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OPINION

12/3/11

KEN CAMPBELL: Acquiring Bruce Boudreau better than trading Bobby Ryan (The Hockey News)
MIKE BROPHY: Return on hold (Sportsnet)
CRAIG MORGAN: Coyotes still paying for Briere trade (Foxsports)
STU HACKEL: Is the NHL headed for another work stoppage? (Si.com)
BOB STURM: Stars build back to relevance (Foxsports)
PIERRE LeBRUN: Weekend rumblings: Canucks goalie drama, Ryan trade talks, Brassard's agent angry (ESPN)
PJ STOCK: Believing in rookie sensation Nugent-Hopkins (CBC)
CRAIG CUSTANCE: Fight to the finish (ESPN)
CASSIE CAMPBELL-PASCALL: 5 questions: Juggling schedules & goalie bench bosses (CBC)
JOSH WINGROVE: The Edmonton Oilers: Young, fast and on the mark (Globe & Mail)
BOB DUFF: Kassian makes an impact (Windsor Star)
PAT HICKEY: Markov sets his own comeback timetable (Montreal Gazette)
TERRY JONES: Barn Burner news to Lowe (Edmonton Sun)
STEVE BUFFERY: Eighteen games and waiting for Kulemin (Toronto Sun)
CAM COLE: Canucks goalie crisis? Call it seasonally affective disorder (Vancouver Sun)
DAVID STAPLES: Oilers super sophomores improve (Edmonton Journal)
MIKE HEIKA: Islanders visit stirs boyhood memories for Stars' Nystrom (Dallas Morning News)Subscriber site
MIKE BOONE: Habs face uphill battle for playoffs (Montreal Gazette)
ROSIE DiMANNO: Reimer can't wait to get back in saddle (Toronto Star)
JONATHAN McDONALD: Thus begins the post-Grey Cup doldrums (Vancouver Province)
WAYNE SCANLAN: The carousel gathers speed (Ottawa Citizen)
DEREK VAN DIEST: O'Marra heeds Oilers' call (Edmonton Sun)
TOM GULITTI: Being an NHL coach has its ups and downs (Bergen Record)
STU COWAN: Hockey News' own Nostradamus (Montreal Gazette)

12/2/11

ADAM PROTEAU: Bruce Boudreau hiring no surprise (The Hockey News)
RYAN KENNEDY: Goaltending Canada's main WJC concern (The Hockey News)
MIKE BROPHY: Waiting his turn (Sportsnet)
JESSE SPECTOR: With their season off the rails, Ducks hope Bruce Boudreau is the simplest--and best--solution (The Sporting News)
CRAIG CUSTANCE: Impact of Boudreau hire on Bobby Ryan (ESPN)
STU HACKEL: It's the time of the season for NHL coaching upheaval (Si.com)
JOHNETTE HOWARD: Paul Deutsch: Rags to riches to rags (ESPN)
ANDREW JONES: Canes in desperate need of a win under Muller (Foxsports)
SCOTT BURNSIDE: Caps fade when pressure rises vs. Penguins (ESPN)
TIM WHARNSBY: Hitchcock's success has been hard to ignore (CBC)
BRIAN STUBITS: Lessons in Ducks' Carlyle-Boudreau exchange (CBS Sportsline)
KELLY HRUDEY: Crosby easy choice as NHL's most marketable star (CBC)
DAVID SHOALTS: Coaching carousel keeps going because it works (Globe & Mail)
PAUL WALDIE: Alex Burmistrov goes through growing pains (Globe & Mail)
BRUCE DOWBIGGIN: Don Cherry's ratings take a hit (Globe & Mail)
KEVIN ALLEN: Ducks opt for personality transplant behind bench (USA Today)
MIKE HEIKA: Mounting injuries give Stars first big test with Gulutzan at helm (Dallas Morning News)Subscriber site
GARY LAWLESS: Jets likely to play in Central time zone (Winnipeg Free Press)
PAT HICKEY: Coaching continuity keys success in pro sports (Montreal Gazette)
MIKE ZEISBERGER: Don't jump gun on Wilson contract (Toronto Sun)
Senators collapse late in loss to Stars (Ottawa Citizen)
WAYNE SCANLAN: Senators and Ducks a shadow of their former selves (Ottawa Citizen)
DAMIEN COX: The greatest show on ice bids farewell (Toronto Star)
TERRY JONES: The long and short of shootouts (Edmonton Sun)
CAM COLE: Coaches need the message to reach the right people (Vancouver Sun)
PAUL FRIESEN: No welcome mat for Coyotes (Winnipeg Sun)
DAVE STUBBS: Tretiak never forgot Montreal (Montreal Gazette)
BUCKY GLEASON: Sabres' season at crossroads (Buffalo News)
DON BRENNAN: Foligno has Movember to remember (Ottawa Sun)
KIRK PENTEN: Boos for Doan? Classy (Winnipeg Sun)
MIKE WISE: Hunter ready to fight for Caps (Washington Post)Subscriber site
LUKE DeCOCK: Canes' coaching change no quick fix (Raleigh News & Observer)Subscriber site

