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OPINION

12/10/11

KEN CAMPBELL: New Maple Leafs ownership won't spark on-ice change (The Hockey News)
KEN CAMPBELL: Canadiens trade for a declining Tomas Kaberle (The Hockey News)
MARK SPECTOR: Big difference this time around (Sportsnet)
MICHAEL GRANGE: Feeding the addiction (Sportsnet)
STU HACKEL: Sale of Maple Leafs creates Canadian media colossus (Si.com)
CRAIG CUSTANCE: Winnipeg becoming a tough out (ESPN)
JON ROSEN: Legend Nicholls, Kings remain close/a> (Foxsports)

PIERRE LeBRUN: Habs take big gamble on Tomas Kaberle (ESPN)
STU HACKEL: Hockey has no appetite for hotdogs (Si.com)
PIERRE LeBRUN: Weekend rumblings: Realignment concerns, Parise's contract talks and drug testing (ESPN)
BRIAN STUBITS: Weekend Preview: Flyers, Lightning meet again (CBS Sportsline)
JAMES MIRTLE: Maple Leafs unfazed by new ownership (Globe & Mail)
ROY MacGREGOR: Canucks' crease crowded but content, for now (Globe & Mail)
PAUL WALDIE: When sports fans alter national anthems (Globe & Mail)
ERIC DUHATSCHEK: Despite MLSE deal, on-ice fortunes of Leafs will remain the same (Globe & Mail)
BRUCE ARTHUR: Bell, Rogers pause war briefly for MLSE deal (National Post)
DAMIEN COX: What would Conn Smythe think of the Maple Leafs now? (Toronto Star)
DAVE STUBBS: Spacek had no time to say goodbye (Montreal Gazette)
MARK SUTCLIFFE: Don't get your hopes up, Toronto sports fans (Ottawa Citizen)
STEVE SIMMONS: Deal meaningless for fans (Toronto Sun)
MIKE BOONE: A bright side to Habs' awful season (Montreal Gazette)
JOHN MacKINNON: Big-league help is on the way (Edmonton Journal)
GARY LAWLESS: As of right now, it's playoffs or bust (Winnipeg Free Press)
WAYNE SCANLAN: Canucks' Luongo welcomes two-goalie system (Ottawa Citizen)
MIKE HEIKA: Rookie goalie Bachman could get first start for Stars (Dallas Morning News)Subscriber site
DAVE FESCHUK: Leaf penalty kill goes AWOL in loss to Capitals (Toronto Star)
STU COWAN: Louis Leblanc under immense pressure (Montreal Gazette)
TERRY KOSHAN: Deal makes Burke look good (Toronto Sun)
PAT HICKEY: Trade boggles the mind (Montreal Gazette)
CHRIS ZELKOVICH: MLSE deal will change viewing habits down the road (Toronto Star)
DAVE STUBBS: New Hab Kaberle arrives with baggage (Montreal Gazette)
JOE WARMINGTON: Who will replace Peddie at MLSE? (Toronto Sun)

