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OPINION

12/13/08

RYAN KENNEDY: Calder Cup success key for injury-depleted Capitals (The Hockey News)
ALLAN MUIR: Tale of Two Canadiens, Caps fans' silver lining and more notes (Si.com)
DAVID PAGNOTTA: Moving Kovalchuk would help Thrashers, NHL (MSNBC)
MIKE BROPHY: Going-out-of-business sale? (Sportsnet)
ROY MacGREGOR: Sure thing (Globe & Mail)
CHRIS STEVENSON: Going, going, gong... (Ottawa Sun)
MIKE BOONE: Live and die as Habs fan (Montreal Gazette)
ROB LONGLEY: If Steve Yzerman asks, there's no doubt Gretzky will have great advice for him ... Extra incentive for Lightning duo (Toronto Sun)
DAMIEN COX: Jaime Sifers gets himself noticed (Toronto Star)
RANDY SPORTAK: With some NHL squads struggling to win fans, Santa Claus can score great deals on hockey tickets this holiday season (Calgary Sun)
LARRY BROOKS: Money a problem in hunt for Sundin (New York Post)
BOB DUFF: Not ready for prime time (Windsor Star)
GREG LOGAN: Weight a nice surprise for Islanders (New York Newsday)
DAN BARNES: Picking Canada's top players for 2010 Olympics (Edmonton Journal)
PAT HICKEY: Desperate Capitals sign Web guy as backup goalie (Montreal Gazette)
GARY LOEWEN: They're Wilson's Leafs, not Cherry's (Toronto Sun)
CHRIS ZELKOVICH: Sports dealer glad lawsuit behind him (Toronto Star)
RED FISHER: Tight-knit Blackhawks are rare birds indeed (Montreal Gazette)
DON BRENNAN: Now that's a Stretch! Caps tap their website team to net 6-foot-7 backup ... Dexter Manley's alive, and Live, in D.C. (Ottawa Sun)

12/12/08

ADAM PROTEAU: Ready to count 'em out (The Hockey News)
JIM KELLEY: Advice for Mats Sundin, Tampa Bay and sweating Sabres fans (Si.com)
WES GOLDSTEIN: Hard times looking even harder on horizon for NHL (CBS Sportsline)
JIM KELLEY: Lightning rod for distraction (Sportsnet)
TERRY FREI: Once a shy rookie, Brown now looks to lead Kings back to spotlight (ESPN)
ALLAN MAKI: ‘What the guys did was really special' (Globe & Mail)
KEVIN ALLEN: Murky U.S. economy muddies NHL teams' free-agent plans (USA Today)
ERIC DUHATSCHEK: Flames find new balance (Globe & Mail)
ED WILLES: Roll welcome Mats out all over Vancouver (Vancouver Province)
GARY LOEWEN: Leafs can rise up to the bottom in tough times (Toronto Sun)
HELENE ELLIOTT: Dustin Brown has tricky night for Kings (Los Angeles Times)Subscriber site
TERRY JONES: Absence of urgency (Edmonton Sun)
ED WILLES: Financial fears for local club unfounded (Vancouver Province)
BOB HUNTER: Jackets can hope better play means more wins, eventually (Columbus Dispatch)
MARK KISZLA: How to replace Sakic? Avs stumped (Denver Post)
WAYNE SCANLAN: Taylor-made for greatness (Ottawa Citizen)
PAT HICKEY: Pens fans pick up slack in all-star vote (Montreal Gazette)
DON BRENNAN: Pothier inches toward return (Ottawa Sun)
MIKE ZEISBERGER: Farewell grand old gal (Toronto Sun)
CHRIS STEVENSON: The General has arrived (Ottawa Sun)
RED FISHER: Canadiens provide tonic for Bolts' ills (Montreal Gazette)
WAYNE SCANLAN: Tavares missing the benefits of lacrosse (Ottawa Citizen)
CHRIS STEVENSON: NHL going for broke? (Ottawa Sun)
GARY LOEWEN: Leafs coach not so tough (Toronto Sun)