12/1/11

RYAN KENNEDY: Goaltending Canada's main WJC concern (The Hockey News)
MIKE BROPHY: Not quite there yet (Sportsnet)
STEVE BUFFERY: Love him, hate him, pay him (Toronto Sun)
MARK SPECTOR: Best in the business (Sportsnet)
JESSE SPECTOR: Five Hole: Sidney Crosby provides a concussion template, Shanahan talks fines (The Sporting News)
STU HACKEL: Lame Ducks have no answers (Si.com)
CRAIG CUSTANCE: Lightning primed to make a run (ESPN)
DARREN ELIOT: It all comes down to the captain (Si.com)
PIERRE LeBRUN: Beat the Bruins? Not in November (ESPN)
TIM WHARNSBY: Champs still too much for the Maple Leafs (CBC)
ROY MacGREGOR: Jets fans finally get to vent after 15-year grudge (Globe & Mail)
JEFF BLAIR: Leafs' shortcomings become clearer in defeat (Globe & Mail)
BRUCE ARTHUR: Ovechkin has become a puzzle to be solved (National Post)
KEVIN ALLEN: Civic Arena ornament sales go through roof (USA Today)
HELENE ELLIOTT: NBA can learn some things from the NHL (Los Angeles Times)Subscriber site
STEVE BUFFERY: Love him, hate him, pay him (Toronto Sun)
ED TAIT: Let 'er rip... then let it go (Winnipeg Free Press)
MIKE BOONE: Rangers, Flyers set to rumble for HBO (Montreal Gazette)
DEREK VAN DIEST: Oilers go for the option (Edmonton Sun)
MIKE HEIKA: Stars' checking line is not only consistent but adds a little offense (Dallas Morning News)Subscriber site
JOE STARKEY: Crosby-Ovechkin rivalry dead? (Pittsburgh Tribune Review)
IAIN MacINTYRE: Life interrupted, Raymond returns (Vancouver Sun)
DON BRENNAN: Neil itchin' to play (Ottawa Sun)
TERRY JONES: Another Wild ride for Oilers (Edmonton Sun)
TED WYMAN: Jets' Pavelec needs to be better (Winnipeg Sun)
PAT HICKEY: Ducks search for solutions (Montreal Gazette)
BERNIE MIKLASZ: Hitchcock's arrival energizes Blues (St. Louis Post Dispatch)
TOM POWERS: Wild's Brad Staubitz, Oilers' Darcy Hordicuk fight, and all is well again (St. Paul Pioneer Press)Subscriber site
STEVE SIMMONS: It felt like a win for Leafs (Toronto Sun)
DAMIEN COX: Buds go down swinging but defence exposed by champs (Toronto Star)

11/30/11

KEN CAMPBELL: NHL should move the Coyotes temporarily to Hamilton (The Hockey News)
MIKE BROPHY: Grinding out a niche (Sportsnet)
JOHN MANASSO: Hunter a good fit in Washington (Foxsports)
MICHAEL GRANGE: Contrasting styles (Sportsnet)
JESSE SPECTOR: Gaborik, Richards help ignite Rangers' win over Penguins (The Sporting News)
CRAIG CUSTANCE: New expectations for Caps, Canes (ESPN)
STU HACKEL: It's all about the system for Yeo and his surprising Minnesota Wild (Si.com)
SCOTT BURNSIDE: Changes put Blues, Caps on different paths (ESPN)
JON ROSEN: Grinders establish Kings' work ethic vs. Sharks (Foxsports)
PIERRE LeBRUN: Rumblings: Ducks' next move, Miller's future in Buffalo, labor deal talk (ESPN)
BRIAN STUBITS: Caps need time before change seen with Hunter (CBS Sportsline)
TIM WHARNSBY: NHL's 1st quarter hints at snug playoff races (CBC)
ROY MacGREGOR: Playing against Bobby Orr (Globe & Mail)
TERRY JONES: Pronger trade revisited (Edmonton Sun)
STEVE BUFFERY: Jake Gardiner's lake effect (Toronto Sun)
JOHN FEINSTEIN: CapitalsÕ poor play forced George McPhee to fire Bruce Boudreau (Washington Post)Subscriber site
TONY GALLAGHER: Would the Canucks have won Tuesday with Luongo in net? (Vancouver Province)
LUKE DeCOCK: Coach to Canes: Have fun (Raleigh News & Observer)Subscriber site
PAT HICKEY: Pacioretty doesn't agree with suspension (Montreal Gazette)
DON BRENNAN: Alfredsson stays forever young (Ottawa Sun)
ERIC FRANCIS: Y all the fuss about Iginla? (Calgary Sun)
BUCKY GLEASON: Late Kelley honored for doing it his way (Buffalo News)
MIKE HEIKA: Once-sacred goalie standards look commonplace in new NHL (Dallas Morning News)Subscriber site
JEFF MILLER: Selanne's final season not as he planned (Orange County Register)
BOB DUFF: Yzerman back in Detroit (Windsor Star)
TED WYMAN: Squandered opportunity for Jets (Winnipeg Sun)

