Mike Comrie signs with the Oil?
Wanye
August 27 2009 03:22PM
Now we don't disagree with Robin Brownlee about anything - ever. It's not because we are scared of him, but more we are scared of the things he would do to us if we ever angered him. Sure we love a good drive by shooting as much the next guy, but we are far too pretty to have our face rearranged by “BC’s most dangerous man 1977.”
But a couple of hours ago we were messaged by a guy we know who said “now that you have got your head out of your (edited) and returned to writing on the Nation, you might be interested in discussing the fact that it would appear Daryl Katz has personally wired up a one year deal for 1.3 million with Mike Comrie.” Our eyes shot out of our head so fast that we put down the bag of cans we were scavanging in the river valley and ran straight home screaming at the top of our lungs, bloody eye sockets and all.
Now we aren’t here to start a database of falsehoods in our best Eklund imitation. We aren’t going to engage in idle speculation about how billionaires are rarer than foreign tourists in Edmonton and how Bill Comrie and Daryl Katz are probably friends on some level which could have led to a dialogue being opened with Dot Com's camp. We wouldn’t presume to weigh in on an unlikely rumor that could be a potential disaster this season.
We won’t pretend that we know better than Brownlee who told us back on August 19:
“While Comrie, now 29, is good enough to play in the Oilers top six and could be had for a discount rate, like maybe $2 million in a one-year contract, it’s a profoundly bad idea on so many levels I don’t even know where to start.”
However interesting re-signing Comrie would be in an attempt to exercise the “everyone hates Edmonton” demons that began when he left town back in 2003 under a cloud of rumors and cloak-and-daggery, we won’t lower ourselves onto the slippery slope of discussing this in great detail.
But you can.
@ Travis Dakin:
Ah the dulcet tones of Burl Ives:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LGyGNxHtvRk
Tell me you want these 5 mins back after you listen.
So I guess this means I can unpack my *M Comrie* #89 jersey after he gives Samwise a pack of skittles for his number.
@ Wanye Gretz: Seriously though!!!! he sounds EXACTLY like that.
While it might be a good PR move, does this team really need a small size forward? Who goes if Comrie comes here? Nillson? And what if by some miracle, Jordon Eberele makes the team?
MattL wrote:
I covered that earlier in the post. It's 41% Solid fit in E-town, right?
Good signing ...Welcome home Mikey !!!!
Travis Dakin wrote:
You can listen to justagame every day via the internet instead of being on facebook Dakin....
hxxp://www.theteam1260.com/ click to listen live
Comrie would be bad, he over achieves but for the price of 1.3 or 2 maybe that isnt bad, but still dont like Comrie in an Oilers jersey again. They should look at Avinaganov (no clue on the spelling and dont wanna look it up) or Satan. Both would look good on the first or second line.
DeepOil wrote:
Do I gotta block my facebook? And I've been listening now on pocket tunes on my iPhone.
@ Travis Dakin: This makes sense; Horcoff as the 3rd centre which, without considering salary, is his appropriate position.
@ DonDon: Everybody is sayin you can't have your 3rd Line center as a 5.5 cap hit. Well when your first line center is a 1.3 cap hit well then I say giv'er.
My site is reporting that now to
http://hockey-bums.com/archives/1684
How likely is it that it actually goes down?
I think Oilers fans in general would welcome him back. If pronger demanded a trade out of philly back to edmonton, I'm sure fans would welcome him back too. The big picture is what's important here.
I think we'd regret losing Nilsson. That is all.
Prop Jay wrote:
Racki wrote:
Travis Dakin wrote:
There are always options until you close the doors. People always want everything done yesterday, but I'd much rather see a big, solid checking center with a good FO% added in January than bringing in the wrong guy now, just because we're feeling like "OMG, it's 1:58AM and they're going to turn the lights on right away. Crap, she's fat but it's the best shot I got; better pull out the binaca . . .' There's a phrase for that mentality: Grasping at straws. It leads to serious remorse and depression upon more reasoned reflection. Well, for most of us. (you know who you are)
Comrie is not the answer; let's not get all desperate and pretend he is.
