The Chicago Blackhawks prospect Andrei Altybarmakyan made his KHL debut with SKA St. Petersburg on Saturday. The 2017 third-round pick by Chicago did not record a point in SKA’s 4-3 win over Torpedo.
HAWKS
**Hawks T25U25: Kneel before Saad at No. 1 (SCH)
**Hawks T25U25: Schmaltz returns at No. 2 (SCH)
**Panarin out to prove himself without Kane by his side (Chicago Tribune)
CENTRAL DIVISION
**Dreger: Duchene “wanted this situation remedied a long time ago” (Mile High Hockey)
**‘Nobody hears from him’ — Ribeiro to retire following relapse, says agent (PHT)
**Wheeler: ‘It’s gotta be this year’; no more excuses for Jets (Winnipeg Free Press)
**Jets T25U25: Mark Scheifele at No. 1 (Arctic Ice Hockey)
**Jets T25U25: Jacob Trouba at No. 2 (Arctic Ice Hockey)
NHL
**NHL PTO tracker 2017: All of the tryout deals in one place (SBN)
**Canucks sign Vanek to one-year, $2M deal (SBN)
**Blue Jackets sign Wennberg to 6-year, $29.4M deal (Jackets Cannon)
**Ward prepared to accept backup role with Hurricanes (The News&Observer)
**Francis: No time for rumours, Flames GM says priority is signing Sam Bennett (Calgary Herald)
**Bergeron says he’ll be ready for Bruins camp following off-season surgery (PHT)
**Maple Leafs’ Marner wants to be relied upon defensively as sophomore NHLer (Toronto Sun)
**Look: Canadian farmers build corn maze of Leafs’ Matthews, Marner (theScore)
**Bruins, Pastrnak’s agent have some work to do on contract (Boston Herald)
**Athanasiou’s agent: ‘Considerable difference’ in Red Wings, KHL offers (MLive)
**Lightning ‘one of preferred clubs’ for free agent Zaripov (Tampa Bay Times)
**Malkin wants to play on a line with free agent Zaripov (PHT)
HOCKEY WORLD
**Hockey ‘warning track’ actually makes game more dangerous: Study (Yahoo!)