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Originally Posted by Buff
Is Kerins a shutdown center in Backlund's mold? Obviously the team doesn't see him as that. Is Hunt? Well, more so than Kerins but definitely not to the degree that Backlund is. What was the best option out there?
Hunt is replacing Backlund's spot, or at least replacing someone's spot who jumps into Backlund's spot.
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for me the big difference is foot speed. Kerins just doesn't have NHL pace, yet ( hopefully)
Hunt is a speedster, more than that he brings 231 games of NHL experience.