OPINION
- ADAM PROTEAU: Dallas Stars, Hockey Canada and Martin Jones (The Hockey News)
- TONY FERRARI: Which Surprise NHL Rookies Surpass Their Nine-Game Trial? (The Hockey News)
- MIKE STEPHENS: Seven Hockey Leagues Unite to Create Respect Hockey Culture Center (The Hockey News)
- LYLE RICHARDSON: New Jersey Devils Could Find Slim Pickings in the Goalie Trade Market (The Hockey News)
- IAIN MacINTYRE: Canucks explode for eight goals in opener but 'we’re not ordering rings' (Sportsnet)
- MARK SPECTOR: Oilers give embarrassing effort in blowout loss to Canucks: 'We laid an egg' (Sportsnet)
- ERIC FRANCIS: Markstrom carries Flames to emotional win on night Chris Snow is remembered (Sportsnet)
- ERIC ENGELS: Canadiens experience more growing pains in loss to Maple Leafs (Sportsnet)
- KRISTEN SHILTON: Post-breakout, what does Matthew Tkachuk do for an encore? (ESPN)
- GREG WYSHYNSKI: Devils rookie Luke Hughes faces high hopes, family legacy (ESPN)
- CATHAL KELLY: Canadian hockey players can no longer succeed in Canada (Globe & Mail)
- JIM O'DONELL: After a promising opening night, Bedard can finally go on with the show (Chicago Daily-Herald)
- LUKE DeCOCK: No longer ‘up-and-coming,’ Hurricanes top Senators with the authority of an NHL bully (Raleigh News & Observer)
- MARK KISZLA: Avs’ quest to regain championship mojo begins with defenseman Cale Makar (Denver Post)
- STEVE SIMMONS: Maple Leafs win ugly on opening night (Toronto Sun)
- BENJAMIN HOCHMAN: ‘Army’ general — the potential impact of Doug Armstrong’s leadership on the '23-24 Blues (St. Louis Post-Dispatch)
- CARLOS MONARREZ: Yzerman could be on hot seat if Red Wings don't improve this season (Detroit Free Press)
- BRUCE GARRIOCH: Shane Pinto in town as he awaits a new deal with Ottawa Senators (Ottawa Sun)
- TARA SULLIVAN: Bruins celebrated their past, then went about trying to erase recent history with an opening victory over Blackhawks (Boston Globe)
- SCOTT BILLECK: Jets showed a different, better side even in defeat (Winnipeg Sun)
- DAVE FESCHUK: Auston Matthews made a statement with hat trick in Maple Leafs win: The NHL’s best scorer is back (Toronto Star)
- MARK MADDEN: Plenty of others to blame for Penguins' opening night loss besides Tristan Jarry (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review)
- MIKE HARRINGTON: Hype and history surround Devon Levi as he claims the crease for Sabres opener (Buffalo News)
- JOHN ROMANO: Not sure how good the Lightning will be, but this could be a fun ride (Tampa Bay Times)
- STU COWAN: Tanner Pearson brings experience and No. 70 to Canadiens (Montreal Gazette)
- NICK KYPREOS: The Leafs added Fraser Minten and Easton Cowan to their hype machine. Time to make sure they don’t get burned (Toronto Star)
- JOHN NIYO: Wings hoping they've found new dynamic duo to end playoff drought (Detroit News)
- LARRY BROOKS: Mika Zibanejad isn't dwelling on Rangers' failures (New York Post)
- PAUL FRIESEN: Dare to look inside: Jets season comes with no guarantees (Winnipeg Sun)
- DAVE HYDE: Florida Panthers want to build on last season’s run even as they file it away (South Florida Sun-Sentinel)
- RICK MORRISSEY: Impressed, and freaked out, by Connor Bedard’s cool acceptance of a mountain of pressure (Chicago Sun-Times)
- TIM BENZ: When Penguins fans are openly heckling Steelers coaches, you know things are at a boiling point (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review)