Slightly surprised that Eakin wasn't offered a deal, but this is a fairly deep team and he was a longshot. I think he did enough to find a contract somewhere. I thought Sutter was going to use him as a Stephane Yelle-lite - throw him out for important defensive draws, then rush him off the ice.
Milano was really unnoticeable, unless you were trying to look for him specifically. He just didn't do much with or without the puck from what I saw.
Stone is probably going to start in Calgary until Kylington returns. There is going to be a decent player or two exposed either from defence or from forwards. I really doubt they are going to expose Zohorna after just claiming him, and even more doubtful Ruzicka will get exposed. Meloche has been good I thought, basically right there with Mackey.
Valimaki I think gets exposed, and unless someone really liked him in his draft year, probably passes waivers. Will be interesting to see who else the Flames try to sneak through. It really is a fairly good competition right now.
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