Motte, 22, has recorded 3-1-4 in 20 games with Columbus this season and has 7-4-11 and 14 penalty minutes in 53 career NHL games with the Blue Jackets and Chicago Blackhawks. The St. Clair, Michigan native also has picked up 5-2-7 and four penalty minutes in eight games with Cleveland in 2017-18 and has registered 17-11-28 and 26 penalty minutes in 56 career AHL games with the Monsters and Rockford IceHogs.
Kukan, 24, leads all Cleveland defensemen in scoring this season with 1-11-12 and 18 penalty minutes in 27 games. He has registered 8-46-54 and 69 penalty minutes in 132 career AHL games with the Monsters since 2015-16 when he helped the club capture the Calder Cup championship. A native of Volketswil, Switzerland, he was signed by the Blue Jackets as a free agent in June 2015. He has a +9 plus/minus rating in eight career NHL games, all of which came during the 2015-16 season.
Schroeder, 27, has collected two penalty minutes in nine games with the Blue Jackets and has added 3-5-8 with six penalty minutes in 15 games with the Monsters this season. He has posted 17-23-40 with 12 penalty minutes and a +8 plus/minus rating in 153 career NHL games with the Blue Jackets, Minnesota Wild and Vancouver Canucks. The Prior Lake, Minnesota native has added 80-123-203 and 84 penalty minutes in 307 career AHL games with Cleveland, Iowa, Utica, Chicago and Manitoba.
Milano, 21, has recorded 5-5-10 with four penalty minutes in 28 games with the Blue Jackets and added 0-3-3 and four penalty minutes in six contests with the Monsters this season. The Massapequa, New York native has notched 5-6-11 and four penalty minutes in 35 career NHL games has 32-54-86 with 50 penalty minutes in 133 career AHL games with the Monsters and Springfield Falcons. He was the club's first round pick, 16th overall, in the 2014 NHL Draft.