12/11/08

RYAN DIXON: Streit going straight on the Island (The Hockey News)
MICHAEL FARBER: Hull and Hicks burned by Avery mess; Iggy is a career-maker (Si.com)
CRAIG CUSTANCE: Wiser Bob Murray ready for the challenge in Anaheim (The Sporting News)
JOHN BUCCIGROSS: In the spirit of "Wayne's World", I'm ready to make my hockey confession (ESPN)
MIKE BROPHY: Wait 'til this year (Sportsnet)
SCOTT BURNSIDE: Coaches now more open to giving backups the starring role (ESPN)
GARY SHELTON: Melrose should hush; owners need not rush (St. Petersburg Times)
MARK KISZLA: Avs' youth must pick up shovel (Denver Post)
DAVE STUBBS: Dandenault a mix of class and toughness (Montreal Gazette)
JIM REEVES: Reassigning Brett Hull is a 'ludicrous’ notion (Fort Worth Star Telegram)Subscriber site
MARK PURDY: Sharks check their ego at the door (San Jose Mercury News)Subscriber site
DON BRENNAN: Hartsburg helped Toews master shootout ... Last United Centre experience left Bell out in cold ... Play ball, er, hockey (Ottawa Sun)
IAIN MacINTYRE: Nashville sings hurtin' song (Vancouver Sun)
JERRY SULLIVAN: Miller's growth is stunted (Buffalo News)
PAT HICKEY: Melrose, Tocchet feud as Bolts slide into cellar (Montreal Gazette)
DAVE KRIEGER: Sakic did what? Say it ain't so, Joe (Denver Rocky Mountain News)
GARY LOEWEN: Bottom feels like up for Leafs (Toronto Sun)

12/10/08

JIM KELLEY: The art of doublespeak (Sportsnet)
WES GOLDSTEIN: Kessel survived tough times to give Bruins breakout season (CBS Sportsline)
MARK SPECTOR: Reconfiguring the NHL (Sportsnet)
PIERRE LeBRUN: The atmosphere at NHL board of governors meetings: "Doom and gloom" (ESPN)
MATTHEW SEKERES: Canucks hold best cards for Sundin's poker game (Globe & Mail)
ERIC DUHATSCHEK: Legein refreshed and raring to go (Globe & Mail)
IAIN MacINTYRE: Too much play, not enough power (Vancouver Sun)
LUKE DeCOCK: Old-school Caniac primer 101 (Raleigh News & Observer)

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JOHN MacKINNON: Slow, steady climb up the Oilers' talent escalator (Edmonton Journal)
DAMIEN COX: No teams in danger of bankruptcy, Bettman vows (Toronto Star)
GARY LOEWEN: Boyle rides above nuts and Bolts (Toronto Sun)
BRUCE DOWBIGGIN: Meltdown underway in Bettman's America (Calgary Herald)
TONY GALLAGHER: Fired coach Melrose throws daggers at Bolts (Vancouver Province)
JIM MATHESON: Norris Nicklas still king of blue-liners (Edmonton Journal)
RED FISHER: As Kiprusoff goes, so go the Flames (Montreal Gazette)
MIKE ZEISBERGER: Even MLSEL feels the economy's crunch (Toronto Sun)
DON BRENNAN: 'Three lives ago' for Harts (Ottawa Sun)
TERRY JONES: Time management (Edmonton Journal)
IAIN MacINTYRE: B.C. boy Weber one of NHL's best (Vancouver Sun)
DAMIEN COX: Leafs' Burke has salary cap space to dangle (Toronto Star)
DAN BICKLEY: Lose Coyotes? Howl, no! (Arizona Republic)

