Morning Bag Skate: 8-29-18

BLACKHAWKS

**Hawks T25U25: Adam Boqvist at No. 4 (SCH)

**Hawks sign Davidson to PTO, per report (SCH)

**Sikura ready to take on full rookie season with Hawks (The Athletic)

**Hawks T25U25: Complete rankings (SCH)

CENTRAL DIVISION

**Seguin’s disappointment with lack of contract talks casts shadow over Stars (theScore)

**No need to panic about Morrissey’s contract situation with Jets, former NHL executives say (Winnipeg Free Press)

**NHL farm system rankings: No. 3 St. Louis Blues (The Athletic)

**State of the Franchise: Preds in win-now mode, remain Stanley Cup favorites (The Athletic)

**Avs T25U25: Nathan MacKinnon at No. 1 (Mile High Hockey)

**Wild T25U25: Jack Sadek at No. 24 (Hockey Wilderness)

NHL

**Red Wings’ Zetterberg confirms he’ll miss start of season (Winging It in Motown)

**Season preview: Red Wings (The Athletic)

**Don’t expect Pacioretty to be with Canadiens long term (Sportsnet)

**Smith-Pelly: Easy decision not to attend White House if Caps are invited (TSN)

**State of the Franchise: Lightning feel urgency to hoist elusive second Stanley Cup (The Athletic)

**Oilers sign Garrison to PTO (Copper N Blue)

**Oilers T25U25: Pulijujarvi at No. 3 (Copper N Blue)

**Flyers T25U25: Konecny at No. 3 (Broad Street Hockey)

**Penguins T25U25: Murray tops list at No. 1 (Pensburgh)

**Blue Jackets T25U25: Wennberg at No. 5 (Jackets Cannon)

**Habs T25U25: Lehkonen at No. 3 (Habs Eyes On The Prize)

HOCKEY WORLD

**OHL prospects advised to scrub ‘Fortnite’ references for NHL teams (Yahoo!)

**Pronman: Best prospects at 4 Nations U20 Tournament (The Athletic)

**Women’s hockey T25U25: No. 4 Alina Müller (The Ice Garden)