Mike Comrie @ 1.3M... you mean salary or height??

Yay #200!

Dope just missed it!

Forget Comrie, they should just pay Duff 1.3 mill to join the Oilers - they could use an ice girl (smile)

The Oilers losing games to better teams I can grudgingly accept. This ass-clown shooting themselves in the foot is pretty hard to take, however.

How can they be so short-sighted?

And here's the real question; Does Tambi support this move that Katz supposedly orchestrated? Because if he does and it works out the way I think it will, he's going to look six shades of stupid. And if he doesn't and says so, he'll come off looking like the powerless puppet many already suspect that he is. And if he doesn't and says nothing, as the GM he's going to wear this anyway.

does anyone know if Comrie can kill penalties?

We should ask an Islanders fan

Robin Brownlee wrote:

As much as I’d like to tell you this Comrie item is the result of yet another Wanye Gretz bender involving alcohol and prescription drugs, I can say with certainty it’s not — at least not as far as interest in Comrie by the Oilers goes. Shortly before I wrote the Mike Comrie: Do Over? item Aug 19, I heard talk from people who would know that the Oilers were entertaining the possibility of offering Comrie a contract. I’d spent a couple of days tying to lock this down without much luck when Wanye’s sleuthing hit the website today. I still haven’t asked Mike about this, but I did talk to agent Ritch Winter today. He declined comment, so I don’t know what the level of interest is from Comrie’s side of things, given that I’m led to believe a handful of teams are looking at him. While I stand by my original post that a return by Comrie makes little sense, given the make-up of the roster and the Oilers salary cap issues, I can say without much doubt owner Daryl Katz doesn’t much care about any misgivings I might have. This has legs.

Robin, if the team really is looking to add another small forward, wouldn't they look to Tanguay or even Sykora over Comrie? Have you heard if they have interest in either... or better yet have talked to them?

@ Antony Ta: might take awhile to find one

I just checked nhl.com's stats and Comrie ranks 30th in SH TOI/Game with 3 seconds.

I'd take Comrie in Calgary ;-)

RossCreek wrote:

I’d take Comrie in Calgary.

Good to know. When I find a way to give him to you, I'll drive him there myself.

Hey Guys, how do we know Katz is single handly orchestrating this deal? Has anyone taken the time to think it may have gone something like this:

Tambo offers a contract to Comrie know he may be able to get him at a discount. Winter and Comrie politely let Mr Tambellini know there is a strained relationship because of the previous GM and ownership group. Tambo asks Katz for a little support here to prove to the clients there is new regime here and things have chanfed in Oil country.

Just like when we went after Hossa last summer, Lowe started the negotiation, but brought in a little more fire power to close the deal. Sales organizations do this all the time.

RossCreek wrote:

I’d take Comrie in Calgary

He'd actually be a decent fit. You guys have the big guns, you just need the cheap "band-aid" depth.

Ogden Brother wrote:

wouldn’t they look to Tanguay or even Sykora over Comrie? Have you heard if they have interest in either… or better yet have talked to them?

Makes much more sense to me.

This a joke right wanye? hahaha.....(sobs)

Hockey Gods wrote:

Hey Guys, how do we know Katz is single handly orchestrating this deal? Has anyone taken the time to think it may have gone something like this: Tambo offers a contract to Comrie know he may be able to get him at a discount. Winter and Comrie politely let Mr Tambellini know there is a strained relationship because of the previous GM and ownership group. Tambo asks Katz for a little support here to prove to the clients there is new regime here and things have chanfed in Oil country. Just like when we went after Hossa last summer, Lowe started the negotiation, but brought in a little more fire power to close the deal. Sales organizations do this all the time.

I Tambo was/is unaware of the past relationship that Comrie has had with the Oilers then perhaps he is not smart enough to be the GM of anything - it's common knowledge.

@ Pouzar:

'If' not 'I'

@ Pouzar:

I'd like to believe that Tambo thinks this is the dumbest idea he's ever heard of and is mad enough to spit nails. Not that a powerless GM and a delusional owner is a nice scenario to contemplate, but it is (marginally) more palatable than admitting we hired a madman as our GM to replace Lowe.

just saying...

this signing makes a lot more sense if Cogliano is on his way out... and why would that be?

Ender the Dragon wrote:

@ Pouzar: I’d like to believe that Tambo thinks this is the dumbest idea he’s ever heard of and is mad enough to spit nails. Not that a powerless GM and a delusional owner is a nice scenario to contemplate, but it is (marginally) more palatable than admitting we hired a madman as our GM to replace Lowe.

