Mike Comrie - Available Free Agent

by BReynolds on May 19, 2010 8:00 PM CDT

What makes a good center? Solid face off win %, high quality of play making ability, the ability to see the entire sheet of ice, able to win battles for the puck, and some decent defense. They are the quarterback on any given line, and must direct the flow of the team while on the ice.

The biggest thing that a center needs to be able to do? Stay healthy.

Join us while we discuss the high risk option of Mike Comrie, currently of the Edmonton Oilers.

Mike Comrie

#91 / Center / Edmonton Oilers

Height: 5-10

Weight: 185

Born: Sep 11, 1980

	GP	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	SHG	GWG	GTG	SOG	PCT
2009 - Mike Comrie	43	13	8	21	-9	30	5	0	0	0	97	13.4

Current Cap Hit: $1.25 million

Nathan: If it weren't for his injury concerns, I'd snap up Comrie as depth, but he's not good enough to be top six, nor is he healthy enough to be solid depth. So ...

Verdict: Pass

Buddha: Let's see... good in the circle? 53.2%, check. High quality of play making... sketchy at best. Decent defense? A -9 in 43 games... nope. Able to win battles for the puck? At 5-1, 185, he could easily be man handled. Ability to stay healthy? 43 games last season, 63 the season before, only three times in 12 seasons has he approached a full season. No way. This guy makes Marian Gaborik look like Lou Gehrig.

Verdict: Not worth any amount of money, even if Hillary Duff is part of the package.

JS: Another big-ass question mark hovering around this guy. Bouts with inconsistency and injuries make him a risky, if inexpensive choice. He managed 21 points in 43 games, and considering the guys he played with, it could be deemed as not too bad. Maybe with Havlat and BTE, he could be rejuvenated. Again, he's a pretty risky choice, but it could pay off. Not too bad on the faceoff circle either, but injury prone and smallish. If we could have him at 1 million, it would leave lots of cap space and he would still probably be our best option at 2^nd line center.

Verdict: 1 year, 1 - 1.5 million

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Geez Buddha, Hilary Duff and Mike Comrie are engaged. Get with it ; ) Haha but in all seriousness, I would pass on Comrie. He is more of a depth center who is inconsistent and has a lot of injury problems. No thanks!

by taralynn09 on May 19, 2010 9:04 PM CDT reply actions

by TylerDurdenUMD on May 19, 2010 9:11 PM CDT reply actions

BWAH HA HA HA HA HA!

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by BReynolds on May 19, 2010 9:12 PM CDT up reply actions

Very nice pic, did you take that? I wouldnt mind Her doing that to me….

by wild32384 on May 19, 2010 9:23 PM CDT up reply actions

This was after he gave her the engagement ring... hilarious :P

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by JSLandry on May 19, 2010 9:28 PM CDT up reply actions

Ugh, Hillary Duff. Anyone have a spoon I can jam into my eyes & ears?

by shleske on May 19, 2010 9:50 PM CDT up reply actions

If I remember correctly the ring was over 1M. Damn straight for that price he should be handsomely rewarded.

by TylerDurdenUMD on May 19, 2010 9:51 PM CDT up reply actions

That ring was almost worth an NHL season for Comrie...

At a million dollars, that ring must have some special powers… Maybe it’s a ring like those kids on Captain Planet had, or maybe it’s a WonderTwin ring…. It just HAS to have superpowers, why the FUCK else would it be worth 1M friggin’ dollars?

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by JSLandry on May 19, 2010 10:15 PM CDT reply actions

shleske don't read this.......

Because a 3-Wolf Moon shirt doesn’t get Hollywood starlets to drop and polish the bishop in front of multiple cameras.

by TylerDurdenUMD on May 19, 2010 10:38 PM CDT up reply actions

He doesn't need to worry about cost

Even if he wasn’t an NHLer. His father was a founder of The Brick furniture company, and he’s loaded.

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by nathaneide on May 19, 2010 10:43 PM CDT up reply actions

Huh, I wasn't aware of that!

Not that I really think he cared about what it cost, I was just saying I don’t get why a simple ring could be worth so much…Maybe it has healing powers… or the power to get your new fiancée to have a little fun with you in front of a HUGE window in a big city… I think I just figured out it’s power!

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by JSLandry on May 20, 2010 5:05 AM CDT up reply actions