Blue Jackets Assign Gabriel Carlsson to Cleveland, Add Calvin Thurkauf on Emergency Recall
Feb 21, 2020The AHL’s Cleveland Monsters, top affiliate of the NHL’s Columbus Blue Jackets, announced Friday that the Blue Jackets assigned defenseman Gabriel Carlsson to Cleveland and added forward Calvin Thurkauf to their roster on emergency recall from the Monsters.
A 6’5”, 192 lb. left-shooting native of Örebro, Sweden, Carlsson, 23, was originally selected by Columbus in the first round (29th overall) of the 2015 NHL Entry Draft and signed a three-year, two-way entry level contract with the Blue Jackets on April 19, 2016. Carlsson posted two penalty minutes and a -1 rating in six appearances for Columbus this season and added 2-10-12 with 14 penalty minutes and a +13 rating in 40 appearances for the Monsters.
In 23 career NHL appearances for the Blue Jackets spanning parts of four seasons from 2016-20, Carlsson supplied 0-3-3 with eight penalty minutes and a -4 rating and posted a +1 rating in five postseason appearances for Columbus in 2017. In 143 career AHL appearances for Cleveland spanning parts of four seasons from 2016-20, Carlsson contributed 6-24-30 with 44 penalty minutes and a +13 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.
A 6’2”, 212 lb. left-shooting native of Zug, Switzerland, Thurkauf, 22, was originally selected by Columbus in the seventh round (185th overall) of the 2016 NHL Entry Draft and signed a three-year, two-way entry-level contract with the Blue Jackets on December 30, 2016. In 47 appearances for the Monsters this season, Thurkauf posted 9-16-25 with 37 penalty minutes and a +6 rating. In 148 career AHL appearances for Cleveland spanning three seasons from 2017-20, Thurkauf contributed 22-29-51 with 101 penalty minutes and a -10 rating.
Prior to his professional career, Thurkauf tallied 51-64-115 with 141 penalty minutes and a +53 rating in 121 WHL appearances for the Kelowna Rockets spanning two seasons from 2015-17. Additionally, Thurkauf represented Switzerland in the 2016 and 2017 IIHF U20 World Junior Championships.