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OPINION

12/18/10

RYAN KENNEDY: Prospects from the WJC's second-tier teams (The Hockey News)
MIKE MILBURY: Capitals' sudden nosedive cause for concern (CBC)
CRAIG CUSTANCE: The great unknown (The Sporting News)
MIKE BROPHY: (Bleeping) Capitals (Sportsnet)
JOHN MANASSO: Kovalchuk returns to face his former team (Foxsports)
PIERRE LeBRUN: GM Stan Bowman assesses Hawks before big clash against Red Wings (ESPN)
BRUCE ARTHUR: Hockey loses when played in boardroom (National Post)
ROY MacGREGOR: NHL moms deserve to hit the road just like dads (Globe & Mail)
PAT HICKEY: Canadiens accused of dirty play (Montreal Gazette)
DAVID STAPLES: Whitney outperforms Souray's best year (Edmonton Journal)
ED WILLES: Pronger's absence will test Flyers' resolve (Vancouver Province)
TOM GULITTI: Thrashers have Ilya Kovalchuk to thank for their good fortune (Bergen Record)
DAMIEN COX: Retooled Canucks tough test for Maple Leafs (Toronto Star)
IAIN MacINTYRE: No luck in paging Dr. Wilson (Vancouver Sun)
DEREK VAN DIEST: Gagner makes most of Oilers opportunity (Edmonton Sun)
GREG DOUGLAS: Canucks hope to play 'outdoors' in 2013 Heritage Classic (Vancouver Sun)
MIKE BOONE: Hockey Night in the Rest of Canada (Montreal Gazette)
STU COWAN: Oilers' Omark goal a crowd-pleaser (Montreal Gazette)

12/17/10

ADAM PROTEAU: Looking back at the Phaneuf-Stajan trade (The Hockey News)
DAVE ANDREWS: NHL-AHL partnership has never been stronger (The Hockey News)
DARREN DREGOR: Keenan comfirms Phaneuf locker room rift (TSN)
PIERRE LeBRUN: Trade bait: 10 players who could move before Feb. 28 (ESPN)
STU HACKEL: Young blueliners can learn from Lidstrom (Si.com)
SCOTT BURNSIDE: Boudreau won't soften -- not even for mom (ESPN)
WES GOLDSTEIN: Rookie Skinner becoming Hurricane force at 18 (CBS Sportsline)
MARK SPECTOR: Sutter's mortal sins (Sportsnet)
LYLE RICHARDSON: NHL teams aren't making many moves (Foxsports)
ERIC DUHATSCHEK: Boo birds crow in Phaneuf's return to Calgary (Globe & Mail)
HELENE ELLIOTT: Kings fall to Blues, 6-4, after defensive lapse (Los Angeles Times)Subscriber site
ED WILLES: Burke never, ever boring (Vancouver Province)
TERRY JONES: Oilers' Whitney chasing unwanted record (Edmonton Sun)
PAT HICKEY: Boyd never clicked with Canadiens (Montreal Gazette)
DAN McNEIL: Turning my back on Chris Chelios night (Chicago Tribune)
CAM COLE: Potty-mouths on 24/7 dissin' cussins (Vancouver Sun)
MIKE WISE: Coach isn't what ails Caps (Washington Post)Subscriber site
DAN BARNES: Penner picks up pace (Edmonton Journal)
DAVE STUBBS: Thomas's heist talk of NHL (Montreal Gazette)
IAIN MacINTYRE: Ryan Kesler grows up, thrives in 'middle age' (Vancouver Sun)
ROBERT TYCHKOWSKI: Oilers scoring erupts (Edmonton Sun)
PAT HICKEY: 'Played game angry': Subban (Montreal Gazette)
TONY GALLAGHER: Saturday start time central to Toronto's status (Vancouver Province)
MIKE ZEISBERGER: Admit it Darryl Sutter, you lost the Phaneuf trade (Toronto Sun)
RED FISHER: Road trip will test Habs' mettle (Montreal Gazette)
ALBERT NERENBERG: Coach turns corner in attack on cyclists (Montreal Gazette)
TOM POWERS: Minnesota Wild crumble in nine seconds (St. Paul Pioneer Press)Subscriber site

