BLACKHAWKS
**Hawks T25U25: Nick Schmaltz at No. 1 (SCH)
**Hawks T25U25: Complete rankings (SCH)
**What should the Hawks do with their cap space? (The Athletic)
**4 Hawks make Sportsnet’s top 100 NHL players list (SCH)
**Former Hawk of the Week: Tuomo Ruutu (SCH)
CENTRAL DIVISION
**How Avs’ MacKinnon became the NHL’s most gifted athlete (Sportsnet)
**Blues need to win Stanley Cup for legend Bob Plager (St. Louis GameTime)
**Blues’ Fabbri eager to prove himself after consecutive knee injuries (Sportsnet)
**Wild T25U25: Gustav Bouramman at No. 21 (Hockey Wilderness)
NHL
**The mental challenge of transitioning from celebrating a Stanley Cup to defending it (NBC Sports Washington)
**Bergeron not going to China, hoping to play in Bruins’ season opener (theScore)
**NHL team tiers: A player, coach, executive and scout project the 31 teams (The Athletic)
**Subban ready to show Maple Leafs he’s better: ‘You expect to win’ (Sportsnet)
**5 preseason predictions for the Penguins (Pensburgh)
**Season preview: Canucks (The Athletic)
**Coyotes T25U25: Keller at No. 1 (Five For Howling)
**Maple Leafs T25U25: Matthews at No. 1 (Pension Plan Puppets)
**Canadiens T25U25: Drouin at No. 1 (Habs Eyes On The Prize)
**Islanders T25U25: Pulock at No. 2 (Lighthouse Hockey)
**Blue Jackets T25U25: Dubois at No. 3 (Jackets Cannon)
HOCKEY WORLD
**Women’s hockey T25U25: No. 1 Alex Carpenter (The Ice Garden)
**CHL notebook: OHL adds new trade rules, wild card playoff games (Pension Plan Puppets)
**Cherie Piper joins Markham Thunder coaching staff (Pension Plan Puppets)
**Why the Connecticut Whale should pursue Finnish goaltender Meeri Räisänen (The Ice Garden)