Morning Bag Skate: 9-4-18

BLACKHAWKS

**State of the Franchise: Hawks’ season riddled with unknowns (The Athletic)

**Kahun hopes to transition his skills to NHL (Blackhawks)

**Hawks T25U25: Complete rankings (SCH)

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

CENTRAL DIVISION

**Jets sign Wheeler to 5-year, $41.25M extension (Arctic Ice Hockey)

**Boniono’s contract and the cascading effect on the Preds (On The Forecheck)

**Who will make their NHL debut for Avs next season? (Mile High Hockey)

**Avs look to U Sports as untapped resource (Mile High Hockey)

**State of the Franchise: New season, GM, same big expectations for Wild (The Athletic)

**Wild T25U25: Connor Dewar at No. 20 (Hockey Wilderness)

NHL

**How do you become an NHL official? (The Athletic)

**Former Sharks forward Curtis Brown gives back to families dealing with loss of a child (NBC Sports Bay Area)

**State of the Franchise: Flyers look to break cycle of averageness, take turn toward true contention (The Athletic)

**Season preview: Devils (The Athletic)

**How can the Red Wings improve their power play? (Winging It In Motown)

**Red Wings T25U25: Veleno at No. 10 (Winging It In Motown)

**How well has Hakstol done as Flyers head coach? (Broad Street Hockey)

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

**Blue Jackets T25U25: Jones at No. 1 (Jackets Cannon)

**Blue Jackets T25U25: Werenski at No. 2 (Jackets Cannon)

**Sens T25U25: Tkachuk at No. 4 (Silver Seven Sens)

**Sens T25U25: Chlapik at No. 5 (Silver Seven Sens)

**Panthers T25U25: Mamin at No. 8 (Litter Box Cats)

**Panthers T25U25: McCoshen at No. 9 (Litter Box Cats)

HOCKEY WORLD

**NWHL free agency: August update (The Ice Garden)