When Calvert signed a three-year contract with the Columbus Blue Jackets in the summer of 2015, the forward was described by Columbus general manager Jarmo Kekalainen as a "heart and soul" player.

It's not hard to see why.

Calvert slowly evolved into a solid two-way player who isn't afraid to stand up for his teammates, even if it means fighting an old teammate such as Rick Nash, which Calvert did in a game in 2014.

Calvert has a special place in Blue Jackets history as well.

On April 19, 2014, he helped Columbus to the first Stanley Cup Playoff victory in its history when he scored a shorthanded goal in the second period, then scored in the second overtime for a 4-3 win against the Pittsburgh Penguins.

A native of Brandon, Manitoba, Calvert was a fifth-round pick (No. 127) of the Blue Jackets in the 2008 NHL Draft.

His selection came in the wake of the first of three seasons Calvert spent with Brandon of the Western Hockey League, where he helped guide the team to the WHL playoffs three times.

It was during the 2010 WHL Eastern Conference Finals against Calgary that Calvert had one his most notable games, scoring three shorthanded goals in one period.

Brandon's leading goal-scorer (47) during that 2009-10 season, Calvert began the following season with Springfield of the American Hockey League and made his NHL debut two weeks after his 21st birthday, on Jan. 7, 2011, against the Anaheim Ducks.

Calvert scored his first NHL goal the very next day during a 6-4 Blue Jackets loss to the Los Angeles Kings, and he finished the season with 11 goals, nine assists and a plus-3 rating.

After playing 416 games in eight seasons for Columbus, Calvert signed a three-year contract with the Colorado Avalanche on July 1, 2018. In 2018-19, his first season with the Avalanche, he played all 82 games for the first time, finishing with 26 points (11 goals, 15 assists).