12/16/10

RYAN DIXON: Sergei Kostitsyn making noise in Nashville (The Hockey News)
KELLY HRUDEY: Tanguay re-inventing himself (again) in Calgary (CBC)
DARREN DREGOR: Snow says struggling Isles will stay the course (TSN)
DARREN ELIOT: Thriving in the NHL's cap era is a constant juggling act (Si.com)
CRAIG CUSTANCE: Thrashers, Lightning are Southeast threats (The Sporting News)
PIERRE LeBRUN: Nicklas Lidstrom, 'The Perfect Human' (ESPN)
MARK SPECTOR: Dion of a new era (Sportsnet)
PIERRE LeBRUN: Winter Classic show is honest, entertaining (ESPN)
MIKE BROPHY: Little to separate (Sportsnet)
DAVID SHOALTS: Team Canada taking its lunch bucket to Buffalo (Globe & Mail)
PAT HICKEY: Another Subban could be headed for the NHL (Montreal Gazette)
JOHN ROMANO: Tampa Bay Lightning GM Steve Yzerman has informational talk with agent for free-agent goalie Evgeni Nabokov (St. Petersburg Times)
DAVE STUBBS: Subban renews Flyer feud (Montreal Gazette)
STEVE MacFARLANE: Pressure's on Flames to win now, Leafs enjoy young-gun growth (Calgary Sun)
PAT HICKEY: 'Lost my focus out there': Subban (Montreal Gazette)
MICHAEL ARACE: Ex-goalie fine with spin move (Columbus Dispatch)
RED FISHER: Canadiens in giving mood vs. Flyers (Montreal Gazette)
ERIC FRANCIS: Darryl would do Dion deal again (Calgary Sun)
CAM COLE: Kesler's hat trick unfastens the Blue Jackets (Vancouver Sun)
BUCKY GLEASON: Silence lasts only until Sabres sold (Buffalo News)
PAT HICKEY: Halpern took long road to NHL (Montreal Gazette)
CHRIS STEVENSON: Subban at heart of Habs' loss to Flyers (Ottawa Sun)
GEORGE JOHNSON: No masking anticipation of Phaneuf's return (Calgary Herald)
ED WILLES: Blueline shows its backbone (Vancouver Province)
ROBERT TYCHKOWSKI: Renney pushes Oilers' reset button (Edmonton Sun)
DAVE STUBBS: Artist draws on his hockey passion (Montreal Gazette)
MIKE ZEISBERGER: Phaneuf's impact on Leafs goes a long way (Toronto Sun)
IAN MACDONALD: Nilan reshaped enforcer's role (Montreal Gazette)
TONY GALLAGHER: No tears for Clancy, just laughs and memories (Vancouver Province)
ERIC FRANCIS: GM Sutter fails to clarify 'issues' in dressing room, defers to players to answer (Calgary Sun)
WAYNE SCANLAN: Can't hurry NHL success (Ottawa Citizen)
RED FISHER: Bourque reached seventh heaven (Montreal Gazette)
TED KULFAN: Livonia native Ryan Kesler quietly having successful season (Detroit News)
MIKE BOONE: Fans can put the CH in Christmas (Montreal Gazette)
RICK MORRISSEY: Hawks' hard reality (Chicago Sun Times)

12/15/10

KEN CAMPBELL: Canadian junior team comparative to 1999 squad (The Hockey News)
DARREN DREGOR: Backyard rink in the last stages (TSN)
CRAIG CUSTANCE: Seeking the real Sidney Crosby (The Sporting News)
MICHAEL FARBER: Capitals are nearing the abyss with Boudreau, more notes (Si.com)
CRAIG MORGAN: Every day's an adventure in the wild, wild West (Foxsports)
STU HACKEL: Hard way may be best way for the Capitals (Si.com)
JOHN MANASSO: Snapping out of sophomore slump, little by Little (Foxsports)
TRACEE HAMILTON: Capitals join Washington's other losing teams (Washington Post)Subscriber site
TERRY JONES: Hall plenty of cheer for Oilers (Edmonton Sun)
ED WILLES: Desert Dogs stay put (Vancouver Province)
JERRY SULLIVAN: Miller seeks to recapture magic touch (Buffalo News)
WAYNE SCANLAN: When in doubt, blame the equipment (Ottawa Citizen)
CAM COLE: Scott Arniel: From ex-Moose mentor to Blue Jackets maestro (Vancouver Sun)
ROBERT TYCHKOWSKI: Penalties do in Oilers (Edmonton Sun)
GEORGE JOHNSON: Unpredictability is Phaneuf's calling card (Calgary Herald)
KEVIN CALLAHAN: These guys hate each other (South Jersey Courier Post)
PAT HICKEY: Canadiens pick Leblanc to play for Canada at world juniors (Montreal Gazette)

