Morning Bag Skate: 9-3-18

BLACKHAWKS

**Hawks T25U25: Complete rankings (SCH)

**What should the Hawks do with their cap space? (The Athletic)

**Former Hawk of the Week: Tuomo Ruutu (SCH)

CENTRAL DIVISION

**Former Preds defenseman Emelin signs 3-year deal with KHL’s Avangard Omsk (theScore)

**How Avs’ MacKinnon became the NHL’s most gifted athlete (Sportsnet)

**Does Lindholm have a future with Avs? (Mile High Hockey)

**O’Reilly thinks the Blues can win the Stanley Cup this season (St. Louis GameTime)

**Wild T25U25: Gustav Bouramman at No. 21 (Hockey Wilderness)

NHL

**NHL suspends Golden Knights’ Schmidt 20 games for PEDs (ESPN)

**Tortorella won’t let Panarin, Bobrovsky contracts distract Blue Jackets (Sportsnet)

**Is Red Wings’ Zetterberg Hall of Fame worthy? (TSN)

**Season preview: Canadiens (The Athletic)

**Mark Stone is intriguing player for Rangers (Blueshirt Banter)

**Panthers T25U25: Vatrano at No. 10 (Litter Box Cats)

HOCKEY WORLD

**WHL player burned in campfire to be released from hospital (Sportsnet)

**Why the Connecticut Whale should pursue Finnish goaltender Meeri Räisänen (The Ice Garden)