Blue Jackets Add Gabriel Carlsson on Emergency Recall
Dec 19, 2019The AHL’s Cleveland Monsters, top affiliate of the NHL’s Columbus Blue Jackets, announced Thursday that the Blue Jackets added defenseman Gabriel Carlsson to the team’s roster on an emergency basis. A 6’5”, 192 lb. left-shooting native of Orebro, Sweden, Carlsson, 22 was originally selected by Columbus in the first round (29th overall) of the 2015 NHL Entry Draft and posted 1-8-9 with ten penalty minutes and a +6 rating in 28 appearances for the Monsters this season.
In 17 career NHL appearances for the Blue Jackets spanning parts of three seasons from 2016-19, Carlsson supplied 0-3-3 with six penalty minutes and a -3 rating and posted a +1 rating in five postseason appearances for Columbus in 2017. In 131 career AHL appearances for Cleveland spanning parts of four seasons from 2016-19, Carlsson contributed 5-22-27 with 40 penalty minutes and a +6 rating. In 92 career SHL appearances for Linköping HC spanning parts of three seasons from 2014-17, Carlsson tallied 3-12-15 with eight penalty minutes and a +15 rating. Additionally, Carlsson represented Sweden in the 2016 and 2017 IIHF U20 World Junior Championships.