The team will have two weeks to add a 13th player. Hunter played in seven games this season, his second with the Hawks, and was primarily an inactive player. He played in 16 games for the Hawks last season as a rookie.
"Basically, it just gives us some options for the roster," general manager Rick Sund said. "We've got a two-week grace period in which we can have a 12-man roster before we have to get to a 13-man roster. It allows us to be able to look at the waiver wires a little bit right now."