I supose it is the lesser of two evils lol... though I am sure that yourself and many other of us Oiler fans can agree on the fact that we could really do without all the drama. If ownership does not think that Tambo is the man for the job then get someone who is. If they want Tambo to be the GM then let him do his thing and let him be.

Pouzar wrote:

I Tambo was/is unaware of the past relationship that Comrie has had with the Oilers then perhaps he is not smart enough to be the GM of anything - it’s common knowledge.

+1

Pouzar wrote:

Ender the Dragon wrote: @ Pouzar: I’d like to believe that Tambo thinks this is the dumbest idea he’s ever heard of and is mad enough to spit nails. Not that a powerless GM and a delusional owner is a nice scenario to contemplate, but it is (marginally) more palatable than admitting we hired a madman as our GM to replace Lowe. I supose it is the lesser of two evils lol… though I am sure that yourself and many other of us Oiler fans can agree on the fact that we could really do without all the drama. If ownership does not think that Tambo is the man for the job then get someone who is. If they want Tambo to be the GM then let him do his thing and let him be.

I think "we" are the main cause of the drama ;)

@ Ogden Brother:

Point well taken lol

Robin Brownlee wrote:

As much as I’d like to tell you this Comrie item is the result of yet another Wanye Gretz bender involving alcohol and prescription drugs, I can say with certainty it’s not — at least not as far as interest in Comrie by the Oilers goes. Shortly before I wrote the Mike Comrie: Do Over? item Aug 19, I heard talk from people who would know that the Oilers were entertaining the possibility of offering Comrie a contract. I’d spent a couple of days tying to lock this down without much luck when Wanye’s sleuthing hit the website today. I still haven’t asked Mike about this, but I did talk to agent Ritch Winter today. He declined comment, so I don’t know what the level of interest is from Comrie’s side of things, given that I’m led to believe a handful of teams are looking at him. While I stand by my original post that a return by Comrie makes little sense, given the make-up of the roster and the Oilers salary cap issues, I can say without much doubt owner Daryl Katz doesn’t much care about any misgivings I might have. This has legs.

I'm actually scared by the prospect of signing Comrie over someone who can actually fill a hole on this roster. Hell... Cogliano had a better faceoff percentage than Comrie (okay, it was like 0.2% better but still). Robin, can't you give Katz et. al a TM dirty look and scare them straight?

Pedro wrote:

Yay #200!

Pedro wrote:

Dope just missed it!

Bingofuel, Is there a way to edit this kind of thing out? I have the same feelings as you about these matters.

Batman 67 wrote:

@ Joey Moss: For christ sake ,Shut up.

you shut up. try adding something to the discussion or keep quiet.

@ The Menace: amen.

@ danjo1: Several people lately including LT have suggested the possibility of signing Adam Oates as a specialty coach in an effort to improve our team FO%. Heck, I'd rather see them re-sign Oates as a player before derailing the effort further by bringing in Comrie.

danjo1 wrote:

Robin Brownlee wrote: As much as I’d like to tell you this Comrie item is the result of yet another Wanye Gretz bender involving alcohol and prescription drugs, I can say with certainty it’s not — at least not as far as interest in Comrie by the Oilers goes. Shortly before I wrote the Mike Comrie: Do Over? item Aug 19, I heard talk from people who would know that the Oilers were entertaining the possibility of offering Comrie a contract. I’d spent a couple of days tying to lock this down without much luck when Wanye’s sleuthing hit the website today. I still haven’t asked Mike about this, but I did talk to agent Ritch Winter today. He declined comment, so I don’t know what the level of interest is from Comrie’s side of things, given that I’m led to believe a handful of teams are looking at him. While I stand by my original post that a return by Comrie makes little sense, given the make-up of the roster and the Oilers salary cap issues, I can say without much doubt owner Daryl Katz doesn’t much care about any misgivings I might have. This has legs. I’m actually scared by the prospect of signing Comrie over someone who can actually fill a hole on this roster. Hell… Cogliano had a better faceoff percentage than Comrie (okay, it was like 0.2% better but still). Robin, can’t you give Katz et. al a TM dirty look and scare them straight?

Scary isn't it. Malhotra is sitting there and could potentially fill a glaring need.... but instead the team turns to someone that would be duplication of what we already have to much of???

Screw Comrie. Foresberg played for Modo yesterday on their top line. hmmmm Foresberg eh?

*fans the wild and what will certainly be rampant rumors of the Oilers trying to sign Foresberg*

The Journal just posted a bit more info on RX2 - sounds like plans will be out within a few weeks.

hxxp://www.edmontonjournal.com/sports/Billion+dollar+makeover+core/1938495/story.html

What's next? Chris Pronger and his wife asking to come back to Edmonton.

