With only one more pre-season game remaining for most teams and the regular season beginning on Tuesday, teams have begun to make the majority of cuts to their rosters.

Friday morning, the Edmonton Oilers released Seth Griffith from his professional tryout and assigned 14 more to Bakersfield or junior. Josh Brown, Riley Stillman, and Eduards Tralmaks were all placed on waivers with the purpose of reassignment.

With only a couple more roster spots available, here are some players to pay attention to against the Flames.

Shakir Mukhamadullin

As we head into the final tuneup game, Mukhamadullin appears to have the inside track on the final defensive spot for opening night over Ty Emberson and Spencer Stastney. While Emberson and Stastney will likely remain with the big club after camp, it seems Mike Babcock likes what he sees in the massive defender, delivering a complimentary, Babcockesque quote when describing him the other day: “It’s simple. It’s a tree versus a shrub, right? You try to get around a tree versus a shrub. Shrub, you step over. And a tree, you........

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