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Morning Bag Skate: 8-23-18

Our daily look at Blackhawks news and the happenings around the hockey world.

By Brandon M. Cain

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Blue Jackets v Blackhawks Photo by Jonathan Daniel/Getty Images

BLACKHAWKS

**Hawks T25U25: Jake Wise at No. 10 (SCH)

**Why the Hawks are entrusting London Knights with Boqvist’s development (The Athletic)

**In defense of Toews’ contract (SCH)

**Former Hawk Handzus to retire (SCH)

**Hawks T25U25: Complete rankings (SCH)

CENTRAL DIVISION

**Jets’ Morrissey confident deal will be worked out before season starts (Winnipeg Free Press)

**State of the Franchise: Blues strengthen roster while holding on to prized prospects (The Athletic)

**Avs T25U25: Cale Makar at No. 5 (Mile High Hockey)

NHL

**Flyers’ top 5 breakthrough performances last season (Broad Street Hockey)

**One-on-one with Matthews: On Tavares, Babcock, captaincy and becoming the best player in the world (The Athletic)

**NHL farm system rankings: No. 8 Vegas Golden Knights (The Athletic)

HOCKEY WORLD

**CWHL draft: Established players to keep an eye on (The Ice Garden)

**NWHL’s Minnesota Whitecaps unveil new logo (The Ice Garden)

**Women’s hockey T25U25: No. 10 Victoria Bach (The Ice Garden)