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OPINION

12/25/10

RYAN KENNEDY: Four WJC European prospects worth watching (The Hockey News)
RYAN DIXON: Enstrom allows 'Big Buff' to roam (The Hockey News)
PIERRE LeBRUN: Standings breakdown: Who can move up? (ESPN)
MIKE BROPHY: The pain of Lou-sing (Sportsnet)
TOM GULITTI: Devils' dismissal of John MacLean a gift in disguise (Bergen Record)
LARRY BROOKS: Stepan giving Rangers Christmas presence (New York Post)

12/24/10

KEN CAMPBELL: Timing only surprise in MacLean firing (The Hockey New)
ADAM PROTEAU: Visor usage in NHL levels off (The Hockey News)
BOB McKENZIE: Cameron's late game changes pay dividends (TSN)
SCOTT BURNSIDE: Devils' circle of shame now complete (ESPN)
SCOTT MORRISON: Booting MacLean no surprise (CBC)
PIERRE LeBRUN: December a turning point in Kings' season (ESPN)
SCOTT BURNSIDE: Pens' win over Caps builds anticipation (ESPN)
MARK SPECTOR: Santa Spec (Sportsnet)
LYLE RICHARDSON: Stars shine despite the odds (Foxsports)
DAVID SHOALTS: Americans the favourites in junior tournament (Globe & Mail)
DAVID SHOALTS: Ranking Canada's opposition at the world juniors (Globe & Mail)
ROY MacGREGOR: Junior tournament has built up its own myths (Globe & Mail)
BRUCE DOWBIGGIN: HBO documentary a victim of own success (Globe & Mail)
STEVE POLITI: Only GM Lou Lamoriello can save the Devils now (Newark Star Ledger)
JAY GREENBERG: Marathon ends Lightning fast for Broadway Blues (New York Post)
STEPHEN HARRIS: Goals, fists ignite Bruins, fans (Boston Herald)
CAM COLE: Jacques Lemaire back dancing with the Devil(s) (Vancouver Sun)
PAT HICKEY: Scott Gomez gives himself a birthday gift (Montreal Gazette)
Game Over: Calgary 3, Dallas 2 (SO) (Calgary Herald)
DEREK VAN DIEST: Stoll sinks Oilers (Edmonton Sun)
GEORGE JOHNSON: Bad Santa doles out gifts to struggling Flames (Calgary Herald)
BRUCE GARRIOCH: Sens shoot down Christmas Day games (Ottawa Sun)
ED WILLES: Before they were teens (Vancouver Province)
DAMIEN COX: Team Canada bigger, stronger and hopefully better (Toronto Sun)
DAN McNEIL: Son finds magic in Hawks' anthem (Chicago Tribune)
JOHN FEINSTEIN: Capitals vs. Penguins provides high drama in December (Washington Post)Subscriber site
PAT HICKEY: Skinner a dark horse for Calder (Montreal Gazette)

12/23/10

RYAN DIXON: Is there a true franchise goalie in the NHL today? (The Hockey News)
TOM THOMPSON: Reflecting on a great year in hockey (The Hockey News)
TIM WHARNSBY: Coach Cameron looks to father for inspiration (CBC)
CRAIG CUSTANCE: Thrashers' success to come with a price (The Sporting News)
STEVE RUSHIN: Hooked on hockey again (Si.com
CRAIG CUSTANCE: World juniors: Team USA defending gold (The Sporting News)
MICHAEL FARBER: Top 10 hockey stories of 2010 (Si.com)
PIERRE LeBRUN: ogan Couture becoming reliable part of San Jose Sharks' lineup (ESPN)
MARK SPECTOR: Under the Christmas tree (Sportsnet)
BRUCE ARTHUR: Crosby reclaims the game (National Post)
DAVID SHOALTS: U.S. rely on veterans to defend junior gold (Globe & Mail)
DAVID SHOALTS: Canadian coach Cameron facing net conundrum (Globe & Mail)
TED KULFAN: Sidney Crosby, Alex Ovechkin are taking rivalry outdoors (Detroit News)
BRUCE GARRIOCH: Sens wishlist for Santa (Ottawa Sun)
GEORGE JOHNSON: Old Flames recall first go around at Corral (Calgary Herald)
BOB DUFF: Lidstrom proves ageless (Windsor Star)
PAT HICKEY: Infection only a bump in the road for Hurricanes' Ward (Montreal Gazette)
TONY GALLAGHER: Once a major hit in the NHL, goalie Mason's a big miss (Vancouver Province)
DEREK VAN DIEST: Kings-sized challenge for Oilers (Edmonton Sun)
WAYNE SCANLAN: Senators granted holiday timeout (Ottawa Citizen)
STEVE MacFARLANE: Flames season sunk? (Calgary Sun)
JEFF MILLER: Ducks' Foligno carries message from home (Orange County Regster)
JOHN NIYO: Victory good for Wings, but losing Pavel Datsyuk ... (Detroit News)
STEVE SIMMONS: World juniors is Christmas cheer (Toronto Sun)

