Morning Bag Skate: Jonathan Toews' condo sells in five days

The Chicago Blackhawks are back on the road Tuesday night facing the Montreal Canadiens for the first time this season. Who knows what to expect at this point -- Montreal has a minus-4 point different and two straight losses, but a 8-3-1 record. The Blackhawks' issues, well, you guys already know about those. Anyways, that's later, so here's the news for now:

**It took Jonathan Toews less than five days to sell his $2.3 million Lakeshore East condo to an unidentified buyer. (Chicago Tribune)

**The NHL has suspended Edmonton captain Andrew Ference three games for his hit to the head of Zack Kassian (NHL)

**The Blue Jackets took Boone Jenner off IR on Monday, but replaced him with Artem Anisimov. (Pro Hockey Talk)

**New Jersey will place backup goaltender Scott Clemmensen on waivers. He's struggled in rare appearances behind starter Cory Schneider this season. (NJ.com)

**Kings winger Tanner Pearson was named the NHL's Rookie of the Month for October (Pro Hockey Talk)

**The Blues believe winger Vladimir Tarasenko is ready to take the next step towards stardom this season. The 23-year-old has six goals and five assists in 10 games so far. (NHL)

**Here's one way to improve your odds on a 2-on-0: rip the goal from its moorings to force a penalty shot. (Puck Daddy)

**The Leafs have placed Joffrey Lupul on IR with a broken hand (Pro Hockey Talk)

**The eye injury to Kevin Bieksa looked pretty bad, but Canucks GM Jim Benning said Monday that it's not "as serious as what people think it is." (Vancouver Sun)

**Terrible story out of France, where an 8-year-old boy died after being struck in the head by a puck during a game (The Telegraph)