OPINION
- AVRY-LEWIS McDOUGALL: Edmonton Oilers End the Regular Season with an Exclamation Point (The Hockey News)
- IAN KENNEDY: Women's Worlds: Semifinals Are Set After a Suspenseful Quarterfinals (The Hockey News)
- ERIC FRANCIS: Backlund, Lindholm won't commit to Flames long-term after tumultuous season (Sportsnet)
- ERIC ENGELS: Canadiens' management determined to keep injuries from halting momentum in rebuild (Sportsnet)
- IAIN MacINTYRE: J.T. Miller reflects on season, optimistic about Canucks' future: 'This is the way' (Sportsnet)
- MARK SPECTOR: McDavid's spectacular season begs the question: Can he keep getting better? (Sportsnet)
- SALIM VALJI: Backlund, Lindholm non-committal to future in Calgary following Flames’ disappointing season (TSN)
- RICK WESTHEAD: New NHL Alumni Association social worker focused on helping players’ wives, Healy says (TSN)
- CATHAL KELLY: Why the Maple Leafs will lose the first round of the NHL playoffs (Globe & Mail)
- MARTY KLINKENBERG: Why the Maple Leafs will win the first round of the NHL playoffs (Globe & Mail)
- HELENE ELLIOTT: Are Kings contenders for Stanley Cup? Rematch with Oilers is challenging first step (Los Angeles Daily News)
- STU COWAN: Final page has been written on this season for Canadiens (Montreal Gazette)
- MARK MADDEN: Here's a starting point for the Penguins' next GM to fix this mess (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review)
- MIKE McINTYRE: Jets return to NHL playoff table in Vegas (Winnipeg Free Press)
- MATT PORTER: Bruins were a step ahead of everyone this season, and now is the time for a finishing flourish (Boston Globe)
- BRENDAN KELLY: Despite a 28th-place finish, Canadiens fans are upbeat (Montreal Gazette)
- JOHN NIYO: Yzerman can't predict future, but time to find some goals (Detroit News)
- WES GILBERTSON: As Flames wrap frustrating season, Backlund’s pause says it all (Calgary Sun)
- DAMIEN COX: Penguins have to decide between retooling and rebuilding, and they’ll do it without Brian Burke and Ron Hextall (Toronto Star)
- DAVE HYDE: The big finish of Alex Lyon won fans’ praise, sealed a Florida Panthers playoff berth — and now what? (South Florida Sun-Sentinel)
- JACK TODD: Canadiens made tangible progress this season and the future is bright (Montreal Gazette)
- RICK MORRISSEY: Chicago has a crowded house of sports icons. Jonathan Toews deserves a place of his own. (Chicago Sun-Times)
- DAN SHAUGHNESSY: This is the best time of the Boston sports year, and other thoughts (Boston Globe)
- PAUL ZEISE: Ron Hextall and Brian Burke never made sense for Penguins (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
- STU COWAN: Jeff Gorton happy with pace of Canadiens' rebuilding job (Montreal Gazette)
- GENTRY ESTES: Why a lost season ends as a wake-up call for Preds' top stars (The Tennessean)