COLUMBUS, OHIO --- The Columbus Blue Jackets have assigned defenseman Gabriel Carlsson, the club's second first round pick in the 2015 NHL Draft, to the American Hockey League's Cleveland Monsters, General Manager Jarmo Kekalainen announced today. He is expected to join the Monsters in Chicago prior to their game Saturday night against the Wolves.

Carlsson, 20, recently completed his second full season with Linköping HC in the Swedish Hockey League where he collected two goals and two assists for four points with six penalty minutes and a +8 plus/minus rating in 40 games. In 2015-16, he tallied 1-8-9, eight penalty minutes and was +4 in 45 games as the club's youngest full-time player. The 6-4, 191-pound blueliner, who was selected by Columbus in the first round, 29th overall, at the 2015 NHL Draft held at BB&T Center in Sunrise, Florida, has registered 3-12-15, 10 penalty minutes and a +15 plus/minus rating in 92 career SHL games.