11/29/11

KEN CAMPBELL: Five days on the road with Boudreau and Capitals sheds light on firing (The Hockey News)
ADAM PROTEAU: Will the real Ovechkin return after Boudreau's firing? (The Hockey News)
RYAN KENNEDY: Maurice firing a necessary move (The Hockey News)
MARK SPECTOR: Filling up the tank (Sportsnet)
BOB McKENZIE: Canada junior team could get some NHL assistance (TSN)
MIKE BROPHY: What about Ron? (Sportsnet)
STU HACKEL: Boudreau pays for Caps' inability to adjust (Si.com)
JESSE SPECTOR: Black Monday strikes NHL coaches; more firings to come (The Sporting News)
CRAIG CUSTANCE: Washington Capitals must find fortitude (ESPN)
MICHAEL FARBER: Change keeps coming to Southeast Division benches (Si.com)
SCOTT BURNSIDE: A new chapter for Carolina with Kirk Muller (ESPN)
JOHN MANASSO: 'Canes' choice of Muller signals culture change (Foxsports)
PIERRE LeBRUN: Dale Hunter's task not new, but it is difficult (ESPN)
ELLIOTTE FRIEDMAN: Hunter needs to get Ovechkin going + 30 Thoughts (CBC)
SCOTT BURNSIDE: With Bruce Boudreau out, how will Alex Ovechkin respond (ESPN)
TIM WHARNSBY: Boudreau's row with Ovechkin cost him his job (CBC)
BRIAN STUBITS: Bruce Boudreau loses job after losing team (CBS Sportsline)
GORD STELLICK: Iginla, Flames should part ways (CBC)
DARREN YOURK: Russian star Yakupov pegged to go No. 1 in NHL draft (Globe & Mail)
DAMIEN COX: Dale Hunter faces enormous hurdles in Washington (Toronto Star)
RED FISHER: Hit was reckless, but so was Letang's return (Montreal Gazette)
STEVE SIMMONS: Re-upping Wilson could cost Leafs Eakins (Toronto Sun)
THOMAS BOSWELL: Hiring Hunter, a high-stakes move (Washington Post)Subscriber site
HELENE ELLIOTT: The Capitals and Hurricanes seek new directions (Los Angeles Times)Subscriber site
CHRIS STEVENSON: Semin, not Ovechkin, Hunter's challenge (Ottawa Sun)
DEREK VAN DIEST: Gagner looks to raise game (Edmonton Sun)
ERIC FRANCIS: World junior tourney a starring point (Calgary Sun)
MIKE BOONE: Markov's return imminent (Montreal Gazette)
TED WYMAN: Jets' plug-and-play defence (Winnipeg Sun)
LUKE DeCOCK: Muller brings respect, strong potential to Canes (Raleigh News & Observer)Subscriber site
TERRY JONES: Nugent-Hopkins recalls Worlds disappointment (Edmonton Sun)
MIKE HEIKA: Stars' Raycroft soothes the doubters with solid win (Dallas Morning News)Subscriber site
ERIC FRANCIS: Junior team awaits word from pros (Calgary Sun)
PAT HICKEY: Canes gamble on inexperienced Muller (Montreal Gazette)
MIKE BERARDINO: Panthers know NBA competition has returned (South Florida Sun-Sentinel)
WAYNE SCANLAN: Crosby under Sens' collective skin (Ottawa Citizen)
TRACEE HAMILTON: Something had to be done (Washington Post)Subscriber site

