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- RYAN KENNEDY: The New York Rangers win the Alexis Lafreniere sweepstakes (The Hockey News)
- IAIN MacINTYRE: Young, promising Canucks getting pivotal education on how to win (Sportsnet)
- MARK SPECTOR: Rangers a worthy winner of No. 1 pick, chance to accelerate rebuild (Sportsnet)
- FRANK SERAVALLI: Consensus top pick Lafreniere ready to take bite out of Big Apple (TSN)
- CATHAL KELLY: As currently comprised, the Maple Leafs do not have what it takes to win (Globe & Mail)
- MICHAEL TRAIKOS: Crisis averted as New York gets NHL's No. 1 draft pick (National Post)
- HELENE ELLIOTT: Young stars should get noticed as NHL playoffs go on (Los Angeles Times)
- TERRY KOSHAN: Leafs have become all too familiar in post-season, fail to learn from previous losses (Toronto Sun)
- PAUL SULLIVAN: The sports world takes a back seat when our city is in distress (Chicago Tribune)
- JIM MATHESON: No lottery win, no play-in win, lost August for Oilers (Edmonton Journal)
- BEN KUZMA: Cup-champion Blues have Pettersson's attention, not Calder comment (Vancouver Province)
- BARRY ROZNER: Blackhawks' depth will be tested against Vegas (Chicago Daily Herald)
- STEVE SIMMONS: One more year like this one and Leafs GM Dubas will be looking for work (Toronto Sun)
- STU COWAN: Canadiens and Flyers prepare to meet in Foxhole Series (Montreal Gazette)
- LUKE DeCOCK: Boston Bruins are the East’s best team, but Hurricanes may have an edge in NHL playoffs (Raleigh News & Observer)
- MARK MADDEN: Penguins offered blueprint on how to beat them (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review)
- MICHAEL ARACE: Columbus Blue Jackets no longer in pool for top draft pick, but that’s OK (Columbus Dispatch)
- LARRY BROOKS: The dreadful mistake Rangers can't make after lottery stunner (New York Post)
- TERRY JONES: NHL Hub City hosts sent packing, but don't dial out just yet (Edmonton Sun)
- DAVE FESCHUK: The Leafs might make the smart play and fix their defence. But first they have to admit the process failed (Toronto Star)
- BEN KUZMA: Perron still producing for Blues, still a draft wound for Canucks (Vancouver Province)
- BRENDAN KELLY: Fans should live the moment. Weber and Price sure are (Montreal Gazette)
- SAM CARCHIDI: Flyers are Philadelphia’s best hope to bring home a championship (Philadelphia Inquirer)
- BARRY SVRLUGA: The NHL playoffs in a bubble will be weird, wacky and unprecedented. Strap in. (Washington Post)
- GREG COTE: As Florida Panthers move on from GM Dale Tallon, here’s who could be next in Miami to go (Miami Herald)
- TIM BENZ: Investigating ‘fixed’ NHL draft lottery theories. Frozen ball, hidden weight, magnets? Let’s believe ’em all! (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review)
- WES GILBERTSON: Flames score favourable first-round matchup, but we’ve said that before (Calgary Sun)
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- KEN CAMPBELL: Maple Leafs’ stars stepped up in a big way. Now they’ll have to do it again (The Hockey News)
- RYAN KENNEDY: The Edmonton Oilers still haven’t learned how to win big games (The Hockey News)
- RYAN KENNEDY: Montreal shocks Pittsburgh with structure and goaltending (The Hockey News)
- KEN CAMPBELL: After another playoff disappointment, is it time for the Predators to kick David Poile upstairs? (The Hockey News)
- MATT LARKIN: For the next GM, Panthers’ weaknesses are obvious. The solutions are not (The Hockey News)
- IAIN MacINTYRE: Canucks’ blend of youth, veterans soars into playoffs ahead of expectations (Sportsnet)
- CHRIS JOHNSTON: Maple Leafs’ Big Four rewrite ending to the season in its most dire moment (Sportsnet)
- MARK SPECTOR: Oilers short on toughness in season-ending loss to Blackhawks (Sportsnet)
- ERIC ENGELS: Canadiens' kids help lead team to improbable series win over Penguins (Sportsnet)
- ERIC FRANCIS: Dillon Dube and Flames’ third line play heroes in series win over Jets (Sportsnet)
- CATHAL KELLY: Leafs pull a rabbit out of the hat with Game 4 comeback (Globe & Mail)
- MICHAEL TRAIKOS: Price propels Habs into playoffs with shutout shocker over Pens (National Post)
- BRUCE ARTHUR: The Leafs were down three with four minutes to go, facing elimination. And then came the lightning bolts (Toronto Star)