@ Wanye Gretz: Ok man, so what the hell.... is this true? I'm waiting very impatiently. Why hasn't it been leaked by a credible source yet. Well, besides the most credible one of all AKA Wanye Gretz.
Ender the Dragon wrote:
We have one! Shawn Horcoff. We need a number one center then.... Oh we only have 1.5 mil left? Hey Mike Comrie for 1.3 would work!
No mention by Brownlee?
this really happen
Sure... it might be a good signing... but WE DON'T NEED HIM.
Sign a guy we need. Jesus christ. Even if it means Nilsson would find his way out of Edmonton (to Springfield or otherwise), Nilsson isn't the problem.
Right now the top 6 is...
Penner - Horcoff - Hemsky Cogliano - Gagner - O'Sullivan or Nilsson
Comrie's arrival would send O'Sullivan to the 3rd line, and he is not a 3rd line player. He might fit the bill a bit, but it's a waste of his talent.
I won't address the hatred of Comrie, because I really don't care about that.
It's a just a stupid move. Address a god damn need for once.
Next thing we know, the Oil will ink an under-physical puck-moving defenseman.
Mike from Hardware wrote:
No it sends Horcoff to the third line where he should be the most effective.
@ Travis Dakin: Comrie couldn't even steal the number 1 center job from a 83 years old Doug Weight in Long Island. How is he a number 1 center with the Oil?
Godzilla wrote:
Because he doesn't fit anywhere els. Fine make him the number two center and put Gagner up on top. That's the extent of your oprions. Also, Comrie has been a 30 goal scorer on this team before.
@ Travis Dakin:
If you're seriously asking me whether I would prefer a 1C/3C tandem of Comrie/Horcoff or something else like Horcoff/David Steckel, then I don't know why we're still having the conversation. Steckel is 6'5", 222lbs, and was 58% in the dot last year. He's not the only guy like that.
"but Comrie's more prolific", right? Yeah, all that smurf-power last season netted him 2 more goals and 6 more assists. Oh, and Steckel was +2 while Comrie was -15.
The point is not to compare Steckel and Comrie (though it appears that's exactly what I've done; hmmmm . . .) but simply to point out that much more attractive options are available, particularly if you can wait until later in the season where pro-rated contracts become much more affordable. Let's not pass up Mr. Right for Mr. Right-Now.
So, has there been any confirmation at all about this supposed Comrie signing? He must be really hard up if he's actually considering playing for Lowe again.
Well, if nothing else it makes for an entertaining thread.
Maybe Tambo thinks the salary cap is actually a minimum, kind of like the speed limit.
@ Ender the Dragon:
Is Steckel available though? From what we've been told the Oilers would probably have to give up a little more than they are willing to pry Steckel out of Washington.
I think you are just trying to make a point, and I agree that the Oilers really need to stop ditching the "well this player is available right now so lets take him instead of waiting to see what happens with the far better options that are out there". But I really don't think Comrie would be THAT horrible. As long as they don't sign him to some ludicrous long term contract. I'd be fine with them signing him to a one year deal and seeing how it plays out.
Ender the Dragon wrote:
Oh that option is available? Well F*ck me why haven't they done that yet? Seriously man obviously there are more desirable options. Why not go get Stall as out 3C? Do you honestly believe that Tambellini has been just sitting around on his ass all summer?
The more I think about this, the more I come back to the fact that this is Katz's doing. Let the GM do his own damn job.
Let's face it there are no other options and Mike Comrie at 1.3 is a pretty good bang for buck, and if he's a failure, so what, it's not like he's costing us an arm and a leg
@ Travis Dakin:
Of course not. But patience is what this is all about. Let's suppose for sake of argument that we can be almost as good up to the trade deadline without Comrie as with him. (Yeah, yeah, a thousand arguments; let me finish.) At the trade deadline, you start shopping the teams that realize they are about to enter the (somewhat familiar) mode that is 'rebuilding'. We then pick up someone who is both actually good and fits the role we need. The cap hit on a $4M player at that time is about the same as Mikie's yearly salary from day one. I know which way I'd go.
