Blackhawks Toughen Up

‘‘We were one-dimensional last year, with just me and [Jake] Dowell as fighters,’’ enforcer John Scott said. ‘‘We weren’t hard to play against. We didn’t make teams pay for coming into our zone. It was an issue.’’

One that was addressed — and then some.

Enter Daniel Carcillo, Sami Lepisto, Jamal Mayers, Steve Montador and Sean O’Donnell, who combined for double the penalty minutes and more than twice as many fights as the eight players who played in at least 30 games that the Hawks parted ways with during the offseason. And they did it in a combined 152 fewer games.