San Jose added to their defensive depth on Tuesday as they signed Lucas Carlsson to a two-year, two-way deal. The 26-year-old will likely begin the season with the Barracuda (AHL) after appearing in two NHL games for Florida in 2023-24. In 60 career NHL games, he has three goals, 11 points and 14 PIMs across four separate seasons.
Carlsson failed to pick up a point but was -1 plus/minus and had two SOG and two PIMs in two games with Florida in 2022-23 and has signed a one-year, two-way contract extension worth $775,000. The 26-year-old defensemen enters his fifth NHL season and has three goals and 11 points across 60 NHL games with both both Florida and Chicago since 2019-20 when he made his debut.
Carlsson will head to the press box vs. San Jose after playing in only his second game of the season his last time out. So far in both games, he has zero points, two SOG and a -1 rating while averaging 10:06 ATOI.
Carlsson played 10:36 TOI and was a minus-1 in the Panthers win over the Flyers on Wednesday. Carlsson will sit with Brandon Montour returning from an upper-body injury.
Carlsson has been a healthy scratch for the last four games, but he will replace Robert Hagg in the lineup on Thursday. Carlsson has three goals and six assists (nine points) in 36 games this season.
Carlsson will be replaced by Robert Hagg on the Panthers' third pair. Carlsson played 11:18 TOI in Nashville on Saturday.
Carlsson was a healthy scratch vs. the Blue Jackets but will replace Olli Juolevi in the lineup on Saturday. Carlsson has two goals and six assists (eight points) while averaging 12:20 TOI/gm in 29 games this season.
Carlsson played 10:43 TOI in Carolina on Saturday but will come out of the lineup on Tuesday. Olli Juolevi will draw back into the lineup to replace Carlsson.
Carlsson was a healthy scratch in Dallas on Thursday but will replace Olli Juolevi in the lineup on Saturday. Carlsson has registered two goals and five assists (seven points) in 17 games this season.
Carlsson has been a healthy scratch for the last two games but will replace Kevin Connauton in the lineup on Wednesday. Carlsson has just one assist in three games this season.
Carlsson was a fourth-round pick of the Blackhawks and was traded to the Panthers as part of the deal that sent Henrik Borgstrom and Brett Connolly to Chicago. Carlssson had one assist in 12 games with the Blackhawks last year, as well as 12 points (3G / 9A) in 18 games between his two AHL homes. The Panthers don't have the strongest blueline at the moment, so he could factor into their top-6 at some point in 2021-22.
Carlsson has been in the lineup in the last two games but will be replaced by Nicolas Beaudin on Thursday. Carlsson has just one assist in 12 games this season.
Carlsson was hurt last Friday in Carolina and will miss at least 10 days with a strained groin. Luckily for the Blackhawks, it looks like they'll get Connor Murphy back on the blueline for Tuesday's game in Columbus.