Wanye quoted by Staples!!!! He's almost a semi-legit journalist now!
hxxp://communities.canada.com/edmontonjournal/blogs/hockey/archive/2009/08/27/comrie-to-the-oilers.aspx
@ Ender the Dragon: In a 2006 world I love that idea. Unfortunately this team has shown that it is only capable of making the right moves at the deadline once in the last 6 years. I'm tired of holding hope all through the season that they may make a move in march. I want to see some wins in the season.
@ jeanshorts:
I saw that!! I can't decide if I detest David Staples or want to start a bed and breakfast with him in Mission, BC. He alternates between being nice and trying to backhandedly diss my whole scenario.
Who cares if I use a fake name? Perhaps I'll start referring to myself as Professor Timothy Nosewater - or lose names altogether and refer to myself by the scent of huckleberries.
Oh well, no money mo' problems I guess.
Sir, please stick to using your own name...thank you.
Godzilla wrote:
Or, wait, I'm gonna say it, honest, it would be a better alternative, we could get BERTUZZI for the same or less $$.
@ Wanye Gretz: I caught that bit of a dis to you too. I thought you and D-Stapes was tight?
@ freeze: Oh shut up Katz has nothing to do with this ,mike has grown and maybe like the idea of coming back.
CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL THE WRITERS OF THE OILER NATION.I JUST READ THE STAPLES REPORT AT EDMONTON JOURNAL.COM AND IT IS ALL BASED ON OILER NATION WRITINGS AND POSTURES BY JONATHAN, WANYE AND ROBIN!
YOU ARE REALLY DOING A GREAT JOB AND OBVIOUSLY HAVE EVERYONE'S EARS HERE IN OIL TOWN. NOW IF ONLY OILER MANAGEMENT ALSO PAIS ATENTION ON SOME OF YOUR THOUGHTS ON WHAT THE OILERS SHOULD BE LIKE, WE WOULD HAVE A DARN GOOD TEAM SOON.
GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO OILERSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Eric wrote:
FU*K YEAH!!!!
Tencer is saying on Twitter that he hasn't signed. UGH, my loyalties to ON are to strong. I begrudgingly (I have a slight dislike for MC) will take Gretz's side on this one. hxxp://twitter.com/dantencer
@ Dyckster:
Get out.
*cocks a shotgun and rocks back and forth in a rocking chair*
@ jeanshorts:
Why you gotta be like that?
Besides, Tencer would have a WAY better shot at mutually doing the horizontal cha cha with HD then you would. Maybe Comrie would let you have a go with him though?
@ Eric:
THANK YOU VERY MUCH I CAN TELL YOU ARE EXCITED AND THAT WE DON'T HAVE A MINUTE TO WASTE BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE TIME TO USE PUNCTUATION OR TURN OFF OUR CAPS LOCK I'M NOT TRYING TO BE MEAN BUT I THOUGHT MAYBE YOU WERE YELLING AT ME IN YOUR POST BECAUSE YOU ARE HARD OF HEARING SO I THOUGHT I WOULD YELL BACK SO YOU COULD MAKE OUT WHAT I AM SAYING.
Thanks for commenting and reading the site dude.
Love, Wanye
Eklund learned a long time ago that nothing generates web traffic like a good old fashioned rumor especially if it involves a player acquisition. What rating do you have for this one though? Is it an O(1) or O(2), lol?
Not sure how I feel about Comrie even it it's at $1.3 million...
@ Wanye Gretz:
Don't sweat the Staples diss, Wanye. As if 'David Staples' is his real name...peh...
Well Salo is not around anymore, so why not.
i know both sides came out looking very very bad back in the day, this could be a chance with both sides more mature and in different positions to put that behind us. Who knows, the 2/10fans who keep crying poor Edmonton poor Edmonton might just drop it finally( crying about how no one wants to play here, for clarification.)
@ Dyckster:
Oh, I was referring to the Bertuzzi comment.
And just because Hilary Duff is tiny, and is dating a tiny man, doesn't mean she'd be attracted to a sports writer who looks like he's entering grade 10 this year, does it?
Damn my manly looks!!!
@ Hockey Noob:
If I wanted to generate traffic I would post doctored pictures of jeanshorts and baggedmilk discovering the Caramilk secret, while cruising around in a limousine driven by Tupac Shakur.
THAT would be a hyped ratings play.
THIS is what I believe to be true.