After one preseason game with the Chicago Blackhawks, three veterans who were more or less brought in to fill space, barring amazing training camp performances, are gone from the team.
Forwards Drew Miller and John Mitchell as well as defenseman Mark Stuart are all gone from their professional tryout contracts less than 48 hours after the Blackhawks defeated the Blue Jackets 5-2 in their preseason opener.
All three guys were going to be super hard-pressed to make the opening night roster. Especially with Miller and Mitchell, there just wasn’t going to be a lot of room for veteran players on a team trying to go younger, unless those veteran players performed very well in camp.