OPINION
- KEN CAMPBELL: Good news: The NHL is expanding to Seattle. Bad news: There's going to be another lockout (The Hockey News)
- JARED CLINTON: Salary cap projected to rise to $83 million by 2019-20 -- which teams benefit the most (The Hockey News)
- JARED CLINTON: New Flyers' GM Fletcher faces pressing questions as he takes over in Philadelphia (The Hockey News)
- ERIC FRANCIS: Flames top line dominant in wild win over Blue Jackets (Sportsnet)
- GREG WYSHYNSKI: We tried, and failed, to rain on Seattle's NHL parade (ESPN)
- ERIC ENGELS: Claude Julien's key decision sparks Canadiens in win over Senators (Sportsnet)
- FRANK SERAVALLI: Seattle officially approved as the NHL's 32nd franchise (TSN)
- IAIN MacINTYRE: Canucks’ penalty kill continues to bleed goals in loss to Wild (Sportsnet)
- CHRIS JOHNSTON: ‘Chess match’ begins for Seattle’s NHL franchise (Sportsnet)
- EMILY KAPLAN: Everything you need to know about Seattle's new NHL team (ESPN)
- MICHAEL TRAIKOS: It's official: Seattle named NHL's 32nd franchise (National Post)
- CATHAL KELLY: Buffalo Sabres' resurgence reminds the Toronto Maple Leafs of its one true rivalry (Globe & Mail)
- SCOTT STINSON: With NHL expansion to Seattle, a second Quebec team remains pure fantasy (National Post)
- DAVID SHOALTS: With Seattle expansion team, Quebec City gets the cold shoulder again from the NHL (Globe & Mail)Paywall to view
- MICHAEL TRAIKOS: Vancouver, Seattle will have 'built-in rivalry' (National Post)
- KEVIN ALLEN: Seattle will become NHL's 32nd team. Here's what you should know about expansion franchise (USA Today)
- JEFF GORDON: 80 pounds lighter in latest comeback, Hitchcock turns Oilers into a 'heavier' team (St. Louis Post-Dispatch)
- MARK WHICKER: Now you realize the Kings’ supporting cast, in 2012 and 2014, kept the show going (Los Angeles Daily News)
- ROSIE DiMANNO: Auston Matthews the overtime hero as Leafs down Sabres (Toronto Star)
- MIKE HARRINGTON: It's quite a show when Leafs come to town (Buffalo News)
- ED GRANEY: Things prove the same and different between Knights and Capitals (Las Vegas Review-Journal)
- ROSIE DiMANNO: Maple Leafs’ Kasperi Kapanen happy to have buddy William Nylander back in the fold (Toronto Star)
- SAM DONNELLON: Dave Hakstol and his Flyers get a chance to reset and reprieve after Chuck Fletcher hiring (Philadelphia Daily News)
- MARK WHICKER: Another silent night for Kings, on the ice and in the seats (Los Angeles Daily News)
- STEVE SIMMONS: In very personal battle, Leafs' Matthews finds way to beat Sabres' Eichel (Toronto Sun)
- NEIL GREENBERG: Alex Ovechkin is putting Wayne Gretzky’s untouchable goal-scoring record within reach (Washington Post)
- GREGG KRUPA: Losing Mantha a high price, but Wings must defend teammates (Detroit News)
- MARCUS HAYES: Flyers' anonymous complaints reveal Ron Hextall never had a chance (Philadelphia Inquirer)
- DAVE FESCHUK: Leafs GM’s promise to Nylander could be as good as the next trade offer (Toronto Star)
- PAT HICKEY: Domi and Drouin get an A in chemistry (Montreal Gazette)
- PATRICK JOHNSTON: New Canuck winger Josh Leivo ready for new role, old number (Vancouver Province)
- JARED CLINTON: The Blues need to act fast if they have any intention of saving this season (The Hockey News)
- RYAN KENNEDY: Canada's World Junior Camp roster snubs and surprises (The Hockey News)
- JARED CLINTON: Has Hitchcock fixed the Oilers? A review of Edmonton's performance under new coach (The Hockey News)
- KEN CAMPBELL: It's great for Maple Leafs that Nylander signed but now the real contract work begins (The Hockey News)
- DAMIEN COX: Maple Leafs’ William Nylander accepts spotlight, pressure with new deal (Sportsnet)
- MARK SPECTOR: Oilers lack offensive effectiveness in loss to Stars (Sportsnet)
- IAN MENDES: Boedker: ‘I’m just a regular guy with bigger legs’ (TSN)
- IAIN MacINTYRE: Beagle, Leivo should provide boost to desperate Canucks (Sportsnet)
- ALEX PREWITT: Keith Yandle Hasn't Missed a Game Since 2009, and Don't Expect Him to Sit Anytime Soon (Si.com)
- CHRIS JOHNSTON: Seattle, salary cap headline start to Board of Governors meetings (Sportsnet)
- GREG WYSHYNSKI: How the William Nylander dominoes fall: The impact on Matthews, Marner, Rantanen and more (ESPN)
- HELENE ELLIOTT: With William Nylander signed, all is well in Toronto (Los Angeles Times)
- RON COOK: What happened to home cooking for Steelers, Penguins? (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
- STEVE EWEN: Spurgeon shows way for smaller defencemen like Stecher, Hughes (Vancouver Province)
- DAMIEN COX: Raptors vs. Leafs debate most fun in decades for Toronto sports fans (Toronto Star)
- STU COWAN: Ex-Canadien Scherbak a cautionary tale for NHL prospects (Montreal Gazette)
- SARAH McCLELLAN: Brothers aid three Wild players (Minneapolis Star-Tribune)
- SAM DONNELLON: In hiring Chuck Fletcher, Flyers may have found their anti-Hextall (Philadelphia Daily News)
- BEN KUZMA: Horvat gets support with trade-acquisition Leivo, healthy Beagle (Vancouver Province)
- STEVE SIMMONS: Nylander done, two big ones to go for Leafs' GM Dubas (Toronto Sun)
- LARRY BROOKS: Rangers' layoff plans show how much things have changed (New York Post)
- BRENDAN KELLY: Scherbak's loss showcases Habs' draft/development woes (Montreal Gazette)
- ROSIE DiMANNO: Nylander and Leafs get back to business (Toronto Star)
- PAUL GACKLE: Sorry Sharks fans, keeping Erik Karlsson in San Jose is going to be hard (San Jose Mercury News)