12/14/10

RORY BOYLEN: Where is Roberto Luongo? (The Hockey News)
RORY BOYLEN: One-on-one with Islanders GM Garth Snow (The Hockey News)
DARREN DREGOR: Boudreau isn't losing sleep over job speculation (TSN)
ELLIOTTE FRIEDMAN: Datsyuk the Great, plus 30 thoughts (CBC)
STU HACKEL: Hockey in the New York area has it all (Si.com)
MARK SPECTOR: Say what? (Sportsnet)
SCOTT BURNSIDE: Five Things: Omark spins, Caps keep losing (ESPN)
NICK KYPREOS: A new spin on it (Sportsnet)
DAVID SHOALTS: Devils down on their luck (Globe & Mail)
JUSTIN BOURNE: The statement fight can punch up an embarrassed team (USA Today)
TED KULFAN: Jonathan Ericsson puts sophomore struggles behind him (Detroit News)
HELENE ELLIOTT: Jonathan Quick shuts out Red Wings to lead Kings to 5-0 victory (Los Angeles Times)Subscriber site
ERIC FRANCIS: Delaying the inevitable? (Calgary Sun)
DON BRENNAN: Alfie finds his balance (Ottawa Sun)
JAY GREENBERG: Rangers like Staal being offensive (New York Post)
PAT HICKEY: Bulldogs' Desharnais draws rave review from Pacioretty (Montreal Gazette)
GEORGE JOHNSON: Team in turmoil will take the two (Calgary Herald)
TERRY JONES: Oilers, Leafs: two approaches to rebuild (Edmonton Sun)
FRANK SERAVALLI: Flyers have had tonight's game vs. Pittsburgh circled in pen (Philadelphia Daily News)
WAYNE SCANLAN: Rebuilding the fan base one seat at a time (Ottawa Citizen)
ERIC FRANCIS: Phaneuf can expect boos (Calgary Sun)
JOHN FEINSTEIN: Caps could use a trade (Washington Post)Subscriber site
HELENE ELLIOTT: After fast start, St. Louis Blues struggling to stay in race (Los Angeles Times)Subscriber site
DAMIEN COX: Crosby dominating Ovechkin in cold war (Toronto Star)

12/13/10

TIM WHARNSBY: Monday musings on the NHL (CBC)
MARK SPECTOR: No rivalry here (Sportsnet)
DAVID SHOALTS: Leafs' Phaneuf plays down his return to Calgary (Globe & Mail)
ROY MacGREGOR: The World Junior hockey tradition continues (Globe & Mail)
DAMIEN COX: Pair of Leaf prospects among youngsters fighting for Team Canada spots (Toronto Star)
DAVE STUBBS: In pursuit of Heritage Classic tickets (Montreal Gazette)
TERRY JONES: Young Oilers up against men (Edmonton Sun)
ERIC FRANCIS: Crosby brighter star than ever (Calgary Sun)
ED WILLES: Still Hankering for more (Vancouver Province)
RED FISHER: Passion missing vs. Leafs (Montreal Gazette)
ADRIAN DATER: Caffeine addicts abound on road (Denver Post)
RANDY SPORTAK: Flames have nowhere to go but up (Calgary Sun)
JACK TODD: Don Cherry is nothing but a phoney (Montreal Gazette)

12/12/10

KEN CAMPBELL: NHL's 3D experiment neat, but needs work (The Hockey News)
KEN CAMPBELL: Leafs' struggles rooted in Burke's enthusiasm (The Hockey News)
DARREN DREGOR: Mild weather means delay for boards and netting (TSN)
PIERRE LeBRUN: Kaberle, Richards rumors; Flyers' net questions; Caps' struggles (ESPN)
MIKE ZEISBERGER: Phaneuf sets the record straight (Toronto Sun)
DAVE MOLINARI: Catching up with Tangradi (Pittsburgh Post Gazette)
ALLEN PANZARI: Playoffs but a pipe dream (Ottawa Citizen)
DAMIEN CRISTODERO: Tampa Bay Lightning has few goaltending alternatives (St. Petersburg Times)
SAM CARCHIDI: It might be wise to keep three goalies (Philadelphia Inquirer)
BRUCE GARRIOCH: Battered Blues eye Kovalev (Ottawa Sun)
LARRY BROOKS: Tampa goalie proves a real 'class' clown (New York Post)
ERIC FRANCIS: Omark leaves his mark on hockey world (Calgary Sun)
MICHAEL RUSSO: BizNastyÕs Tweet relief (Minneapolis Star-Tribune)Subscriber site
ROB ROSSI: Some weeks are cooler than others (Pittsburgh Tribune Review)
ARTHUR STAPLE: Quebec fans show, that's about it (New York Newsday)Subscriber site
JASON YORK: Kovy stuck in the past (Ottawa Sun)
ED WILLES: Time ticking on Schneider (Vancouver Province)
STEPHEN HARRIS: Bay State flavor to U.S. at the World Juniors (Boston Herald)
BOB RAISSMAN: Gary Bettman bets NHL version of 'Hard Knocks' will ignite new fire for ice (New York Daily News)
RANDY SPORTAK: Chance ahead to change for Flames (Calgary Sun)
PAT HICKEY: Canadiens' Subban suffering crisis of confidence (Montreal Gazette)
MIKE HEIKA: Road crowds small, too (Dallas Morning News)Subscriber site
WAYNE SCANLAN: 67's, Senators make for frosty friendship (Ottawa Citizen)
CHUCK GORMLEY: Holmgren weighs his roster options (South Jersey Courier Post)
ROB LONGLEY: Leafs just giddy (Toronto Sun)
EARL McRAE: Kovalev: The talented, paranoid artiste (Ottawa Sun)
JOE STARKEY: Crosby, Gretzky and Lemieux (Pittsburgh Tribune Review)
ERIC ERLENDSSON: Two sides to Alex Tanguay's Tampa Bay Lightning tenure (Tampa Tribune)
STEVE SIMMONS: Swap Burke for Alex (Toronto Sun)

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