Morning Bag Skate: 8-10-18

BLACKHAWKS

**Hawks T25U25: Carl Dahlstrom at No. 23 (SCH)

**Former Hawk of the Week: Mike Smith (SCH)

**Remembering Mikita Part III (Blackhawks.com)

**Hawks to host public visitation for Mikita at United Center (SCH)

**Kuc: Mikita’s greatest legacy goes far beyond hockey (The Athletic)

**Will Wise be draft steal for Hawks? (The Athletic)

**Hawks T25U25: Complete rankings (SCH)

CENTRAL DIVISION

**Stanley Cup blueprint: How the Central teams stack up to the Capitals’ best assets (The Athletic)

**Preds GM Polie calls U.S. Hockey Hall of Fame nod ‘overwhelming’ (The Tennessean)

**Preds T25U25: Miroslav Svoboda at No. 18 (On The Forecheck)

**Avs T25U25: Ty Lewis at No. 14 (Mile High Hockey)

**NHL farm system rankings: Preds at No. 26 (The Athletic)

NHL

**Coyotes sign Dvorak to 6-year extension worth $26.7M (Five For Howling)

**Stone still open to signing long-term deal with Senators (Ottawa Sun)

**Golden Knights, Fort Wayne close to ECHL affiliation (The Journal Gazette)

**Ward’s Hurricanes legacy defines an era for the franchise (Canes Country)

**NHL farm system rankings: No. 24 Anaheim Ducks (The Athletic)

**NHL farm system rankings: No. 25 Columbus Blue Jackets (The Athletic)

HOCKEY WORLD

**Hillary Knight will be back with CWHL’s Montreal (The Ice Garden)

**Natalie Darwitz elected to U.S. Hockey Hall of Fame (The Ice Garden)

**Michigan legendary coach Red Berenson elected to U.S. Hockey Hall of Fame (Maize N Brew)