Eager akatengeswa kuAtlanta Thrashers, pamwe chete naDustin Byfuglien, Brent Sopel, naAkim Aliu, mukutsinhana ne24th uye 54th yose inosarudza mu 2010 NHL Entry Draft, vose vakambotenga kubva kuNew Jersey, Marty Reasoner, Joey Crabb naJeremy Morin. Munguva ye2010-11 mwaka, Eager akaendesa sucker punch kuToronto Maple Leafs 'Colby Armstrong. Eager akagamuchira chirango chemaminiti mashanu, chirango chemutambo nokuda kwedonzo rokukuvadza uye akadzingwa mumutambo wacho. NHL yakamumisazve kwemitambo mina nekuda kwechiitiko ichi. Pakati pemwaka, akatengeswa kuSan Jose Sharks nokuda kwekutora kwechishanu-kutenderera muna 2011
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