Mike Comrie returning...to Edmonton

by Dominik on Sep 10, 2009 12:38 PM EDT

In what stands as a classic case of letting bygones be bygones, Comrie and the Oilers have settled their differences to the point where I believe the ink is a formality and the unlikeliest of do-overs will begin when Comrie reports for training camp physicals Saturday.

>>Robin Brownlee, Oilers Nation

Pretty interesting tale there, revisiting just how messy Mike Comrie's original divorce from the Oilers was.

Comrie never had any such public mess with the Islanders -- though falling under the veil of Scott Gordon's "bad apples" comment sure wasn't pretty. It's interesting that, despite his talent, so few tears were shed upon his departure at the trade deadline. It seems his name is rarely brought up since. Good riddance to him and his toe drag? Quite possibly. [Update: It's a done deal, the Oilers have announced.]

As Brownlee muses in the piece linked above, Comrie probably had some growing up to do away from the Edmonton spotlight. I guess now he's ready to return to his home. For what it's worth, he did take the high road after the trade to Ottawa. (What did it say that the Islanders preferred the expiring veteran contract of Dean McAmmond to the expiring not-so-veteran-influence of Comrie? A lot, I suspect.)

But for me, Comrie has always been a player who overvalued his talent and importance on a team. He signed with the Isles not to join an Islanders resurrecton but to try to prove once and for all he could be a 1A/2 center for surely the only team that offered him $4 million. Even disregarding the hip injury that affected his final year, that proof simply never emerged.

Frankly, my best memory of him as an Islander came in his first two games -- that home-and-home season opening set with the Sabres a couple of years ago under Ted Nolan, when the 2007-08 signings looked okay. After that, not much.

If he does sign in Edmonton, and if he does feel at peace with a less prominent role, maybe it will work out for him. But, I mean, you watched him for a couple of years ... do you think it will?

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he’s overated. They’d be better off signing Dominic Moore or Petr Sykora hell Robert Lang even,

Got some work to do before being a playoff team let alone a contender again!

by thenewhockeytown on Sep 10, 2009 12:47 PM EDT reply actions

Is he even overrated anymore? (By anyone but himself, maybe?)

I’m looking forward to Oilers fans’ reaction if it happens — and to the in-season Comrie Experience, in a gawking reality-show kind of way.

He actually wasn’t terribly offensive (“offensive” as in tastes) while he was here, just fairly ineffective. I would SO much rather watch Josh Bailey and John Tavares develop rather than watch Mike Comrie do his thing.

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by Dominik on Sep 10, 2009 12:52 PM EDT up reply actions

I dont know, you have to give this to Comrie… the guy wants to play hockey not for the paycheck, but because he genuinely wants to play. He makes more money in interest off his bank accounts than I make from working.

Comrie is good to have on a team that already has some oomph. He just isnt the guy to bring all the oomph himself. Know what I mean?

Lets go Islanders...

by TheMetalChick on Sep 10, 2009 1:33 PM EDT reply actions

The lack of need for money certainly lets him choose his own path, at his own pace — I’ll give him that.

I know what you mean, though. He can provide something to a team that doesn’t need him to carry the load. It seems that first trip through Ottawa was ideal for him. (Like Chickendirt said below, maybe Ottawa got the best out of him.) I think it’s a matter of him accepting that secondary role and a team not expecting him to deliver what was projected when he was drafted.

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by Dominik on Sep 10, 2009 2:43 PM EDT up reply actions

Comrie's career has been nothing but underwhelming

Has talent but just never really developed the consistency. I think Ottawa got the best out of him and that was the end of it. I swear, this guy hasn’t played on Long Island his whole career but given how much press he gets I feel like he’s always been here. I’m going back to the day this guy was drafted.

by Chickendirt on Sep 10, 2009 2:28 PM EDT reply actions

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