12/9/11

ADAM PROTEAU: Young guns under the gun (The Hockey News)
JEFF SHANNON: Realignment winners and losers (Sportsnet)
MARK SPECTOR: Setting up for failure (Sportsnet)
SCOTT BURNSIDE: Hackett's whirlwind ride continues in L.A. (ESPN)
MIKE BROPHY: Ovie still a threat (Sportsnet)
CRAIG CUSTANE: A Wild turnaround (ESPN)
JESSE SPECTOR: Five Hole: Wild take their best shot at sustaining Western lead (The Sporting News)
PIERRE LeBRUN: Penguins taking extra precautions with latest Crosby hit (ESPN)
STU HACKEL: Canes goalie Murphy makes weird history (Si.com)
SCOTT BURNSIDE: Kings shrinking back from expectations (ESPN)
GLENN HEALY: 5 questions: Outdoor games & Chara's equipment (CBC)
BRIAN STUBITS: Looking deeper at concussions, fighting in hockey (CBS Sportsline)
TIM WHARNSBY: Henrique wanted no part of family farm (CBC)
ERIC DUHATSCHEK: Kirk Muller echoes Badger Bob (Globe & Mail)
JOE WARMINGTON: Blockbuster MLSE deal should leave fans the winner (Toronto Sun)
MIKE HEIKA: Stars hope drop in ticket prices will help fill the AAC again (Dallas Morning News)Subscriber site
CAM COLE: Coaches need the message to reach the right people (Vancouver Sun)
PAT HICKEY: Hammer to fall for Sutton hit (Montreal Gazette)
DAVE FESCHUK: Jury's out on whether Ovechkin can overhaul his game (Toronto Star)
STEPHEN HARRIS: Offense leaves post, pipes Tim Thomas (Boston Herald)
BRUCE GARRIOCH: NHL sends wrong message to Ovechkin (Ottawa Sun)
MICHAEL ARACE: Taking positive tack backfires on Jackets (Columbus Dispatch)
TONY GALLAGHER: Concussions doesn't mean dementia for hockey players (Vancouver Province)
TERRY JONES: Veteran stars need to light it up (Edmonton Sun)
RED FISHER: Canadiens can ill afford Gimmick giveaways (Montreal Gazette)
PAUL FRIESEN: Thorburn can see humour in drought (Winnipeg Sun)
PHIL SHERIDAN: Eagles could learn from Flyers (Philadelphia Inquirer)
CHRIS STEVENSON: Canucks OK with goalie 'controversy' (Ottawa Sun)
KEVIN PAUL DUPONT: Team seems to want Seguin issue put to bed (Boston Globe)Subscriber site
DAVE STUBBS: Houle bleeds bleu-blanc-rouge (Montreal Gazette)
DAMIEN COX: Here we go again, Ontario Teachers to sell majority stake in MLSE? (Toronto Star)
STEVE BUCKLEY: B's handled Tyler Seguin situation right way (Boston Herald)
MIKE HEIKA: For Stars, road struggles come at worst possible time (Dallas Morning News)Subscriber site

12/8/11

RYAN KENNEDY: No room for politics when creating WJC rosters (The Hockey News)
RORY BOYLEN: Why Ken Hitchcock likes Kris Russell (The Hockey News)
MIKE BROPHY: On to the next one (Sportsnet)
JOHN MANASSO: Preds GM Poile speaks on realignment (Foxsports)
STU HACKEL: Boogaard's dark story points to a painkiller problem in the NHL (Si.com)
ANDREW ASTLEFORD: Hitchcock restoring Blues' confidence (Foxsports)
CRAIG CUSTANCE: The next NHL city (ESPN)
GORD STELLICK: Realignment vote no surprise (CBC)
PIERRE LeBRUN: Penguins taking extra precautions with latest Crosby hit (ESPN)
GARRY GALLEY: Hiring right coach is tricky business (CBC)
ROY MacGREGOR: Transition time for Capitals (Globe & Mail)
CHARLEY WALTERS: Ex-North Star Brian Bellows likes NHL realignment plan (St. Paul Pioneer Press)Subscriber site
DAVE STUBBS: Martin seeks solutions to powerless play (Montreal Gazette)
MARK PURDY: More signs point to San Jose for the Oakland A's (San Jose Mercury News)Subscriber site
MIKE HEIKA: Despite slump, Stars' Jamie Benn relishes high expectations (Dallas Morning News)Subscriber site
DON BRENNAN: Ovechkin 'pitchfork' has Neil fuming (Ottawa Sun)
MIKE BOONE: Loyalty stretches from West Island to Far East (Montreal Gazette)
GREGG KRUPA: Realignment delivers Red Wings some relief (Detroit News)
TED WYMAN: Jets defence states its case (Winnipeg Sun)
BUCKY GLEASON: Forced into lineup, Sabres' kids are all right (Buffalo News)
TERRY JONES: Oilers struggling (Edmonton Sun)
PAT HICKEY: Blue-liner Gill goes down, but he's rarely out (Montreal Gazette)
WAYNE SCANLAN: Senators find their identity (Ottawa Citizen)
GARY LAWLESS: The next Iginla? (Winnipeg Free Press)
JOE STARKEY: Talbot criticism ludicrous (Pittsburgh Tribune Review)
STU COWAN: Special-teams conundrum for Canadiens (Montreal Gazette)
MICHAEL ARACE: For Brassard, leaving may be his only option (Columbus Dispatch)
PAT HICKEY: Habs one of NHL's have-nots (Montreal Gazette)
WAYNE SCANLAN: Hockey heart beats on for the Mighty Quinn (Ottawa Citizen)
CATHAL KELLY: Graham James malignant Canadian face of child abuse (Toronto Star)
MIKE BOONE: Hockey heroes' visit tickles sick kids (Montreal Gazette)
JEFF MILLER: Ducks' Hagman trying to enjoy head-spinning journey (Orange County Register)

