The Texas Stars and Toronto Marlies will face off in Game 7 of the Calder Cup Final on Thursday in Toronto. The game is set for 6 p.m. on NHL Network.
Former Chicago Blackhawk Ben Smith is the Marlies captain. He has six goals and 14 points during the playoffs. Justin Holl, who the Hawks drafted in the second round in 2010, is also on the Marlies.
BLACKHAWKS
**Report: Hawks goalie prospect Nalimov requests trade (SCH)
**Report: Hawks willing to trade No. 8 pick in ‘right situation’ (SCH)
**DiDomenico signs 2-year deal with SCL Tigers in Switzerland (SCH)
**Everything‘s Not OK by former Hawk Boynton (The Players’ Tribune)
CENTRAL DIVISION
**Kovalchuk makes sense for Blues (The Athletic)
**Preds open preseason Sept. 17 (The Tennessean)
**Tolvanen, Fabbro to attend Preds prospect camp (The Tennessean)
NHL
**SB Nation’s 2018 NHL mock draft (SBN)
**Capitals will explore trade for goalie Grubauer (The Washington Post)
**Trotz: ‘I do want to be back’ as Caps’ coach (The Washington Post)
**Backstrom played with 2 fractures in finger (The Washington Post)
**Kings trade Andreoff to Lightning for Budaj (Jewels From The Crown)
HOCKEY WORLD
**Former North Dakota women’s hockey players file discrimination suit (The Grand Forks Herald)