What's wrong with Comrie?

I was wondering the same thing.

Just looking at his stats, and they are not that great. Now, it could be argued that he played for the Sens and the Isles, and that no-one has good stats on those teams. Looking at his +/- (a stat I hate) it looks as though he is a checking line center to me. -21, -8, -7.

I know that most people continue to tell me that small players aren’t a big deal, but to our new GM, they are. Comrie is 5-10, 185lbs. Not a big guy. Look at the guys they have signed this year, who they drafted, and who they have passed on. Small guys have little room it seems.

He also made $4 million for last season. NHL numbers shows the Wild at 51.4 million on a cap of what, 56. something, right? So to tie up at least $4 million on Comrie… If it was Saku I say yes. Not Saku? Nah. He does not impress me that much.

Again, I don’t know that much about him, but the numbers seem to explain why he is still looking for work.

When he first came into the league and played with pheonix and ottowa he was a young and capable talent to both those organizations. Hes not a role player but one that gets his momentum from others creating oppertunities. He’s not much of a defensive player but in order for him to go anywhere after last years performance he’s gonna have to take a pay cut.