12/7/11

RORY BOYLEN: Why Ken Hitchcock likes Kris Russell (The Hockey News)
MARK SPECTOR: It's in the game (Sportsnet)
MIKE BROPHY: Slow start costly (Sportsnet)
JESSE SPECTOR: Basing NHL disciplinary decisions on injuries does players a disservice (The Sporting News)
MICHAEL FARBER: Montreal seeks homegrown spark (Si.com)
CRAIG CUSTANCE: Realignment winners and losers (ESPN)
SARAH SERVETNICK: Wild put hard work (and fun) into shootouts (Foxsports)
JOHN BUCCIGROSS: An education in the Minnesota Wild (ESPN)
ADAM GRETZ: Right now it's Boston, and then everybody else (CBS Sportsline)
SCOTT BURNSIDE: Realignment raises more questions (ESPN)
RAY RATTO: Realignment in NHL creates chaos beyond tumult in other leagues (CBS Sportsline)
DAVID SHOALTS: NHL won't even consider banning fights (Globe & Mail)
ERIC DUHATSCHEK: Realignment fallout: Score one for the NHL (Globe & Mail)
KEVIN ALLEN: Let's give conference names star treatment (USA Today)
BRUCE ARTHUR: NHL makes most realistic response with realignment (National Post)
DAVE FESCHUK: Weary Leafs fight back to salvage point (Toronto Star)
MICHAEL ARACE: Columbus a winner in new NHL (Columbus Dispatch)
TED WYMAN: Giant killers (Winnipeg Sun)
GREGG KRUPA: NHLÕs historic luster is lost in realignment (Detroit News)
TONY GALLAGHER: Canucks in danger of running out of bodies (Vancouver Province)
DAVE STUBBS: Wiz shares Markov's pain (Montreal Gazette)
DEJAN KOVACEVIC: NHL alignment a starry sight (Pittsburgh Tribune Review)
ERIC FRANCIS: James back in court (Calgary Sun)
DON BRENNAN: Regin shoulders on (Ottawa Sun)
GARY LAWLESS: Bettman fighting losing cause (Winnipeg Free Press)
BUCKY GLEASON: Barnaby: Good guy, wrong path (Buffalo News)
IAIN MacINTYRE: Canucks have much to like in NHL realignment (Vancouver Sun)
LARRY BROOKS: Forces 'align' against locals (New York Post)
RED FISHER: Jackets wrap up Habs in tinsel (Montreal Gazette)
PAUL FRIESEN: Jets give champs headache (Winnipeg Sun)
MIKE HEIKA: Why Stars are a team that will benefit greatly from NHL realignment (Dallas Morning News)Subscriber site
GARY SHELTON: NHL realignment won't help Tampa Bay Lightning (St. Petersburg Times)
DAMIEN COX: Why Derek Boogaard's death won't change the NHL (Toronto Star)

