OPINION
- KEN CAMPBELL: How the Dallas Stars dealt with Jim Montgomery will have a greater effect than any NHL code of conduct (The Hockey News)
- STEVEN ELLIS: After taking the long road -- literally -- to Canada's camp, Byfield could be on track for spot on WJC roster (The Hockey News)
- JARED CLINTON: Stars fire coach Montgomery after organization learns of 'material act of unprofessionalism' (The Hockey News)
- KEN CAMPBELL: Bettman says NHL will have zero tolerance for 'abusive behaviour,' addresses how league will react moving forward (The Hockey News)
- MARK SPECTOR: Oilers must remember finish line still far amid uninspired stretch (Sportsnet)
- FRANK SERAVALLI Shanahan addresses Marner, Franzen situations in the wake of Babcock’s firing (TSN)
- IAIN MacINTYRE: Emerging Canucks still playing catch up to young Maple Leafs (Sportsnet)
- ERIC FRANCIS: Flames’ Zac Rinaldo makes tone-setting impact in win over Coyotes (Sportsnet)
- CHRIS JOHNSTON: NHL sets sights on full-scale World Cup of Hockey after dropping 2021 plan (Sportsnet)
- ALEX PREWITT: Breaking the Ice: After Revelations of Abuse by Coaches, Hockey Is Facing a Reckoning (Si.com)
- TIM COWLISHAW: Tuesday was an awful day for Jim Montgomery but a bad one for Dallas Stars GM Jim Nill, too (Dallas Morning News)
- PATRICK JOHNSTON: Leafs' Kerfoot says returning home to face Canucks 'just another game' (Vancouver Province)
- MAC ENGEL: Citing ‘unprofessional conduct,’ Dallas Stars fire coach Jim Montgomery (Fort Worth Star-Telegram)
- BRUCE GARRIOCH: Ron Hainsey plays milestone game in Montreal, where his career started (Ottawa Sun)
- JOHN SHIPLEY: With Koivu and Gaborik, Wild might have had it all (St. Paul Pioneer Press)
- ED WILLES: Nervous NHL aims to cleanse its culture, but how far back will it go? (Vancouver Province)
- GENTRY ESTES: NHL's zero-tolerance approach to coaching misbehavior won't be simple to enforce (The Tennessean)
- TIM BENZ: Young Jedi Tristan Jarry should rebound after Penguins’ ‘Star Wars’ night loss (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review)
- PAT HICKEY: Solid second period paves the way to victory (Montreal Gazette)
- BRUCE ARTHUR: The Leafs have a plan to ease Frederik Andersen’s workload, but it seems to be scribbled on the back of a napkin (Toronto Star)
- MIKE McINTYRE: NHL crackdown on abuse, bullying behind the bench long overdue (Winnipeg Free Press)
- TERRY JONES: Edmonton looks to sellout World Juniors a year in advance of tournament (Edmonton Sun)
- MIKE HARRINGTON: Sabres stay mentally strong as the champs are the ones who crack (Buffalo News)