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Wings place Eric Comrie on waivers; Might the Winnipeg Jets claim their former prospect?

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It continues to be a wacky 2019-20 season for goalie Eric Comrie.  To date:

– Placed on waivers by Jets on September 30th;
Claimed by Coyotes on October 1st;
– Traded by Coyotes to Red Wings on November 30th;
– Played first NHL game this season against former team in Winnipeg on December 10th;
– Placed on waivers by Red Wings December 18th.

In total Comrie has played three NHL games with Detroit (started two), backed up a few games between the Red Wings and Coyotes and played four games on a conditioning stint when he was with Arizona with their farm club in Tuscon.

With the news today that he is back on waivers might the Jets claim him to augment their organizational depth at the goalie position?  Of course it won’t be as simple as claiming him and assigning him to the Manitoba Moose as Ken illustrates:

Some might push back thinking this would limit second-year pro Mikhail Berdin, who has taken over the number one spot with the Jets AHL club.

But you have to ask the question: What happens if one of the NHL guys go down? Do you want Berdin in the NHL now? And what does that do for your AHL team if Berdin was in the NHL? A claim of Eric Comrie doesn’t put him ahead of Berdin but it does give them depth.

It will be interesting to see what happens tomorrow at 12 noon eastern time.  I suspect that regardless of what the Jets do or don’t do, that Comrie will likely not make it down to the Wings AHL affiliate in Grand Rapids.

Update:

Jets have claimed Comrie off waivers.

David Minuk

Working hard on a daily basis to provide the latest Winnipeg Jets and Manitoba Moose news for our readers and listeners. I also appear on the Illegal Curve Hockey Show every Saturday on our YouTube channel as well as the Illegal Curve Post-Game Show after every single Jets game. And I occasionally jump in the play-by-play booth at Canada Life to provide colour analysis during Manitoba Moose games.

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