12/6/11

KEN CAMPBELL: Realignment plan promising, but unfinished (The Hockey News)
MIKE BROPHY: Monster situation (Sportsnet)
MARK SPECTOR: Bettman got one right (Sportsnet)
CRAIG CUSTANCE: The Capitals' nuclear option (ESPN)
JESSE SPECTOR: Losers are hard to find in NHL realignment plan (The Sporting News)
SCOTT BURNSIDE: Burnside's plan: What I would have done (ESPN)
STU HACKEL: Realignment consensus wasn't easy (Si.com)
PIERRE LeBRUN: LeBrun's plan: What I would have done (ESPN)
TIM WHARNSBY: New, old rivalries will ripen under NHL's realignment (CBC)
SCOTT BURNSIDE: Bettman steers NHL to 'seismic' change (ESPN)
ANDI PETRILLO: More to Zdeno Chara than hockey (CBC)
ROY MacGREGOR: Milan Michalek confident, healthy, producing for Senators (Globe & Mail)
HELENE ELLIOTT: Proposed NHL realignment is a terrific improvement (Los Angeles Times)Subscriber site
RED FISHER: Put champagne back on ice (Montreal Gazette)
DON BRENNAN: Karlsson does striptease (Ottawa Sun)
STEVE SIMMONS: Burke's becoming an embarrassment (Toronto Sun)
ANDREW GROSS: Here's a Rangers' wish list for HBO's '24/7' (Bergen Record)
TONY GALLAGHER: NHL's realignment could give Canucks advantage (Vancouver Province)
RANDY SPORTAK: New format means more visits from superstars (Calgary Sun)
TED WYMAN: Realignment good for Jets, fans (Winnipeg Sun)
CHRIS STEVENSON: NHL votes to realign to four conferences (Ottawa Sun)
MIKE BOONE: Leblanc awaits magic moment (Montreal Gazette)
IAIN MacINTYRE: Once again, Canucks trending upwards (Vancouver Sun)
TERRY JONES: NHL realignment good for the West (Edmonton Sun)
RANDY SPORTAK: Irving worth a shot (Calgary Sun)
DAMIEN COX: Radical NHL realignment rough on Leafs (Toronto Star)
WAYNE SCANLAN: Michalek surprises with scoring outburst (Ottawa Citizen)
PAT HICKEY: Habs happy with NHL realignment plan (Montreal Gazette)
DAVID J. NEAL: Fun-loving Florida Panthers taking a page from playoff teams (Miami Herald)Subscriber site
RANDY SPORTAK: Five Burning Questions (Calgary Sun)

12/5/11

MARK SPECTOR: A big bite to swallow (Sportsnet)
MIKE BROPHY: Gardiner getting noticed (Sportsnet)
SCOTT BURNSIDE: How much change will BOGs bring? (ESPN)
ELLIOTTE FRIEDMAN: Travel key to realignment + 30 Thoughts (ESPN)
BRIAN STUBITS: Weekend Wrap: Broadway boys continue to be a hit (CBS Sportsline)
CASSIE CAMPBELL-PASCALL: Odds and sods from Habs-Kings in Hollywood (CBC)
SEAN GORDON: The triumph of the hockey meathead (Globe & Mail)
KEVIN ALLEN: NHL realignment needs Eastern OK (USA Today)
MIKE HEIKA: Gaglardi, Lites give Stars a meaningful NHL presence (Dallas Morning News)Subscriber site
RED FISHER: Eastern Conference standings reveal many surprises (Montreal Gazette)
TARIK EL-BASHIR: Caps' goalies need to do their part (Washington Post)Subscriber site
FRANK SERAVALLI: Flyers, Pens remain together (Philadelphia Daily News)
GARY LAWLESS: The group of 7 (Winnipeg Free Press)
JACK TODD: Teammates owe Price a few beers (Montreal Gazette)
ERIC FRANCIS: Is NHL in line to realign? (Calgary Sun)
CHRIS STEVENSON: NHL realignment issue hot topic at BOG meetings (Ottawa Sun)
RANDY YOUNGMAN: Playoffs? Ducks coach: 'Why not?' (Orange County Register)
TIM SASSONE: Bold realignment is path NHL should take (Chicago Daily Herald)Subscriber site
DAVE STUBBS: Markov saga gets more bizarre (Montreal Gazette)
LUKE DeCOCK: Canes' lost culture not easily replaced (Raleigh News & Observer)Subscriber site
STEVE BUFFERY: Kadri making strides (Toronto Sun)
ROSIE DiMANNO: Poised, brainy Bruins have the look of a dynasty (Toronto Star)

