Usually, personnel moves from the NHL to the minor leagues don’t happen between back-to-back games. With the Chicago Blackhawks coming off a win against Buffalo on Thursday and facing Carolina tonight, you had to figure the roster would remain intact.
Not so, however. Coach Joel Quenneville decided he wasn’t thrilled with the NHL debut of forward Spencer Abbott last night, so he was sent to the Rockford IceHogs. And that was paired with a more surprising decision, in sending defenseman Gustav Forsling to the same locale.