Morning Bag Skate: 8-14-18

BLACKHAWKS

**Hawks get NHL-high 19 national TV games (SCH)

**Hawks T25U25: Matthew Highmore at No. 19 (SCH)

**Kane to play in Stars and Stripes Showdown (SCH)

**Mikita honored, remembered, cherished at visitation (Chicago Sun-Times)

**Mikita leaves lasting legacy on community (NHL.com)

**Hawks T25U25: Complete rankings (SCH)

CENTRAL DIVISION

**Preds draw 12 games for national TV (On The Forecheck)

**Avs to have 6 games on national TV (Mile High Hockey)

**Avs T25U25: Nicolas Meloche at No. 12 (Mile High Hockey)

**Blues to have 10 games on NBC Sports’ national schedule (St. Louis GameTime)

NHL

**NHL Top Players: Top 20 defenseman (NHL.com)

**Canucks bringing back flying skate jersey for 2019-20 season (Sportsnet)

**Senators sign Tkachuk to entry-level deal (Silver Seven Sens)

**Gulutzan talks boosting Oilers’ speed, Lucic’s redemption potential (Sportsnet)

**Healthy Pacioretty ready for Habs’ clean slate after ‘horrible year’ (Sportsnet)

**What impact will Weber’s injuries have on his game next season? (Habs Eyes On The Prize)

**Lafleur and the 10-year contract: Part 1 — How it came to be (Habs Eyes On The Prize)

**Islanders sign Dobson to entry-level deal (Lighthouse Hockey)

**Lightning T25U25: Vasilevskiy at No. 1 (Raw Charge)

HOCKEY WORLD

**5 takeaways from the Hlinka Gretzky Cup (theScore)

**Lightning enter 3-year deal with ECHL Orlando (Raw Charge)