Second City Hockey · Jul 3, 2019
Exploring new Blackhawks forward Ryan Carpenter’s penalty kill numbers
Photo by David Becker/NHLI via Getty ImagesIn the 2018-19 season, Chicago killed just 72.73 percent of its penalties, worst in the NHL and the lowest mark by any NHL team in 30 years.
Naturally, general manager Stan Bowman made fixing that penalty kill a priority this offseason and believed he alleviated some of those problems by signing former Golden Knights forward Ryan Carpenter on Monday.
Bowman said as much when he met with the media after the Carpenter deal became official:
Bowman said the Hawks reached out to Ryan Carpenter early in the process and he can help in several ways.
"He fills a couple different elements with penalty killing, faceoffs, good two-way player."