11/28/11

ANTHONY MAGGIO: Wild could use a dose of Boogaard's bravery (Foxsports)
JON ROSEN: Multifaceted Richards comes as advertised (Foxsports)
DANA WAKIJI: Wings' Filppula living up to expectations (Foxsports)
BRIAN STUBITS: Weekend Wrap: Sanford, Jackets starting to roll (CBS Sportsline)
MICHAEL ARACE: Return of Hitchcock, Russell adds spice (Columbus Dispatch)
FRANK SERAVALLI: Bobrovsky goes back-to-back (Philadelphia Daily News)
BRUCE GARRIOCH: Short-handed Sens eye Jackets' Brassard (Ottawa Sun)
JACK TODD: Habs' Pacioretty deserves suspension (Montreal Gazette)
MARK WHICKER: Quick fix for Ducks? Don't hold your breath (Orange County Register)
DON BRENNAN: Smith sweats out Sens win (Ottawa Sun)
DAVE STUBBS: Bloodied, but far from beaten (Montreal Gazette)
LARRY BROOKS: Del Zotto stands out in Rangers' surge (New York Post)
MIKE HEIKA: Losing goalie Kari Lehtonen to injury further tests Stars' depth (Dallas Morning News)Subscriber site
IAIN MacINTYRE: A lot to like about backup Luongo (Vancouver Sun)
WAYNE SCANLAN: Filly does road trips (Ottawa Citizen)
RED FISHER: No point complaining (Montreal Gazette)
KEN WARREN: Dear Mr. Shanahan, please get tough on head shots (Ottawa Citizen)
DAVE FESCHUK: Speedy Leafs cap successful trip (Toronto Star)
CHRIS STEVENSON: Pacioretty facing hearing for head hit (Ottawa Sun)
TARIK EL-BASHIR: Caps can't just ride this one out (Washington Post)Subscriber site

11/27/11

TOM THOMPSON: Mario Lemieux comeback still greatest of all-time (The Hockey News)
MIKE BROPHY: Award winning Maple Leafs? (Sportsnet)
JESSE SPECTOR: Boston's 'slump' ends quickly, decisively (The Sporting News)
ADRIAN DATER: Pine keeping Luongo philosopical (Si.com)
ADAM GRETZ: As power play slumps, so do Senators (CBS Sportsline)
TIM WHARNSBY: Undrafted and unheralded, Dupuis gets it done (CBC)
RICH CHERE: Former Devils, Rangers player Brendan Shanahan taking hits in new job (Newark Star Ledger)
ARTHUR STAPLE: Tavares winning faceoffs during scoring drought (New York Newsday)Subscriber site
STEVE CONROY: Hamilton picks up game (Boston Globe)Subscriber site
LARRY BROOKS: Sinking, deserted Isles be damned (New York Post)
ERIC ERLENDSSON: Lightning likely will need to bolster goaltending (Tampa Tribune)
BRUCE GARRIOCH: Stars align for Iginla trade (Ottawa Sun)
SAM CARCHIDI: Flyers need more consistent Bryzgalov (Philadelphia Inquirer)
ADRIAN DATER: NHL snubbing Western Conference teams (Denver Post)
STEVE SIMMONS: Winning matters, owners don't (Toronto Sun)
MIKE HEIKA: Injuries to Lehtonen, Daley, Fiddler truly hurt Stars (Dallas Morning News)Subscriber site
JEFF MILLER: Ducks need Getzlaf to show his 'C' is earned (Orange County Register)
DON BRENNAN: Stop stupid all-star Mayhem! (Ottawa Sun)
ERIC FRANCIS: Time for Iggy to move? (Calgary Sun)
DAVE FESCHUK: Lupul still miffed at being dumped by Ducks (Toronto Star)
BUCKY GLEASON: Tallon puts footprint on rebuilt Panthers (Buffalo News)
JIM MATHESON: Former scoring machine Ovechkin running on empty (Edmonton Journal)
MICHAEL RUSSO: With no hard feelings (Minneapolis Star-Tribune)Subscriber site
ROSIE DiMANNO: Kessel prefers to let his stick do the talking (Toronto Star)
DAMIEN CRISTODERO: Now not the time for Tampa Bay Lightning to make a move (St. Petersburg Times)
JASON YORK: 200-foot giants rule NHL (Ottawa Sun)
TED WYMAN: Early missed chances costly (Winnipeg Sun)
STEVE BUCKLEY: One un-4-gettable rush (Boston Herald)
DAVE MOLINARI: Chase thrills or safety? (Pittsburgh Post Gazette)
RANDY MILLER: Lindros, Flyers: Foes no more (South Jersey Courier Post)

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