The Winnipeg Jets just won’t let Eric Comrie go. According to Chris Johnston of Sportsnet, the team has claimed the goaltender off waivers once again, bringing him back to the organization where he has played most of his career. Comrie ended up playing just one game with the New Jersey Devils after being claimed by them earlier this season, posting a .909 save percentage in the process.
If the Jets were the only team to put in a claim, they can now move Comrie directly to the taxi squad or minor leagues. If not, he’ll have to stay on the active roster until he does clear (Update: The Jets have indeed assigned him to the taxi squad). Of course, in either case, Comrie will have to face a quarantine as he returns to Canada. It’s not the first time he’s dealt with this merry-go-round waiver situation, as he was claimed, traded, and then claimed again last season. All the while he has only played in nine career NHL games, but the 25-year-old continues to post strong numbers at the minor league level and obviously has interest from around the NHL.
For Winnipeg, the question now becomes whether the waive a different goaltender. The team is currently carrying three on the active roster, with Connor Hellebuyck backed up by both Laurent Brossoit and Anton Forsberg. Forsberg was a waiver claim himself after the Jets lost Comrie, meaning he might end up back on the wire in the coming days.
lol
Passed around like a cigar.
This type of thing should be addressed in the next CBA, it’s getting a bit ridiculous
and why is that?
Makes it very difficult for a player like Comrie to get established in the NHL when he spends 90% of his career shuttling between teams who claim him on waivers. Now the Oilers will place Forsberg on waivers to get claimed by the Devils, and the Devils place Dell on waivers and Toronto claims him and gets him back. I’m sure the players would agree they wouldn’t like being used as pawns on the chessboard. If a team wants to claim a player on waivers, they should be forced to keep the player for the rest of the season.
Sorry I said Oilers, I meant Jets
i mean id imagine 99% of players who weren’t already established would prefer to remain on a NHL roster rather then be sent down.
@DarkSide830 – The problem is, they’re only on a “paper” roster, with little to no chance at playing time. No playing time, no real development…
Forsberg to the leafs!!! And don’t need to pass the quarantine Waive Hutch !!
@lapcheung39 – No love for Hutch? Forgive and forget? He didn’t mean to be a sieve in his previous stay! It just sort of, happened…
Bravo