12/22/10

RORY BOYLEN: Pavel Datsyuk, the NHL's best Russian (The Hockey News)
STU HACKEL: Who's to blame for the Bruins' slump (Si.com)
DARREN ELIOT: My player power rankings in four major categories (Si.com)
PIERRE LeBRUN: All-Star voting: Evgeni Malkin rewarded (ESPN)
MARK SPECTOR: Don't bet on it (Sportsnet)
JEFF BLAIR: Leafs fans no longer waffling about their feelings (Globe & Mail)
KYLE WOODLIEF: World junior championships loaded with potential first-rounders (USA Today)
ROB ROSSI: Penguins' Cooke shouldn't change his ways (Pittsburgh Tribune Review)
TONY GALLAGHER: NHL's fight for coverage (Vancouver Province)
CHRIS STEVENSON: Kulka has concussion warning for parents (Ottawa Sun)
ANDREW GROSS: Rangers realize it's all about the process (Bergen Record)
HELENE ELLIOTT: Kings' 5-0 win over Colorado is a shared experience (Los Angeles Times)Subscriber site
MIKE HEIKA: Stars' Karlis Skrastins surprises with hard-charging goal (Dallas Morning News)Subscriber site
WAYNE SCANLAN: Punchless Senators can't find the net (Ottawa Citizen)
PAT HICKEY: Timing key to Stars' success (Montreal Gazette)
ROB OLLER: Scouting, drafting have held back Jackets (Columbus Dispatch)

12/21/10

KEN CAMPBELL: Avalanche consistently strong at the salary floor (The Hockey News)
JUSTIN BOURNE: The medical room and getting back to action (The Hockey News)
BOB McKENZIE: Big, physical Team Canada has many options (TSN)
TIM WHARNSBY: Kadri has a fan in Canucks country (CBC)
STU HACKEL: Two under-the-radar teams worth a look (Si.com)
ELLIOTTE FRIEDMAN: More musings on Fehr, plus 30 thoughts (CBC)
CRAIG CUSTANCE: Justin Williams: King of pain (The Sporting News)
MICHAEL ROSENBERG: There's no better place to be sports fan right now than Philadelphia (Si.com)
MARK SPECTOR: A Fehr notebook (Sportsnet)
LYLE RICHARDSON: Cup finalists going different directions (Foxsports)
HELENE ELLIOTT: HBO series brings NHL teams to light (Los Angeles Times)Subscriber site
ROY MacGREGOR: Coaching carousel slows down for Christmas (Globe & Mail)
DON BRENNAN: Colossal flop Gonchar has no answers (Ottawa Sun)
STEPHEN HARRIS: Lethargic Bruins ripe for shakeup (Boston Herald)
ROB LONGLEY: The fans are getting restless ... (Toronto Sun)
CHRIS STEVENSON: No cure in sight for concussions (Ottawa Sun)
PAT HICKEY: Avs trying to win back fans (Montreal Gazette)
TED KULFAN: Sharpening skills a necessity (Detroit News)
CHRIS STEVENSON: Boyle: Be smart and protect yourself (Ottawa Sun)
KEVIN PAUL DUPONT: Forwards have dull edges (Boston Globe)Subscriber site
DAMIEN COX: Rosy NHL dreams wilting in cold winter reality (Toronto Star)

