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Penguins acquire minor-league forward Graham Knott from Blackhawks

The Penguins and Blackhawks exchanged minor-league forwards today, with the Penguins getting Graham Knott from Chicago for Joseph Cramarossa.

Knott, the Blackhawks' second-round draft choice in 2015, will report to the Penguins' American Hockey League affiliate in Wilkes-Barre.

He is on the final year of his entry-level contract, which carries a $935,833 salary-cap hit when he is in the NHL.

Knott, 22, is 6 foot 3, 199 pounds. He had five goals and four assists in 13 games with the Indy Fuel of the ECHL in 2019-20. During the previous two seasons, he had eight goals and 14 assists in 126 games with the Blackhawks' AHL club in Rockford, Ill.