Whakaoti i te rerenga e whai ake nei: I te Pipiri 23, 2010, i hokona a Eager ki te Atlanta Thrashers, i te taha o Dustin Byfuglien, Brent Sopel, me Akim Aliu, hei utu mo te 24th me te 54th katoa i te 2010 NHL Entry Draft, i hokona i mua mai i New Jersey, Marty Reasoner, Joey Crabb me Jeremy Morin. I te wa o te tau 2010-11, i tukuna e Eager tetahi whiu hopu ki a Colby Armstrong o Toronto Maple Leafs. I whakawhiwhia a Eager ki te rima meneti nui, he whiu tukinga mo te hiahia ki te whara ka peia mai i te keemu. I whakakorehia e te NHL mo nga keemu e wha na te mea i tupu. I waenganui o te tau, i whakawhitihia ia ki te San Jose Sharks mo te whiringa tuarima-a-roto i te
Ko te tau 2011.