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PHT Morning Skate: How is the Vegas team preparing for the expansion draft?

Las Vegas NHL Team Owner Bill Foley Announces General Manager

LAS VEGAS, NV - JULY 13: George McPhee (L) and majority owner of the Las Vegas NHL franchise Bill Foley take questions from members of the media after Foley announced McPhee as the team’s general manager during a news conference at T-Mobile Arena on July 13, 2016 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images)

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PHT’s Morning Skate takes a look around the world of hockey to see what’s happening and what we’ll be talking about around the NHL world and beyond.

--How is the Vegas team preparing for this summer’s expansion draft? (Sports Illustrated)

--Longtime Chicago writer Bob Verdi won the 2016 Elmer Ferguson Award. Verdi explained how a former player stole his typewriter on his first road trip. (NHL)

--An interesting Q & A with Blue Jackets coach John Tortorella that ended rather abruptly. (Sportsnet)

--Bob McKenzie looks back at Connor McDavid’s “exceptional” journey in hockey. (TSN)

--Kris Letang is voting for Phil Kessel...are you?

--Justin Abdelkader and Dylan Larkin take on Riley Sheahan and Luke Glendening in a game of NHL17: