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Originally Posted by Macho0978
Mercer is a center who plays every game every year and lead the Devils in PK ice time vs Zary who got 1 second all season on the PK.
Backlund's points aren't any better than Zary's, but he is better.
Mercer has upside up and down the lineup and can end up in many different roles and excel.
Zary gets way more PP time and when Zary has guys like Hughes/Hischier/Bratt/Meier on his team, he probably gets less PP time, and he doesn't PK. Maybe someday he will but Mercer does now and is 23 and is very good at it at a young age.
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Is Mercer even a centre in New Jersey right now? He was 6th in Faceoffs taken on the team, and was almost 7th to Cody Glass with 14 games played. I'm not sure if he would be anything more than a 2/3 line winger here either.