The NHL will announce its schedule for next season at 4 p.m. Thursday on NHL Network and streamed on NHL.com.
BLACKHAWKS
**Hawks emergency backup goaltender Scott Foster saves the show at NHL Awards (SCH)
**Bettman: Salary cap will be $79.5-80 million for next season (SCH)
**Hawks to host Maple Leafs for 2018-19 home opener (SCH)
**NHL draft preview: Top 10 forwards (SCH)
**2018 NHL draft: Hawks picks, news, rumors, updates (SCH)
CENTRAL DIVISION
**Visitor’s guide to Dallas for the NHL draft (Defending Big D)
**Preds’ Watson charged with domestic assault (The Tennessean)
**Watson participated in domestic-violence awareness effort prior to arrest (The Tennessean)
**How Preds, NHL have handled domestic violence allegations (The Tennessean)
**Preds’ Subban named EA Sports’ “NHL 19” cover athlete (The Tennessean)
**Preds’ Rinne wins Vezina Trophy (On The Forecheck)
**Allen likely to return to Blues, but Hutton might leave (St. Louis Post-Dispatch)
NHL
**SB Nation’s 2018 NHL mock draft (SBN)
**Key offseason dates to know (SCH)
**Coyotes GM Chayka calls Kessel rumors ‘terrible reporting’ (Arizona Sports)
**Leafs sign Pickard, Carrick to 1-year extensions (Pension Plan Puppets)
**Red Wings won’t extend qualifying offer to Frk (Detroit Free Press)
**Lightning have contacted Canucks about Tanev, per report (Raw Charge)
NHL AWARDS
**Humboldt Broncos players reunited, honored (SBN)
**Luongo, Panthers honor Parkland community (Sportsnet)
**Devils’ Hall wins Hart Trophy as MVP (All About The Jersey)
**Golden Knights complete sweep (Las Vegas Review-Journal)
**Lightning’s Hedman wins first Norris Trophy (Raw Charge)
**Kings’ Kopitar wins 2nd career Selke Trophy (Jewels From The Crown)
**Islanders’ Barzal claims Calder Trophy (Lighthouse Hockey)
**Oilers’ McDavid wins second straight Ted Lindsay Award (Copper N Blue)
HOCKEY WORLD
**Whitecaps add 2 Olympians in Brandt, Stecklein (The Ice Garden)