Morning Bag Skate: 8-12-19

There was nothing new on the Blackhawks front Sunday.

Elsewhere in Chicago sports, the Sky blew a 16-point lead in a 84-81 road loss to the Sparks. Kris Bryant capped a four-run seventh with a three-run homer for the Cubs to rally past the Reds 6-3. Lucas Giolito struck out a career-high 13 batters, but the White Sox offense was shut out 2-0 by the A’s.

On Monday, the White Sox start a three-game series against the Astros.

(Photo: Rob Klinkhammer)

BLACKHAWKS

T25U25: Chad Krys at No. 21 (SCH)

T25U25: Carl Dahlstrom at No. 22 (SCH)

Ryan Carpenter has made a hockey career the hard way (Chicago Sun-Times)

The Friday Show, Ep. 3: Scott Powers (SCH)

T25U25: The 2019-20 preseason rankings (SCH)

CENTRAL DIVISION

How to win a championship in Winnipeg — according to last Jets who did it (The Athletic)

Why does it feel like a coming of age summer for Cale Makar? Because, it is (The Athletic)

Dallas had the NHL’s best goalie tandem in 2018-19. How strong is the organization’s pipeline? (The Athletic)

NHL

Sabres’ Rasmus Ristolainen implies he’s asked for trade (Buffalo News)

HOCKEY WORLD

ECHL commissioner Ryan Crelin discusses potential expansion to Trois-Rivieres (Habs Eyes On The Prize)

2020 NHL draft prospect rankings: Preseason top 62 players (Sporting News)

Women’s T25U25: Russian Anna Shokhina leads Nos. 18-20 pack (The Ice Garden)