Morning Bag Skate: NHL free agency begins

The NHL free agency period begins at 11 a.m. CT Friday.

HAWKS

**Hawks have reportedly reached out to Vanek (SCH)

**Rozsival, Mashinter sign 1-year deals (SCH)

**Cheap free agent depth options for Hawks (SCH)

**Every Hawks trade, signing this offseason (SCH)

**Every Hawks offseason rumors (SCH)

**Hawks depth chart 2016-17: A living projection of the roster, salary cap books (SCH)

CENTRAL DIVISION

**Preds buy out Jackman (OTF)

**Blues add ex-Bolts assistant Thomas to Hitchcock's staff (STLGT)

NHL

**Report: Ekblad, Panthers agree to 8-year extension (PHT)

**Bruins sign Krug to 4-year, $21 million extension (SCoC)

**Sabres re-sign McCabe to 3-year, $4.8M extension (DBTB)

**Lightning buy out Carle (RC)

**Kings buy out Greene's final two years (JFTC)

**Bruins buy out Seidenberg, who helped them win a Cup (SCoC)

**Blue Jackets to buy out Jared Boll (JC)

HOCKEY WORLD

**USA announces Ivan Hlinka Tournament roster (SBNCH)