12/09/08

KEN CAMPBELL: If Avery can change, welcome him back (The Hockey News)
DARREN ELIOT: Crosby and Malkin are dynamic duo with a difference (Si.com)
MIKE BROPHY: Sub-prime NHL (Sportsnet)
LYLE RICHARDSON: NHL teams, players bracing for economic crunch (Foxsports)
JEFF BLAIR: The best nights? When Toskala doesn't factor (Globe & Mail)
ED WILLES: Quinn aims to overcome golden expectations (Vancouver Province)
BRUCE GARRIOCH: Wrapped up in Bouw (Ottawa Sun)
DAVE DYE: Stars doing fine without Avery (Detroit News)
GARY LOEWEN: The Sundin sandwich and other food for thought (Toronto Sun)
IAIN MacINTYRE: A Sundin decision’s coming … at last (Vancouver Sun)
ROB LONGLEY: Leafs need a break (Toronto Sun)
TERRY JONES: It's Hemmer's time (Edmonton Sun)
WAYNE SCANLAN: Style revamp work in progress (Ottawa Citizen)
DAMIEN COX: Burke getting calls but nothing of note (Toronto Star)
GARY LOEWEN: Blake, Blackberries and Buffalo (Toronto Sun)
IAIN MacINTYRE: Canucks need help now (Vancouver Sun)
DAMIEN COX: Sabres reject talk of moving games to Hamilton (Toronto Star)
CHRIS STEVENSON: Lots of coin sitting at end of benches ... Hey, Florida boys, welcome to winter ... Give me back old Sens theme song (Ottawa Sun)
ROSIE DiMANNO: Jeremy Williams on save and recall (Toronto Star)
STEVE BUCKLEY: Word is out on hockey being Garden’s hot ticket (Boston Herald)

12/08/08

CRAIG CUSTANCE: Young Kings care enough to play their very best (The Sporting News)
TERRY KOSHAN: 'Hockey players are the same' Panthers coach says, philosophically, of his jump from junior to the NHL (Toronto Sun)
DAVE STUBBS: Avery's punishment a boon to unlucky ex-NHLers (Montreal Gazette)
LUKE DeCOCK: This victory counts double (Raleigh News & Observer)

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ED MORAN: Flyers know you shouldn't believe the rumors (Philadelphia Daily News)
TERRY FREI: NHL does tiebreaker right (Denver Post)
LEWIS LAZARE: 'Winter Classic' spot flat (Chicago Sun Times)
BRUCE DOWBIGGIN: Even NHL commish couldn't miss in slapping down Avery (Calgary Herald)
CHRIS STEVENSON: Jason's got jam, after all (Ottawa Sun)
DAMIEN COX: Can the NHL weather another economic storm? (Toronto Star)
JACK TODD: Avery puts his foot in NHL's mouth (Montreal Gazette)
GARY LOEWEN: Mats, meats and crusty Burke (Toronto Sun)

12/07/08

LARRY BROOKS: Outrage aimed at Avery absurd (New York Post)
DAMIEN COX: Burke puts his buffers up quickly (Toronto Star)
TERRY FREI: NHL's standards are near-farcical (Denver Post)
THEOREN FLEURY: Avery's classless remarks warrant walking papers (Calgary Herald)
WAYNE SCANLAN: A 'good team' after all? (Ottawa Citizen)
BOB VERDI: Blackhawks' Adam Burish loves good fight (Chicago Tribune)
JIM REEVES: Take off the gloves, Tom Hicks, and fight Sean Avery (Fort Worth Star Telegram)Subscriber site
DAN BARNES: Things finally look up for Schremp family (Edmonton Journal)
DREW SHARP: Ex-Wing Sean Avery's mouth gave Bettman no option (Detroit Free Press)
HELENE ELLIOTT: This time, a Kings lead is good to the end (Los Angeles Times)Subscriber site
DAMIEN CRISTODERO: Tough decisions could be lurking for Tampa Bay Lightning roster (St. Petersburg Times)
GEORGE JOHNSON: At 43, Claude Lemieux tries to turn back time (Calgary Herald)
WOODY PAIGE: 125,000 bundles of joy (Denver Post)
RED FISHER: Brodeur's Backups Taking Care of Business (Montreal Gazette)
BRUCE GARRIOCH: Kovalchuk could fetch Thrashers sweet return ... Mlakar to propose cutoff date for free agents to sign ... Horton hears a trade rumour (Ottawa Sun)
STEVE GORTEN: NHL shouldn't give Avery attention (South Florida Sun-Sentinel)
KEVIN PAUL DUPONT: League's punishment didn't fit the slime (Boston Globe)Subscriber site
DAVE MOLINARI: J-E-T-S Scuderi, Scuderi, Scuderi (Pittsburgh Post Gazette)
DON BRENNAN: Bell shouldn't have to worry about playing Bingo -- despite giveaway gaffe, he's been good for the Sens and their karma (Ottawa Sun)
GARTH WOOLSEY: Cherry fans will enjoy these rants (Toronto Star)

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