Carlos has a solid base in strength, balance, speed and most other physical attributes so he's probably pretty good at most things that require any sort of physical abilities. His checking is probably the skill that's helped him most in life though. Indeed he often uses it to get out of stressful or generally undesirable situations. For instance, having to catch a bus and having no time to wait in line Carlos once had to run straight into a man waiting in line at the post office. The hit was so amazingly good that no one around really seemed to mind that a young man had basically bodyslammed an old man in the middle of a post office. They let Carlos go first, congratulating him the whole time on his amazing checking skills. He didn't miss the bus either, so clearly it was a great off-ice use of a hockey skill.