OPINION
- ADAM PROTEAU: Zdeno Chara Was Truly One of a Kind (The Hockey News)
- MIKE STEPHENS: The NHL is a More Boring Place Without P.K. Subban (The Hockey News)
- LYLE RICHARDSON: Can The St. Louis Blues Afford Ryan O'Reilly and Vladimir Tarasenko? (The Hockey News)
- ERIC ENGELS: Subban contributed much more than goals and assists throughout electrifying NHL career (Sportsnet)
- ELLIOTTE FRIEDMAN: From curiosity to cornerstone, Zdeno Chara wraps up legendary career (Sportsnet)
- GREG WYSHYNSKI: What Nathan MacKinnon's new contract means for the Avalanche, other NHL superstars like Auston Matthews, Connor McDavid (ESPN)
- CATHAL KELLY: Subban could never be boring, even in retirement from NHL (Globe & Mail)
- MICHAEL TRAIKOS: Maple Leafs' Sheldon Keefe has the best odds at being fired first this season (National Post)
- MICHAEL TRAIKOS: Move over McDavid — there's a new highest-paid player in the NHL (National Post)
- JEFF GORDON: Blues must fortify their supply chain to ensure enduring success (St. Louis Post-Dispatch)
- MIKE McINTYRE: Jets begin long road back (Winnipeg Free Press)
- BILL SPEROS: Chara changed Bruins culture (Boston Herald)
- DAMIEN COX: Love them or loathe them, hockey will miss Zdeno Chara and P.K. Subban, who each changed the game in their own way (Toronto Star)
- BRENDAN KELLY: P.K. Subban has forged a lasting bond with Montrealers (Montreal Gazette)
- MARK KISZLA: Joker and Russ got way richer contracts. But MacK has best deal in Denver. (Denver Post)
- BRUCE GARRIOCH: Senators open training camp with hopes of a playoff payoff (Ottawa Sun)
- PAUL FRIESEN: Little reason for optimism as Jets return to camp (Winnipeg Sun)
- STEVE SIMMONS: Maple Leafs GM Kyle Dubas on goaltending questions, his future and that of Auston Matthews (Toronto Sun)
- JEFF GORDON: Assessing the Central Division as training camps open (St. Louis Post-Dispatch)
- MATT PORTER: An imposing figure on and off the ice, former Bruins defenseman Zdeno Chara was ‘one in a million’ (Boston Globe)
- BRUCE ARTHUR: Hockey Canada survey tells us Hockey Canada hopes you’ve forgotten, or don’t care, about its sexual assault scandal (Toronto Star)
- TIM BENZ: Steelers lineman draws praise; Sidney Crosby and Marc-Andre Fleury reunite; new heights for Duquesne soccer (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review)
- JASON MACKEY: Jason Mackey: While Stanley Cup chase continues, intrigue abounds within Penguins farm system (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
- STU COWAN: Skating didn't come naturally to Canadiens' Nick Suzuki (Montreal Gazette)