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- ADAM PROTEAU: Three Ideas for the Canucks to Free Cap Space and Gather Assets (The Hockey News)
- LYLE RICHARDSON: The Kings' Viktor Arvidsson Could Become a Cost-Cutting Trade Candidate (The Hockey News)
- ERIC FRANCIS: Ten potential candidates for Flames head coaching job, and one long-shot (Sportsnet)
- SCOTT STINSON: Did the Maple Leafs just run into a hot goalie or need major change? Yes and yes (National Post)
- TIM BENZ: Fans angry about Steelers QBs, Ben Roethlisberger's quote on Kenny Pickett, state of the Penguins (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review)
- MAC ENGEL: Stars should take ‘C’ from Jamie Benn, whose actions, and words, are beneath the honor (Fort Worth Star-Telegram)
- STEVE SIMMONS: Maple Leafs' Brendan Shanahan should pay attention to Florida Panthers success (Toronto Sun)
- BARRY JACKSON: How Heat, Panthers ratings compare. And inside TNT’s studio shows, juggling of both teams (Miami Herald)
- BRUCE GARRIOCH: The sale of the Ottawa Senators looks like a three-horse race (Ottawa Sun)
- ED GRANEY: Knights won’t make same mistake of looking ahead (Las Vegas Review-Journal)
- STU COWAN: New Flames GM Craig Conroy had a tough time with Canadiens (Montreal Gazette)
- NICK KYPREOS: New Maple Leafs GM’s first order of business: the John Tavares contract problem (Toronto Star)
- DAVE HYDE: There has never been anyone like Matthew Tkachuk for the Florida Panthers (South Florida Sun-Sentinel)
- LUKE DeCOCK: One final kick in the teeth, in a series full of them, cuts Hurricanes’ season short (Raleigh News & Observer)
- KEVIN SHERRINGTON: Stars captain Jamie Benn’s actions vs. Vegas weren’t ‘unfortunate,’ they were selfish (Dallas Morning News)
- ‘GREG COTE: With rats and a sweep, Florida Panthers are in the Stanley Cup Final for first time since 1996 (Miami Herald)
- MIKE McINTYRE: A Jets fan to the end (Winnipeg Free Press)