Morning Bag Skate: 9-1-18

BLACKHAWKS

**What should the Hawks do with their cap space? (The Athletic)

**4 Hawks make Sportsnet’s top 100 NHL players list (SCH)

**Former Hawk of the Week: Tuomo Ruutu (SCH)

CENTRAL DIVISION

**How Avs’ MacKinnon became the NHL’s most gifted athlete (Sportsnet)

**Blues need to win Stanley Cup for legend Bob Plager (St. Louis GameTime)

**Blues’ Fabbri eager to prove himself after consecutive knee injuries (Sportsnet)

**Wild T25U25: Gustav Bouramman at No. 21 (Hockey Wilderness)

NHL

**The mental challenge of transitioning from celebrating a Stanley Cup to defending it (NBC Sports Washington)

**Bergeron not going to China, hoping to play in Bruins’ season opener (theScore)

**NHL team tiers: A player,…