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Old 12-30-2013, 05:37 PM   #81
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Originally Posted by Resolute 14 View Post
Well, MacDermid is five years younger and has more NHL games at 24 than Westgarth did (21 to 0). In my limited view - I've seen both a little but not a lot - Westgarth is the better facepuncher, but MacDermid is more likely to chip in the very odd goal. Both add grit, if that's all Burke wants.
MacDermid is also a fairly decent skater. Westgarth is, ironically, at Nemisz level I think.

On a sidenote - Cane's GM was one of the vocal 'anti-fighting' GMs - might explain why Westgarth didn't get many games in, and doesn't have a fighting major this year. This was from HF boards.
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