Here is what I'd like to see happen.

1) Sign Comrie for 1.3m of Katz's money. 2) Make the contract conditional to Mike and Rich finally come clean on past events (like they had promised) 3) Hold Lowe accountable. Retire him (and his number) so the Oilers can finally move forward as a franchise. 4) Place Comrie on waivers.

*I'm only half joking*

@ oilersseasonticketholdersince99: His wife can be an ice-girl. The Rake I can live without.

Ogden Brother wrote:

Scary isn’t it. Malhotra is sitting there and could potentially fill a glaring need…. but instead the team turns to someone that would be duplication of what we already have to much of???

yeah, even if Manny is asking for too much, there's others who come much cheaper. I really like Robin's idea of trading for Steckel but I'm not sure that J.F. Jacques would be enough to pry him away from Washington, and I don't know what would.

Question for Brownlee or Gretz, does anyone know the timeline when we would sign Comrie. Could it happen in a few hours or a few weeks?

@ danjo1:

You got to wonder exactly what Manny is asking for. I think he is a player who priced himself out of the marketplace. His agent is not the only agent to give his client bad advice this summer though.

@ Pouzar: Who knows... Didn't he turn down an offer to go to Florida? I think they were offering what he was asking for too. I wonder if the pay vs. team performance wasn't worth it to him.

@ Pouzar: I mean that if the Oilers made an offer to Manny.

Anyone else find it awesome that freeze and Batman 67 are fueding? The Penquin wants none of this?

danjo1 wrote:

@ Pouzar: I mean that if the Oilers made an offer to Manny.

Well he better hurry, the pay/performance on the Oil will certainly be better then sitting at home.

danjo1 wrote:

@ Pouzar: Who knows… Didn’t he turn down an offer to go to Florida? I think they were offering what he was asking for too. I wonder if the pay vs. team performance wasn’t worth it to him.

Ya it was Atlanta that had reportedly offered him 2 mill/year, but he turned it down. Apparently he was looking for 3+ on the open market. Now, it appears that he will likely get less than Columbus offered him (about 1.9 on a multi-year deal) to re-sign with them. Unless the Atlanta deal is still on the table.

I see any Comrie action to be part of a bigger picture move. I.e. a trade that opens up a spot that Comrie fills.

All by itself this doesn't make too much sense to me... though Comrie admittedly has an upside.

Not that Betts would be a saviour or anything, but it is strange that Tambs was willing to offer Neil a multiyear deal for around 2 mill/year but not offer Betts a 1 year deal for less than half that. He could be easily had for 650,000 imo. The Oilers thinking is interesting at times it seems.

I hear somewhere Malhotra was invited to the Nucks training camp, something we should've done.

Did Charles Wang learn his lesson with the Islanders yet?

danjo1 wrote:

Did Charles Wang learn his lesson with the Islanders yet?

whoops, wrong article!! lol

Robin Brownlee wrote:

As much as I’d like to tell you this Comrie item is the result of yet another Wanye Gretz bender involving alcohol and prescription drugs, I can say with certainty it’s not — at least not as far as interest in Comrie by the Oilers goes. Shortly before I wrote the Mike Comrie: Do Over? item Aug 19, I heard talk from people who would know that the Oilers were entertaining the possibility of offering Comrie a contract. I’d spent a couple of days tying to lock this down without much luck when Wanye’s sleuthing hit the website today. I still haven’t asked Mike about this, but I did talk to agent Ritch Winter today. He declined comment, so I don’t know what the level of interest is from Comrie’s side of things, given that I’m led to believe a handful of teams are looking at him. While I stand by my original post that a return by Comrie makes little sense, given the make-up of the roster and the Oilers salary cap issues, I can say without much doubt owner Daryl Katz doesn’t much care about any misgivings I might have. This has legs.

Mocked Tencer and Stauffer for even discussing the possibility on air. Got scooped by Wanye. Tencer has been posting on twitter confirming Wanye's post that this is a possibility from his Oiler sources.

And the guy that wrote a post on Aug 19th stating that there was "no way" that Comrie was coming to Edmonton...

"Be that as it may, any flights of fancy about Comrie returning here will crash and burn when he signs with Ottawa, Philadelphia or New Jersey, Maybe even Los Angeles, if Ms. Duff has any pull around the Staples Center. But here? No way. I’m not even going to ask him"

... is now saying that he supposedly "heard talk from people who would know that the Oilers were entertaining the possibility of offering Comrie a contract" before he wrote that article.

Hmmmmm... kinda makes you wonder why such person would write an article contrary to his "sources".

... but thanks for letting us know "this has legs".

Because Wanye and Tencer have told us so.

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