As the minutes till the trade deadline ticked away the Calgary Flames were able to acquire Ryan Carpenter from the Chicago Blackhawks in exchange for a 2024 5th-round pick. A move made possible due to the Vancouver Canucks claiming Brad Richardson off waivers earlier in the day.
Let’s take a look like we did with Toffoli and Jarnkrok at what sort of impact we can expect from Ryan Carpenter.
Offensive impact
I’m not going to sugarcoat that Carpenter ($1 million cap hit) projects as a fourth line guy, but he does have the versatility to play up on the third line as well.