On Wednesday evening the Blackhawks announced they have acquired forward Joseph Cramarossa from Pittsburgh in exchange for forward Graham Knott.
Cramarossa, 27, was originally a third round pick (#65 overall) by Anaheim in the 2011 NHL Draft. He has two goals and one assist in nine games in the AHL this season.
He is listed at 6-0 and 195 pounds and shoots lefthanded.
Cramarossa’s two-way contract (AAV of $700,000) runs through the 2019-20 season. He will report to Rockford.
Knott, 22, was a second round pick (#54 overall) by Chicago in the 2015 NHL Draft. He was skating with Indy in the ECHL this season.
Veteran in Rockford replaces Versteeg. Nothing more, nothing less, for Graham
(Not A) Prospect.
Order the cup rings now
Knott, Beach, Runsveldt, McNeill. Power forwards/big centers not easy to draft. Hoping we finally got a stud in KD (wow, KD has a bit of a ring – could be a nickname in that).
Already used in the NBA. Besides soccer players biggest flop artist out there. Maybe the old NBA. How about Dachtor K!
Maybe Doc Hawk.
@Jr – nice one!
Here’s hoping Entwistle pans out. His early stats are OK but not sure of his role in Rockford?
Other than hopefully Dach, a 3rd pick, the line of bigger players (Knott, Hayden, Bondra, Starrett) not panning out is long. Hayes didn’t sign.
With the lack of creativity in NHL rooms on nicknames… You know it’s going to be lame and stupid where they just and an er… Dockers.
From You Tube footage it looks at least like Cramarossa can fight well. There is old footage of him beating up Tom Wilson back in Juniors.
Lot of good footage on Hockeyfights.com Seems to be able to handle the rough stuff.