12/20/10

BRUCE DOWBIGGIN: Ron MacLean cozies up to Donald Fehr (Globe & Mail)
FRANK SERAVALLI: For Flyers, language of goaltending is universal (Philadelphia Daily News)
PAT HICKEY: Old friends are new foes for ex-Hab Ryan O'Byrne (Montreal Gazette)
DON BRENNAN: Sens need help for Christmas (Ottawa Sun)
HELENE ELLIOTT: Kings don't have the goods in 3-2 loss to the Blackhawks (Los Angeles Times)Subscriber site
WAYNE SCANLAN: Old ghosts back to haunt Senators' crease (Ottawa Citizen)
PAT HICKEY: Disappointed Habs 'not good enough' (Montreal Gazette)
LARRY BROOKS: Blueshirts need to solve energy crisis (New York Post)
ED WILLES: Canucks showing pattern of improvement (Vancouver Province)
DEREK VAN DIEST: Renney expects Oilers to make playoffs (Edmonton Sun)
CHRIS STEVENSON: Hockey sobers up on concussions (Ottawa Sun)
RANDY SPORTAK: Keys to the 500 club (Calgary Sun)
MIKE HEIKA: Why the Stars are winning: It comes from everywhere (Dallas Morning News)Subscriber site
CHRIS STEVENSON: Attention to prevention (Ottawa Sun)
JACK TODD: Donald Fehr is a gift to the NHLPA (Montreal Gazette)

12/19/10

KEN CAMPBELL: Don't assume Fehr's appointment means labor war (The Hockey News)
JOHN GRIGG: Suspended coach deserves a break (The Hockey News)
ELLIOTTE FRIEDMAN: Fehr big believer in revenue sharing (CBC)
CRAIG CUSTANCE: Meet the union's new leader (The Sporting News)
PIERRE LeBRUN: Fehr's influence on CBA, Nabokov's future, Salo's return to Canucks (ESPN)
RAY RATTO: NHL owners should fear themselves, not Fehr (CBS Sportsline)
STEVE SIMMONS: Dudley does right in Atlanta (Toronto Sun)
BOB FORD: Brian Boucher keeps earning his spot in the Flyers net (Philadelphia Inquirer)
JASON YORK: Fathers' trip rejuvenates players (Ottawa Sun)
STEPHEN HARRIS: Sidney Crosby a Great One, too (Boston Herald)
LARRY BROOKS: Caps, Pens roles unclear on HBO (New York Post)
DAMIEN CRISTODERO: Nothing simple about Tampa Bay Lightning's possible interest in goalie Evgeni Nabokov (St. Petersburg Times)
SAM CARCHIDI: Flyers' Zherdev: Does offensive firepower make up for weak defensive play? (Philadelphia Inquirer)
HELENE ELLIOTT: After demotion, Alexei Ponikarovsky raises his game in Kings' 6-1 win over Predators (Los Angeles Times)Subscriber site
JESSE SPECTOR: Substance over style in NHL races (New York Daily News)
MICHAEL RUSSO: A head's-up on helmets (Minneapolis Star-Tribune)Subscriber site
TONY GALLAGHER: Following the NHL money trail (Vancouver Province)
CHRIS STEVENSON: Montreal sports fans won't forget Fehr (Ottawa Sun)
MIKE HEIKA: Winning leaves no need for whining (Dallas Morning News)Subscriber site
GEORGE JOHNSON: Sleepy Wild lull Flames into costly loss (Calgary Herald)
ROBERT TYCHKOWSKI: Oilers sitting pretty (Edmonton Sun)
ED WILLES: Never underestimate the love of the Leafs (Vancouver Province)
TERRY FREI: "Slap Shot" fans in for treat (Denver Post)
DAVE MOLINARI: Lovejoy finding it's often harder to watch than play (Pittsburgh Post Gazette)
BUCKY GLEASON: Marchant displays staying power during career (Buffalo News)
JAY GREENBERG: King cannot rule this court (New York Post)
TONY GALLAGHER: Game-playing could bite Canucks (Vancouver Province)
DAN BARNES: Doubters drive Gagner (Edmonton Journal)
CHUCK GORMLEY: HBO captures essence of NHL success, failure (South Jersey Courier Post)
KEVIN PAUL DUPONT: A frightful ending averted (Boston Globe)Subscriber site
CHRIS STEVENSON: Shannon on board with donating brain (Ottawa Sun)
DAMIEN COX: New NHLPA boss strikes Fehr into hockey fans (Toronto Star)
ERIC ERLENDSSON: Nabokov not necessarily the right fit for Bolts (Tampa Tribune)
WAYNE SCANLAN: Hockey uncensored (Ottawa Citizen)
CHRIS STEVENSON: May we have your brain? (Ottawa Sun)

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