The Chicago Blackhawks will find out their 2017-18 schedule next week. The NHL is expected to announce home openers at 11 a.m. CT Wednesday, June 21 and the full schedule at 2 p.m. Thursday, June 22.
HAWKS
**Hawks hire Brookbank as Rockford assistant (SCH)
**NHL draft story: The time Burish hung up on Hawks (The Athletic)
**Hawks hopeful to sign Sikura after next season (The Athletic)
**Goodbye, Chicago by Scott Darling (The Players’ Tribune)
**Hawks towards the top of 2018 Stanley Cup favorites (SCH)
**Seabrook has ‘zero chance’ of being traded, per report (SCH)
**A complete list of every Hawks pick (SCH)
**Ranking every Hawks 1st-round pick of the past 20 years (SCH)
**Rumors: Hawks will try to move up in 1st round (SCH)
**Every Hawks trade, signing during 2017 offseason in one place (SCH)
CENTRAL DIVISION
**Wild trade Graovac to Caps for draft pick (Hockey Wilderness)
**Wild GM talking possible trades with Vegas but nothing complete (Star Tribune)
**Wild’s Niederreiter ignoring trade rumors, hoping for long-term deal (Star Tribune)
**Predators disclose injuries suffered during playoffs (The Tennessean)
**Preds GM Poile stresses improvement in NHL’s review process (The Tennessean)
**A year later, Subban still impactful for Preds (The Tennessean)
NHL
**NHL salary cap could go as high as $77.5 million next season, per report (SCH)
**SB Nation’s 2017 NHL mock draft (SBN)
**NHL expansion draft 2017: Schedule, rules, and more (SCH)
**Welcome to Knights On Ice, SB Nation’s Vegas site (Knights On Ice)
**Hockey is coming to Vegas, and it’s going to work (Knights On Ice)
**Vegas announces preseason schedule, training camp dates (Knights On Ice)
**Rangers to buy out Girardi (Blueshirt Banter)
**Rangers extend Puempel — 1 year, $750K (PHT)
**Holland: Red Wings not prepared to trade with Vegas to protect players (Sportsnet)
**Mason’s agent suggests return to Flyers is unlikely (Broad Street Hockey)
**Senators’ Karlsson to miss 4 months after foot surgery (Silver Seven)
**Senators part ways with Neil (Silver Seven)
**Senators will not extend qualifying offer to O’Connor (Silver Seven)
**Bruins re-sign Cross — 1 year, 2-way contract (Stanley Cup of Chowder)
**Petersen’s rep mum on goalie’s plans for Sabres, NHL (The Buffalo News)
**Panthers promote McCabe to director of player personnel (PHT)
HOCKEY WORLD
**USA Hockey unveils Bills-themed sweater for world junior outdoor game in Buffalo (Buffalo Rumblings)
**Red Wings’ AHL affiliate wins Calder Cup (Winging It In Motown)
**Report: Moscow Dynamo players on strike over unpaid wages (PHT)
**Devils d-man Stollery signs with KHL’s Dinamo Riga (PHT)
**Beck signs one-year deal with KHL’s Avtomobilist (PHT)