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Wahlberg is a powerful centreman who dominates in transition, plays a refined defensive game, and has shown impressive offensive creativity and goalscoring ability.


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May 2025 – Wahlberg spent his first full North American season in the AHL, scoring 11 goals and 30 points in 63 games. He uses his large frame and speed to play a hard-nosed, physical, forechecking style. Despite a quick start, he experienced numerous stretches with zero points and was shut out during his six 2025 Calder Cup playoff games with Rochester. He represented Team Sweden at the World Juniors, scoring four goals and eight points in seven games. Kevin Wong

July 2024- Wahlberg signed an entry-level contract with the Sabres in March 2024 and is set to join the Rochester Americans on a full-time basis in September. He played 43 games in the SHL this past season with Malmo, scoring five goals and ten points. He also competed at the 2024 IIHF World Junior Championship, contributing to his team’s silver medal result. He averaged over 18 minutes per game in his most important performances and received 20:04 of ice time in the gold medal match. Upon joining the Americans in the spring, he scored one goal and four points in nine regular season games as well as one assist in five postseason matches. –Kevin Wong

June 2023 – Wahlberg was selected 39th overall by Buffalo. Pat Quinn

March 2023 – Anton Wahlberg is a late riser in the 2023 draft class. His SHL performances in the back half of the season have been very impressive and I’d wager they will get him drafted in the first round despite being on very few draft lists as recently as January. Wahlberg tilts the ice in his team’s favour in just about every facet of the game apart from playmaking. He’s a sound defensive player who has flashed impressive tenacity and intensity on the fore and backcheck at times this season. He’s a strong skater, especially for his size, and is a very good puck carrier through the neutral zone. In the offensive zone, he remains in constant motion, trying to create and exploit soft ice. He’s a good net-front player and his shot is a scoring threat from medium range. As a whole, Wahlberg has a very enticing set of tools which give him second-line upside, and his foundation of habits and intelligence provide him a good fallback game, so even if his skill doesn’t lift him into a top-six, he would still project as a valuable player to have in a bottom six. Sebastian High

April 2023 – Wahlberg will be an interesting player to follow at the draft, as it was a tale of two seasons for him. In the J20, he was often inefficient and between flashes of brilliance and end-to-end rushes, he was regularly disengaged. In the SHL, however, it all came together. He blended his strong physical game with his plus-level skating and speed to bulldoze through the neutral zone against pro competition and generally tilt the ice in his team’s favour. His defensive game is decent if not amazing, and his goalscoring game is far more refined than his playmaking game is. He is quite raw and will take patience, but the middle-six upside as a rare mold of player will be very enticing on day two of the draft. Sebastian High

Attributes
Fantasy Upside 8.5
NHL Certainty 7.5
Country SWE
Position C
Roster Type Minors
Shoot/Glove Left
Date of Birth July 4, 2005
Height 6‘4”
Weight 198 lbs
Drafted 2023 Round 2; Overall: 39
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Stats – Frozen Tools – Profile on FT

SeasonLeagueTeamGPGAPTSPIM+/-
2024-2025WJC-20Sweden U20744827
2024-2025AHLRochester Americans6311193063
2023-2024WJC-20Sweden U20712322
2023-2024SHLMalmo Redhawks43551042
2023-2024AHLRochester Americans913461
2022-2023WJC-18Sweden U187336164
2022-2023WJAC-19Sweden U18612360
2022-2023SHLMalmo Redhawks1722403
2022-2023J20 NationellMalmo Redhawks J2032141327534
2022-2023J18 RegionMalmo Redhawks J18313400
2021-2022SHLMalmo Redhawks100000
2021-2022J20 NationellMalmo Redhawks J202234712-5
2021-2022J18 RegionMalmo Redhawks J18241216281018
2020-2021U16 RegionMalmo Redhawks U166448100
2019-2020U16 SMMalmo Redhawks U16323540
2019-2020U16 ElitMalmo Redhawks U1620871520
2019-2020U16 Div.1Malmo Redhawks U16 2210140
2019-2020J18 ElitMalmo Redhawks J1810000-1
2018-2019U16 Div.1Limhamn HK U16219716120
2018-2019J18 Div.2Limhamn HK J181000120

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