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OPINION

12/15/12

KEN CAMPBELL: Most members of Canadian WJC team have already struck gold (The Hockey News)
PIERRE LeBRUN: Dustin Brown has hint of normalcy in Zurich (ESPN)
SCOTT MORRISON: A conservative answer (Sportsnet)
JESSE SPECTOR: As players consider decertifying, league files complaint in court (The Sporting News)
CRAIG CUSTANCE: Realignment, Olympics still unresolved (ESPN)
STU HACKEL: Lockout grows uglier by the day (Si.com)
PIERRE LeBRUN: Hint of disclaimer clever move by players (ESPN)
ELLIOTTE FRIEDMAN: Explaining the NHL's latest move (CBC)
GEORGE JOHNSON: This is indisputably Ryan Nugent-Hopkins' team (Calgary Herald)
CHRIS NICHOLS: Avery has new life after hockey (Sportsnet)
ADAM GRETZ: The NHL's best contracts (CBS Sportsline)
JOHN MacKINNON: Nugent-Hopkins perfect choice as junior team captain (Edmonton Journal)
TIM WHARNSBY: Adam Graves's best man is best man for Canadian junior job (CBC)
GEORGE JOHNSON: Locals fall short in World Juniors final cut (Calgary Herald)
ERIC DUHATSCHEK: World Junior loss to Russia motivates Canada's Strome (Globe & Mail)
ROY MacGREGOR: Canadians care about hockey, but do they care enough (Globe & Mail)
SCOTT STINSON: CBC documentary wants us to contemplate the impact sports has on our brains (National Post)
GARY LAWLESS: Missing the miracles on ice (Winnipeg Free Press)
MICHAEL ARACE: Blue Jackets fans might never get to know Aucoin (Columbus Dispatch)
KEN WIEBE: Around the AHL: Taylor Hall feature attraction (Winnipeg Sun)
PAUL FRIESEN: Team Canada best in the World (Junior)? (Winnipeg Sun)

12/14/12

ADAM PROTEAU: How well do you know the NHL lockout? (The Hockey News)
CRAIG CUSTANCE: Key RFAs still in search of new deals (ESPN)
TIM WHARNSBY: Close-knit family keeps Nathan MacKinnon on track (CBC)
SCOTT BURNSIDE: Rest easy, here is your new CBA (CBS Sportsline)
ELLIOTTE FRIEDMAN: Bettman, NHL already appear winners on paper (CBC)
JAMES MIRTLE: Stalled lockout talks put media in play as leaks surface (Globe & Mail)
CHRIS NICHOLS: Hockey hearsay (Sportsnet)
KEVIN ALLEN: NHL should change playoff format in abbreviated season (USA Today)
ERIC FRANCIS: Team Canada still in limbo as NHL lockout continues (Calgary Sun)
JOHN MacINNON: 'Efficient' Reinhart one cool customer who impresses coaches (Edmonton Journal)
DON BRENNAN: Ottawa Senators' Kyle Turris enjoyed time in Finland (Ottawa Sun)
STEVE BUCKLEY: You Can Play shows way (Boston Herald)
RANDY SPORTAK: Team Canada coach Steve Spott looking for one thing: speed (Calgary Sun)
PAT HICKEY: How to get 'em back on the ice (Montreal Gazette)
WAYNE SCANLAN: Betting big on young talent (Ottawa Citizen)
PAUL FRIESEN: Predators' Colin Wilson says Gary Bettman phony (Winnipeg Sun)
ERIC FRANCIS: Smiles and cries as Team Canada cuts come knocking (Calgary Sun)
ED WILLES: Are they really stupid enough to let the NHL season die? (Vancouver Province)
LARRY BROOKS: NHL puts stale in stalemate (New York Post)
GEORGE JOHNSON: Ecstacy and agony the emotions for local juniors (Calgary Herald)
DAVID STAPLES: Oilers Plaza is a bold move for a cold city (Edmonton Journal)

