Speed, versatility and the experience of winning a Stanley Cup are commodities NHL teams covet, and Stalberg has all three.

The 6-foot-3, 209-pound forward has the quickness to skate past defenders and can play on either wing. He used those skills to help the Chicago Blackhawks win the Stanley Cup in 2013.

Even while being used mostly on checking lines, Stalberg has displayed a scoring touch, particularly during the 2011-12 season when he scored 22 goals for the Blackhawks.

Stalberg turned the Stanley Cup success in 2013 into a four-year contract with the Nashville Predators. Two years later, the Predators bought out the contract and Stalberg spent one season with the New York Rangers before signing with the Carolina Hurricanes on July 1, 2016.

A native of Gothenburg, Sweden, Stalberg was drafted in the sixth round (No. 161) of the 2006 NHL Draft by the Toronto Maple Leafs, and spent the next three seasons playing for the University of Vermont, where he earned Hockey-East All-Academic Team honors as both a freshman and sophomore.

Stalberg scored 41 goals with 43 assists in 117 games at Vermont, including 24 goals, tied for fifth most in the country, and 22 assists as a junior when he was a finalist for the Hobey Baker Award, was named a Division I First-Team All-American and helped lead Vermont to the NCAA Frozen Four.