Mike Comrie: You Can't Always Get What You Want

Mike Comrie's signing by the Edmonton Oilers closed the book on a rather unfortunate period in the history of the club. Both sides have implied "if I had it to do over again" things might have been different and it was a good story to see the kid back in copper and blue. Boxcars: 43gp, 13-8-21Shots: 97 Plus Minus: -9 Corsi (Rel): 7.0 (3rd among F's) GF/GA ON: 17-26 5x5/60: 1.40 (6th among F's) 5x4/60: 4.92 (2nd among F's) Quality of Competition: 9th toughest among F's Quality of Teammates: 11th best among F'sFO %: 53.2% in 47 FO'sOffensive Zone Start FO %: 47.6% (7th easiest among F's) Cap Hit: $1,250,000 (UFA this summer)What do these numbers tell us? Although his negatives are obvious (speed is a real worry) Mike Comrie can score goals. His Corsi number is strong and he was playing mid-to-low level competition with the dixie dregs most nights. His PP numbers (5-5-10 in just a little over 2 hours with the man advantage) were solid on this t...