Stastny, 37, who was second among all scorers at the Olympics with five goals and four assists in nine games, became a free agent at the end of last season when the New Jersey Devils elected not to offer him a new contract.
The former Quebec Nordique and Czechoslovak National star has 444 goals and 777 assists for 1,221 points in 954 National Hockey League games. He played the first nine-plus seasons of his NHL career with Quebec, scoring more than 100 points seven times with five 40-goal seasons.
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