- HELENE ELLIOTT: NHL continues to adjust on the fly in the COVID-19 era (Los Angeles Times)
- GENTRY ESTES: For Predators, an excruciating finish to a failed season (The Tennessean)
- BEN KUZMA: Will to succeed has Canucks' 'emotional soldiers' on edge of winning war with Wild (Vancouver Province)
- STEVE SIMMONS: Spezza fights, Matthews scores as Maple Leafs remarkably stay alive (Toronto Sun)
- MATT VENSEL: Penguins' season ends as a dud after fizzling down the stretch (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
- LUKE DeCOCK: Cut, dig, slide, glide: The Hurricanes MVPs might be the men who sharpen their skates (Raleigh News & Observer)
- JIM MATHESON: Oilers kicked to curb by Blackhawks in Qualifying series (Edmonton Journal)
- KEVIN PAUL DUPONT: For hardcore hockey fans, having playoffs in the summer is cool with them (Boston Globe)
- PATRICK JOHNSTON: Boeser's gritty net-front presence paying off on Canucks' power play (Vancouver Province)
- BRUCE ARTHUR: The Leafs have the talent, and a system that makes sense. But old habits are hard to break (Toronto Star)
- NEIL BEST: Beauvillier having fun as Islanders advance (New York Newsday)
- RON COOK: Penguins cap campaign without fight or accountability (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
- PAT HICKEY: 'Nobody gave us a chance,' Carey Price says (Montreal Gazette)
- ED WILLES: This series will be remembered for reasons other than playing in August (Vancouver Province)
- TERRY JONES: Oilers out on Elimination Day with 3-2 loss to Blackhawks (Edmonton Sun)
- ANDREW BERKSHIRE: A few bright spots amid gloom after Jets' quick exit (Winnipeg Free Press)
- MIKE McINTYRE: No trouble in the bubble (Winnipeg Free Press)
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- KEN CAMPBELL: Workmanlike Canadiens have powerful Penguins on the brink (The Hockey News)
- MATT LARKIN: The Canucks’ star power will decide their fate, for better or worse (The Hockey News)
- ERIC ENGELS: Determined Canadiens punch back in Game 3 for series lead over Penguins (Sportsnet)
- MARK SPECTOR: After Oilers tempt fate with penalties, hockey Gods reward Blackhawks late (Sportsnet)
- IAIN MacINTYRE: Like his Canucks, Brock Boeser out to make a statement in post-season (Sportsnet)
- FRANK SERAVALLI: Canadiens put Penguins on the brink with Game 3 win (TSN)
- MARK KISZLA: How dumb do the Avs have to be to let a silly squabble stop fans from watching their Stanley Cup quest on TV? (Denver Post)
- NEIL BEST: Lundqvist among New York's best (New York Newsday)
- GENTRY ESTES: Good effort in Game 3 no consolation for Preds (The Tennessean)
- ED WILLES: Intensity, 'battle words' cranked up in just two Canucks-Wild games (Vancouver Province)
- JOE STARKEY: Penguins coach Mike Sullivan has major decisions — and problems — on his hands (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
- LARRY BROOKS: Henrik Lundqvist's long Rangers goodbye is coming to an end (New York Post)
- MICHAEL ARACE: Raw emotions on display in Blue Jackets’ playoff series (Columbus Dispatch)
- MIKE McINTYRE: Hold up, Jets fans; it ain't over till Hellebuyck, Wheeler, Connor say it is (Winnipeg Free Press)
- STEVE SIMMONS: Marincin to the rescue as Leaf Nation holds its collective breath (Toronto Sun)
- JOHN ROMANO: Two games later, the Lightning are looking like the team to beat (Tampa Bay Times)
- BEN KUZMA: War of attrition has Eriksson, Virtanen back in Canucks' attack (Vancouver Province)
- KEVIN PAUL DUPONT: With action heating up, Bruins in dire need of a quick defrost (Boston Globe)
- NEIL BEST: Silly penalties cost Isles in Game 3 loss (New York Newsday)
- DON BRENNAN: Are the Lightning set up for another collapse? (Ottawa Sun)
- DAVE HYDE: Panthers’ reward for Game 3 performance? Try to do that again (South Florida Sun-Sentinel)
- MATT VENSEL: Penguins' problems in Game 3 loss go much deeper than Jack Johnson (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
- PAT HICKEY: Hard-working Canadiens push Penguins to the brink (Montreal Gazette)
- ED WILLES: Reunion of prolific pair gives Canucks a forceful boost (Vancouver Province)
- PAUL FRIESEN: Jets' big dogs need to start eating (Winnipeg Sun)
- DAVE FESCHUK: Martin Marincin is no Jake Muzzin. Then again, for these Maple Leafs, nobody is (Toronto Star)
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