Thanks for posting this. My take:

I don’t think Comrie impressed many people during his time in Ottawa, and most of the league felt the same way — the Islanders were elated to have him leave, and teams weren’t exactly lining up for him on July 1st.

A lot of players have done surprisingly well up front for the Oilers in terms of point production, but I’m not sure it’ll all last. It could be attributed to him being the 2nd line centre at the moment (I may be wrong on that). In Ottawa, he was third line centre, after Spezz and Fish. Comrie wouldn’t replace either on the Sens.

Also, 8 points in 14 games isn’t necessarily “so good.” It’s above what I’d expect from Comrie at this point, but not at the level of production from Ottawa’s top two centres.

As to the other questions… maybe I’ll get to them, but it’d be interesting to see some other responses to it.

Man… I wish the forwards brought in for the Senators would meet expectations, let alone surpass them. Remember Bondra? That was disappointing. So far, Kovalev has been somewhat disappointing, too.

As for Comrie last year, it was kind of a write-off for everyone involved, wasn’t it? What a terrible situation to come into half-way through the year. He was also apparently still working off an injury, which seems to be fully healed now. Still, I think he’s a streaky guy; I would be very surprised (although not disappointed, I like him in his first stint here) if he kept close to this pace all season.

I just think Comrie was a bad fit in Clouston’s system. We’re now a forechecking team that tries to control the neutral zone, and Comrie is a fly-down-the-ice kind of player. The Oilers play more of a freewheeling style, so it’s not surprising to see him get some points there.

I, probably with most Sens fans, want to believe this is still the high scoring, goal-draining team from the Cup run, but the truth is they are not. Most of that roster is gone, and we’re in the process of finding a new identity. The turmoil we have suffered since then has destroyed the team chemistry and it’s not going to be rebuilt overnight. Comrie was never going to be a piece of that puzzle.

I used to love Comrie in his first stint with the Oil. But somewhere along the line, he seems to have lost the edge he used to play with. I hope he gets it back.