The off season was full of major moves that focused on rebuilding the Chicago Blackhawks defense with the acquisition of Calvin de Haan and Olli Maatta but when you are rebuilding the defense it doesn’t only focus on your defenseman but on your team defense as a whole. Last season you had the likes of Marcus Kruger, Brendan Perlini, Chris Kunitz, Artem Anisimov and John Hayden marking rounding out the bottom of the line up and looking at that group it isn’t difficult to see why the team defense on a whole struggled. Enter the completely reworked fourth line.
Ryan Carpenter: The Stabilzing Force of the Blackhawks Fourth Line
