Morning Bag Skate: Blackhawks sign Anton Forsberg, Tomas Jurco
Our daily look at Blackhawks news and the happenings around the hockey world.
The Chicago Blackhawks believe Anton Forsberg will be their next goaltender. On Monday, the Hawks signed him to a two-year contract and re-signed forward Tomas Jurco to a one-year deal.
HAWKS
**Chicago interested in free agent d-man Karl Alzner, per report (SCH)
**Hawks sign Forsberg to 2-year deal, re-sign Jurco for 1 year (SCH)
**Hawks’ 2017 prospect camp set for July 17-21 (SCH)
**Hawks tender qualifying offers to Pokka, 3 others (SCH)
**Hawks looking to bring back Patrick Sharp, per report (SCH)
**Every Hawks trade, signing during 2017 offseason in one place (SCH)
CENTRAL DIVISION
**Stars acquire defenseman Methot from Vegas for pick, goalie prospect (Defending Big D)
**Stars sign Lindell to 2-year, $4.4M deal (Defending Big D)
**Dallas qualify RFAs Faksa, Nemeth, 4 others (Defending Big D)
**Stars place Niemi on waivers for eventual buyout (Defending Big D)
**St. Louis media coverage echoes in the void (St. Louis GameTime)
**Yakupov doesn't receive qualifying offer from Blues (St. Louis GameTime)
**Wild extend d-man Olofsson to 2 years, $1.45 million (Star Tribune)
**5 Preds prospects to watch at development camp (The Tennessean)
NHL
**Kassian gets 3-year, $5.95 million deal from Oilers (Copper N Blue)
**Report: Capitals keep Connolly for 2 years, $3 million (PHT)
**Senators extend Pyatt for 2 years, $2.2 million (Silver Seven)
**Sabres sign Fedun to 2-year extension (Die By The Blade)
**Bolts re-sign Sustr for 1-year, $1.95 million (Raw Charge)
**Hurricanes re-sign Masterton Trophy finalist Ryan to 1-year deal (Canes Country)
HOCKEY WORLD
**Selanne headlines Hockey Hall of Fame class of 2017 (SBN)