Will the Newcomers Help the Kill?

While the Hawks staff and coaches want to trumpet the "unpleasant factor" that their new signings bring to the table, they'd be better off focusing on actual, tangible hockey facets. Adding toughness and physicality can not to be discounted, but there are other things that the Hawks weren't good at last year that they must improve upon in this upcoming season. First and foremost on that list is the penalty kill.During the Cup year, the Hawks had the fourth-best penalty kill in the league, and when you factor in shorthanded goals they had the best. Last year, they dropped to 25th in the league. The departures of the Cap-acolypse bus certainly had something to do with that. Andrew Ladd, Kris Versteeg, Brent Sopel, and John Madden were valuable parts to the kill. The Hawks were also not helped by the giant leaps backward that Duncan Keith and Niklas Hjalmarsson took. They were on the ice for three more goals each per 60 minutes.So what about the new guys?Steve Montad...