12/4/11

LYLE RICHARDSON: Internet Trade Talk: Spezza to Avalanche? McCabe to Canadiens? (The Hockey News)
ANDREW ASTLEFORD: Fans welcome Perron after 97-game absence (Foxsports)
MIKE BROPHY: Kessel's kyrptonite (Sportsnet)
CRAIG MORGAN: Bryzgalov enjoys first game back in Phoenix (Foxsports)
TIM WHARNSBY: From steel worker to 2-time Stanley Cup champ (CBC)
TERRY KOSHAN: Kessel vs. Seguin? Kessel vs. Chara is better (Toronto Sun)
STEPHEN HARRIS: B's have room to move (Boston Herald)
DON BRENNAN: 5 reasons Sens can make playoffs (Ottawa Sun)
KEN WEIBE: Noel starting to see his Jets (Winnipeg Sun)
ARTHUR STAPLE: Isles pay the price for paying the price (New York Newsday)Subscriber site
MIKE HEIKA: Wild one isnÕt such fun as Stars lose to Islanders, 5-4 (Dallas Morning News)Subscriber site
RANDY MILLER: Shelley needs to earn his keep (South Jersey Courier Post)
RANDY YOUNGMAN: Boudreau never at loss for words (Orange County Register)
RICH CHERE: Winnipeg Jets' return sparks realignment debate (Newark Star Ledger)
ERIC ERLENDSSON: Hedman well worth $20 million deal (Tampa Tribune)
CHARLEY WALTERS: Ever-improving Wild could begin repacking Xcel Energy Center (St. Paul Pioneer Press)Subscriber site
SAM CARCHIDI: Reinforcements help depleted 'D' (Philadelphia Inquirer)
BUCKY GLEASON: Grier leaves game with hockey bag full of respect (Buffalo News)
JEFF MILLER: With Carlyle gone, spotlight on the players (Orange County Register)
TERRY JONES: Wandering in desert (Edmonton Sun)
TONY GALLAGHER: Back end sits on shaky ground (Vancouver Province)
DAVE MOLINARI: Greatness has many definitions (Pittsburgh Post Gazette)
ADRIAN DATER: Realignment proposals at top of NHL agenda (Denver Post)
MICHAEL RUSSO: Ducks down, but not dumb (Minneapolis Star-Tribune)Subscriber site
STEVE SIMMONS: Hold off on Wilson (Toronto Sun)
JASON YORK: Why not trade coaches? (Ottawa Sun)
LARRY BROOKS: Players not keen on four-division format (New York Post)
ROSIE DiMANNO: Nothing like a road trip with dear old Dad (Toronto Star)
DAMIEN CRISTODERO: NHL realignment issues still being sorted out (St. Petersburg Times)
KEVIN PAUL DUPONT: A team for the ages (Boston Globe)Subscriber site
MARK SUTCLIFFE: Economic indicators not good for NHL (Ottawa Citizen)
ROSIE DiMANNO: Leafs have no answer in Reimer's return (Toronto Star)

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