Remember that idiot that we all laughed at in the Stanley Cup Finals last year? Yeah, now he's on our team. At first I was very upset about this trade, and then I tried to look at the positives of signing him.
Stan Bowman did say before the start of free agency that he would be trying to make the 4th line grittier and more aggressive. Maybe he had his eye on Carcillo the whole time and nobody else knew about it. Carcillo is a gritty and aggressive 4th liner, but he is basically the same thing that Ben Eager was for the Hawks. He will do some good things and will be a reason for teams to be a little scared of the Blackhawks, but will do stupid things and commit stupid penalties.
I have a feeling that the Blackhawks PIM will sky-rocket this year thanks to a lot of dumb penalties from Carcillo. The Blackhawks already have a shaky penalty kill and that penalty kill shouldn't be out on the ice more than it already is.
I don't think Carcillo is all bad, but the bad certainly outweighs the good. He might score a few goals and add some toughness to our 4th line. That's what we wanted, but the penalty minutes and just flat out stupid play overshadows whatever good he may do in Chicago this year.
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