Morning Bag Skate: 8-16-18

BLACKHAWKS

**Hawks T25U25: David Kampf at No. 17 (SCH)

**Former Hawks and longtime friends Hartman, Hinostroza ready for next chapters of their careers (The Athletic)

**Kuc: Why it’s not time to write off Keith yet (The Athletic)

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

**Hawks T25U25: Complete rankings (SCH)

CENTRAL DIVISION

**Preds T25U25: No. 17 David Farrance (On The Forecheck)

**Rexrode: Ellis signing shows Preds believe nucleus can win it all — and it’s the right play (The Tennessean)

**Blues hire St. Louis native, former NHL player Joey Vitale as radio analyst (St. Louis Post-Dispatch)

**Avs T25U25: Shane Bowers at No. 10 (Mile High Hockey)

**NHL farm system rankings: No. 16 Dallas Stars (The Athletic)

NHL

**Mount Puckmore: 4 players who define each Atlantic Division team (ESPN)

**Mount Puckmore: 4 players who define each Metro Division team (ESPN)

**Ondrej Kase re-signs with Ducks for 3 years, $7.8M (Anaheim Calling)

**From websites to handguns, Golden Knights protecting team logos (Las Vegas Review-Journal)

**NHL farm system rankings: No. 15 Arizona Coyotes (The Athletic)

**NHL farm system rankings: No. 17 San Jose Sharks (The Athletic)

**How Hurricanes plan to sell new owner, players, coaches to fans (The News&Observer)

**Testing the hot take: Staal vs. Toews (Canes Country)

**Flyers lose rights to prospect Terrance Amorosa (Broad Street Hockey)

HOCKEY WORLD

**Blake Bolden to play for NWHL’s Buffalo (The Ice Garden)