12/13/12

RYAN KENNEDY: Mika Zibanejad better served at world juniors (The Hockey News)
MARK SPECTOR: Owners need to budge (Sportsnet)
SCOTT BURNSIDE: 12 things to miss about the NHL (ESPN)
CHRIS NICHOLS: Hockey hearsay (Sportsnet)
SCOTT BURNSIDE: Stephen Gionta scrapping his way up -- again (ESPN)
STU HACKEL: Fragile talks, optimistic reports and a tale of two sweaters (Si.com)
JOHN BUCCIGROSS: Eurzione not looking to cash in (ESPN)
BRIAN STUBITS: Is a new CBA deal in sight? (CBS Sportsline)
TIM WHARNSBY: Sides in NHL dispute need to push things to the brink (CBC)
ADAM GRETZ: The NHL's worst long-term contracts (CBS Sportsline)
TIM WHARNSBY: Not this time for Sean Monahan, but future is bright (CBC)
LUKE DeCOCK: Dwindling group of players skates on (Raleigh News & Observer)Subscriber site
DAVE STUBBS: Price masks to aid 31 Canadian charities (Montreal Gazette)
JOHN MacKINNON: Proposed downtown arena project remains alive, but shaky (Edmonton Journal)
DON BRENNAN: Ottawa Senators' Chris Neil takes high road over anti-NHLPA comments by Washington Capitals' Roman Hamrlik (Ottawa Sun)
MARK PURDY: NHL needs to stop bickering and get back to work (San Jose Mercury News)Subscriber site
TERRY JONES: New downtown Edmonton arena back on track? (Edmonton Sun)
ERIC FRANCIS: Malcolm Subban's status as Team Canada's main man in jeopardy (Calgary Sun)
TONY GALLAGHER: This lockout needs outside entertainment, like that provided by GretzkyÕs 99 Allstars Tour (Vancouver Province)
BRENDA BRANSWELL: 'Voice of the Bulldogs' gets wider audience (Montreal Gazette)
JOE STARKEY: Holiday spirits crushed by NHL (Pittsburgh Tribune Review)
PAULA SIMONS: Miracle worker required to resurrect arena deal (Edmonton Journal)
GEORGE JOHNSON: Halifax prodigies working hard to make team (Calgary Herald)
DAVE FESCHUK: KHL life makes Leafs' Joffrey Lupul long for steady diet of down-home hockey (Toronto Star)
CAM COLE: Fear and envy haunt proposed new arena for Edmonton (Vancouver Sun)
PAT HICKEY: Galchenyuk part of new-look U.S. juniors (Montreal Gazette)
WAYNE SCANLAN: Locked out, junior hockey rout (Ottawa Citizen)
DAVE STUBBS: Habs' Gorges promoting retail store (Montreal Gazette)

12/12/12

MARK SPECTOR: Third mediation's a charm? (Sportsnet)
ERIC MACRAMALLA: Legal look: Decertification vs. disclaimer of interest (TSN)
JESSE SPECTOR: Children's Winter Classic in Central Park spawns generosity (The Sporting News)
STU HACKEL: Two Minutes for Booking: Holiday gifts (Si.com)
CHRIS NICHOLS: Hockey hearsay (Sportsnet)
PIERRE LeBRUN: Couture: Back-and-forth rips your heart out (ESPN)
TIM WHARNSBY: Scheifele does right by Hawerchuk (CBC)
PIERRE LeBRUN: Moderates push NHL, NHLPA back to table (ESPN)
ELLIOTTE FRIEDMAN: NHL could call in NBA lockout fixer (CBC)
ERIC DUHATSCHEK: Malcom Subban emerging from his brother's shadow to be 'an elite guy' (Globe & Mail)
PAUL FRIESEN: Jets would be big question mark in short season (Winnipeg Sun)
ERIC FRANCIS: Nathan Mackinnon taking lessons from Nugent-Hopkins (Calgary Sun)
WAYNE SCANLAN: Finally, some meaningful hockey (Ottawa Citizen)
SAM CARCHIDI: League, union still can salvage season (Philadelphia Inquirer)
GARY LAWLESS: Will Jets be ready (Winnipeg Free Press)
GEORGE JOHNSON: Shinkaruk's desire on full display (Calgary Herald)
DON BRENNAN: All the Twits have taken over the NHL (Ottawa Sun)
DAVID STAPLES: Katz must eat "humble pie" to realize his arena dream (Edmonton Journal)
RICH HOFMANN: End in sight for NHL labor fight (Philadelphia Daily News)
ERIC FRANCIS: NHL lockout a blessing and a curse for Team Canada (Calgary Sun)
RAJU MUDHAR: If you're sick of it, here are TV alternatives: Mudhar (Toronto Star)
TONY GALLAGHER: 20 years of Gary Bettman (Vancouver Province)

