The Vancouver Canucks have called up forwards Linus Karlsson and Phil Di Giuseppe from their AHL affiliate, the Abbotsford Canucks. The move is likely related to the upcoming roster freeze.
The Vancouver Canucks ’ roster seems to change on an almost daily basis. This is by design. Throughout the season, the Canucks have shuttled players between their NHL roster and their AHL affiliate, the Abbotsford Canucks, in order to maximize the amount of cap space they can accrue or, on one occasion, to maximize the amount of LTIR cap relief they can use if they need it.
Those salary cap shenanigans should give the Canucks plenty of cap space to acquire additional help for the roster at or before the trade deadline. It’s been some impressive work by assistant general manager Émilie Castonguay, who is primarily responsible for the team’s cap management. Tuesday’s roster moves might have looked like more of the same, but they don’t really relate to the salary cap at all. On Tuesday morning, the Canucks sent defenceman Mark Friedman and goaltender Arturs Silovs to the AHL and called up forwards Linus Karlsson and Phil Di Giuseppe. Both Karlsson and Di Giuseppe likely would have been called up earlier in the season if not for injuries. Karlsson played four regular season and two playoff games for the Canucks last season, earning the call-up with his performance in Abbotsford, where he put up 60 points in 60 games. This season, however, he’s been limited to just 7 games in Abbotsford, though he has scored 5 goals in those 7 games. Di Giuseppe, meanwhile, is a quintessential Tocchet Man, with his solid defensive game and north-south approach. He played 51 regular season and 11 playoff games for the Canucks last season but only just returned to the ice in Abbotsford after an early season injury. He has 0 points in 4 AHL games this season. It’s not surprising to see either player called up to the Canucks but the timing of their call-up likely has a lot more to do with the upcoming roster freeze than their recent performance in Abbotsfor
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