Morning Bag Skate: Daniel Paille, Jan Hejda agree to PTOs with Blackhawks

The Blackhawks prospect team got the day off up in Michigan so they spent it out on water near West Grand Traverse Bay. Looks like it was a beautiful one!

An off day well spent in Traverse City - out on the water of West Grand Traverse Bay. #BlackhawksRookieTournament

A photo posted by Rockford IceHogs (@rockfordicehogs) on Sep 13, 2015 at 12:03pm PDT

HAWKS - 2014-15 STANLEY CUP CHAMPIONS

**The Hawks signed former Avs d-man Jan Hejda to a professional tryout contract (SCH)

**The Hawks signed forward Daniel Paille to a PTO, too (SCH)

**Here's a look at a possible Hawks opening day lineup that's not too different from one I dropped on Twitter. These were before the Hejda and Paille deals, though, and it seems possible at least that the former makes the team. (ESPN Chicago)

**Celebrate Hawks' championship with Second City Dynasty T-shirt (SCH)

CENTRAL DIVISION

**Brendan Lemieux, son of Claude Lemieux, reportedly isn't far off from getting a chance with the Jets even at age 19. (Winnipeg Free Press)

**Old friend Patrick Sharp comes in No. 7 on SBN's Stars blog's ranking of the team's impact players. (Defending Big D)

NHL

**A Leafs fan hung a Stamkos jersey up in Toronto's locker room in a possible offering to the hockey gods (Pension Plan Puppets)

**Patrick Kaleta agreed to a one-year deal with AHL Rochester and will attend the Buffalo Sabres' training camp on a PTO (NHL.com)

**Nicklas Backstrom is expected to miss the entire Caps preseason (Washington Post)

**Derek Roy's agreed to a PTO with Washington (WashingtonCaps.com)