12/11/12

KEN CAMPBELL: NHL-NHLPA not far apart, despite rhetoric (The Hockey News)
MARK SPECTOR: Closing in on a deal (Sportsnet)
JESSE SPECTOR: Global soccer's transfer system a solution for hockey stability (The Sporting News)
CRAIG CUSTANCE: Could term limits harm NHL's middle class (ESPN)
STU HACKEL: NHL season hostage to power struggles (Si.com)
SCOTT BURNSIDE: Lockout will finally end ... really (ESPN)
CHRIS NICHOLS: Hockey hearsay (Sportsnet)
GORD STELLICK: Riding the NHL roller coaster (CBC)
BRIAN STUBITS: Lockout gives players like Devante Smith-Pelly chance to grow in AHL (CBS Sportsline)
TIM WHARNSBY: AHL Notebook: Former Canuck Bolduc turns it on (CBC)
ERIC DUHATSCHEK: Nugent-Hopkins ready to handle the great expectations (Globe & Mail)
ROY MacGREGOR: Making the case for a class-action fans' lawsuit against the NHL (Globe & Mail)
KEVIN ALLEN: Five reasons why there will be an NHL season (USA Today)
ED TAIT: Everybody's losing money (Winnipeg Free Press)
LUKE DeCOCK: Dark times for NHL, but hope may be around corner (Raleigh News & Observer)Subscriber site
JOE WARMINGTON: Hockey icon says sides should 'get it done' (Toronto Sun)
ERIC FRANCIS: Nuge needs to be The Man (Calgary Sun)
WAYNE SCANLAN: Senators' strong holiday schedule scrapped (Ottawa Citizen)
PAUL FRIESEN: Jets' head coach can't wait to get going (Winnipeg Sun)
ED WILLES: How low can Bettman's boys go? (Vancouver Province)
GEORGE JOHNSON: Nugent-Hopkins going back in time to avenge missed 2011 opportunity (Calgary Herald)
LARRY BROOKS: Players need to try amnesty (New York Post)
IAN MENDES: Rest isn't best for the weary (Ottawa Citizen)
ERIC FRANCIS: World junior gold Canada's only focus (Calgary Sun)
FRANK SERAVALLI: Fehr has NHL owners baffled (Philadelphia Daily News)

12/10/12

SCOTT BURNSIDE: Commodore back in AHL with a mission (ESPN)
ERIC DUHATSCHEK: Canada has a 'Plan B' in case the NHL lockout is resolved (Globe & Mail)
JEFF BLAIR: NHL owners are all out of tricks (Globe & Mail)
BRUCE ARTHUR: Latest collapse in negotiations just another part of theatrics (National Post)
GREGG KRUPA: Strategies from NHL players and owners could hurt, not help, talks (Detroit News)
DAVE STUBBS: Price goes back to roots (Montreal Gazette)
DAVID J. NEAL: If NHL, players arenÕt careful, fans could learn to cope without hockey (Miami Herald)Subscriber site
PAT HICKEY: CCM looking to the future (Montreal Gazette)
DAMIEN COX: Remember when the players ruled the roost? (Toronto Star)
IAIN MacINTYRE: 'Caps miss culture, NHL missing hockey (Vancouver Sun)
GARY LAWLESS: Hainsey not near as soft off ice (Winnipeg Free Press)
BOB DUFF: NHLPA charity game a hit (Windsor Star)
JACK TODD: Time for Bettman, Fehr to get busy (Montreal Gazette)

12/9/12

JON ROSEN: Reign hosting Mara's comeback attempt (Foxsports)
JENNIFER FLOYD ENGEL: NHL, Lohan have too much in common (Foxsports)
ADAM GRETZ: The fight over contract term limits (CBS Sportsline)
TONY GALLAGHER: Edler might be the price of NHL lockout for Canucks (Vancouver Province)
LARRY BROOKS: Fehr factor to NHL tactic (New York Post)
SAM CARCHIDI: NHL, union could be nearing deal, despite appearances (Philadelphia Inquirer)
DON BRENNAN: Binghamton Senators' win streak finally ends at nine games after loss to Norfolk (Ottawa Sun)

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