toronto Sun)
TONY GALLAGHER: Luongo closes door while offence dithers (Vancouver Province)
DAMIEN COX: Burke should be next Leafs' GM (Toronto Star)
BRUCE GARRIOCH: Ruutu draws two-game ban (Ottawa Sun)
RANDY YOUNGMAN: Right to leave is Burke's reward for Cup (Orange County Register)
ARTHUR STAPLE: Rangers-Devils not the same without Brodeur (New York Newsday)
STEVE SIMMONS: Burke bidding begins (Toronto Sun)
BRUCE GARRIOCH: A real shift disturber (Ottawa Sun)
MIKE ZEISBERGER: Killer Bs swarm Leafs (Toronto Sun)

11/12/08

RAY SLOVER: Red Wings' Grind Line ages like fine wine (The Sporting News)
MARK SPECTOR: Hits from the West (Sportsnet)
JOHN BUCCIGROSS: The Decider has spoken ... "Back in Black" is the NHL's official soundtrack (ESPN)
STEPHEN BRUNT: This sounds familiar (Globe & Mail)
MIKE ZEISBERGER: Leafs ignore Blake tirade (Toronto Sun)
DAN BARNES: Can three-headed goalie monster work? (Edmonton Journal)
RED FISHER: Habs get back to the basics vs. Senators (Montreal Gazette)
WAYNE SCANLAN: Kostopoulos, Van Ryn share blame (Ottawa Citizen)
MITCH ALBOM: Red Wings throw Penguins a rope, then sink (Detroit Free Press)
ROBERT TYCHKOWSKI: Epic record from an epic trip (Edmonton Sun)
ERIC FRANCIS: Leafs still laughable lot (Calgary Sun)
LUKE DeCOCK: Fans push Wallin as All-Star (Raleigh News & Observer)

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HELENE ELLIOTT: Kings' Dustin Brown leads the way to third win in a row (Los Angeles Times)Subscriber site
DAVE STUBBS: 'No intent to injure,' Kostopoulos says (Montreal Gazette)
JIM MATHESON: When it comes to pests, players police themselves (Edmonton Journal)
CHRIS STEVENSON: Kostopolous hopes his image isn't tarnished (Ottawa Sun)
PAT HICKEY: Canadiens' penalty-killers pick up the slack (Montreal Gazette)
GARY LOEWEN: Leafs can live in the past (Toronto Sun)

11/11/08

KEN CAMPBELL: With Anderson in HHOF, Bure should be next (The Hockey News)
DARREN ELIOT: Penguins and Wings meet again (Si.com)
CRAIG CUSTANCE: Anderson smiles through the tears; Larionov stays cool (The Sporting News)
MARK SPECTOR: On Spec (Sportsnet)
MICHAEL FARBER: Montreal mental lapses, All-Star ballot blunders and more (Si.com)
MIKE BROPHY: Hit and run (Sportsnet)
LYLE RICHARDSON: Getting Sundin, Shanahan is tricky business (Foxsports)
SCOTT BURNSIDE: Stories and snapshots from Hockey Hall of Fame weekend (ESPN)
ERIC DUHATSCHEK: Chynoweth helped clean up junior hockey (Globe & Mail)
DAVID SHOALTS: Bettman pours cold water on second Toronto team (Globe & Mail)
GARY LOEWEN: Shoot the puck already Kaberle (Toronto Sun)
CHRIS STEVENSON: Grinder's role is often Kost-ly (Ottawa Sun)
CAM COLE: Taking the body counts (Vancouver Sun)
ARTHUR STAPLE: Rangers must protect Henrik (New York Newsday)
MARCIA C. SMITH: Ducks open their home to the military (Orange County Register)
JIM MATHESON: Chynoweth left huge legacy (Edmonton Journal)
TERRY FREI: Hejduk aging gracefully in Denver (Denver Post)
DAVE DYE: Playing like anything but Stars (Detroit News)
PAT HICKEY: Habs face NHL's No. 1 goalie (Montreal Gazette)
STEVE SIMMONS: Hall of Fame's glaring omission (Toronto Sun)
WAYNE SCANLAN: Nobody ranks As Beast of East (Ottawa Citizen)
GARY LOEWEN: Keep a lid on it, Messier (Toronto Sun)
WILLIAM HOUSTON: Reduce number of NHL games, pundits say (Globe & Mail)

11/10/08

MIKE BROPHY: Legends earned their induction (Sportsnet)
DAVID SHOALTS: Time to crack down on the careless (Globe & Mail)
STEVE BUFFERY: Fleury says a lot about those who say very little ... Shanahan could fit Flyers' payroll ... MacLean knows third-liners (Toronto Sun)
ERIC FRANCIS: Misconduct? Yep. Hockey Canada should get a few minutes in the box for its ludicrous reaction to Olympic logo rules (Calgary Sun)
BRUCE DOWBIGGIN: Five concussions leave teen on the sidelines (Calgary Herald)
DAN BARNES: Rangers' ploy disrespectful (Edmonton Journal)
LARRY BROOKS: Few similarities between Avery, Voros (New York Post)
DON BRENNAN: Wild ride for Phillips (Ottawa Sun)
RED FISHER: Anderson's induction to NHL's Hall of Fame is long overdue (Montreal Gazette)
GARY LOEWEN: Shoot, Kaberle, shoot! (Toronto Sun)
MIKE WISE: A Cap in Odd Clothing (Washington Post)Subscriber site
DAVE STUBBS: Carbonneau fulfilling his destiny (Montreal Gazette)
GARTH WOOLSEY: Messier builds case for mandatory face masks (Toronto Star)

11/09/08

DAMIEN COX: Rivals offer fans an entertaining clash (Toronto Star)
LARRY BROOKS: Rules clear on replacement draft picks (New York Post)
THOEREN FLEURY: Better the Devil you know (Calgary Herald)
JIM MATHESON: Skating into Hall of Fame easy compared to perils of fishing (Edmonton Journal)
DON BRENNAN: Gerber not having much fun (Ottawa Sun)
PHIL MUCHNICK: Devils 'Doc' hall of a guy (New York Post)
STEVE BUFFERY: So, who needs friends? (Toronto Sun)
MICHAEL RUSSO: Does anybody really care? (Minnesota Star-Tribune)Subscriber site
TERRY FREI: Stars now in state of chaos (Denver Post)
HELENE ELLIOTT: Scott Niedermayer, Ducks are seeing Stars (Los Angeles Times)Subscriber site
TONY GALLAGHER: Goalie duel was one for the ages (Vancouver Province)
GEORGE JOHNSON: NHL DREAM burns bright in Brathwaite (Calgary Herald)
DAMIEN CRISTODERO: Tampa Bay Lightning's next move must be well-calculated (St. Petersburg Times)
KEVIN PAUL DUPONT: Time to punch up image (Boston Globe)Subscriber site
BRUCE GARRIOCH: Thrashers could be dealing as things get crowded in the crease (Ottawa Sun)
MARK HERRMANN: LI hockey players making impact - everywhere (New York Newsday)
GARTH WOOLSEY: Fine Yuletide gift for wee hockey fans (Toronto Star)
SCOTT MORRISON: Great memories (Toronto Sun)
JIM MATHESON: Hockey world (Edmonton Journal)

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