Buffalo Sabers 2024 Player Report Card: Eric Comrie

Backup Goaltender and overall “good team player” ends his tenure in Buffalo without making much of an impression on the ice

Total season stats: 2-7-0, 3.69 GAA, 0.874 SV PCT.

Age: 28

Contract status: UFA; two-year contract worth $3.6 million completed this summer

There’s no doubt that Eric Comrie’s time in Buffalo will eventually fall into the “miss” category of general manager Kevyn Adams’ free agency signings. Should he have taken the bet then? Comrie had shown flashes of potential under limited ice time with the Winnipeg Jets in 2021-22, but struggled to replicate his 2.58 GAA and .920 save percentage numbers in the Winnipeg Jets’ optional defensive system. Buffalo.

Eventually, Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen solidified his claim as the No. 1 goaltender and the rise of young Devon Levi ensured that Comrie didn’t get much ice time and wasn’t really missed either. more. There’s a chance he still ends up playing in the NHL, but at this point in his career it seems like this one season with the Jets was more of an exception and it’s likely he’ll continue to play at the NHL level. the AHL.

With the Sabers eliminated from playoff wild-card contention at the end of the season, Comrie would have the opportunity to bid farewell to his teammates and fans with the start of Buffalo’s final home game of the season against the Lightning from Tampa Bay.

The 59th pick in the 2013 draft leaves Buffalo after playing 29 games, with 11 wins, 16 losses and an overtime loss. The 28-year-old ultimately failed to land the starting job that was vacant when he arrived, and ultimately didn’t really claim the backup spot.

One thing that can be said about the journeyman, however, is that he is well-liked by his teammates, as his emotional farewell speech after the win against the Lightning showed. From his time with the Jets when coach Paul Maurice called him one of the nicest guys in hockey (paraphrased) to all the little clips of him on the bench and in practice always smiling, he never No doubt whether or not he made an impression on the ice, he was certainly a positive presence in the locker room for a team that struggled to find success.

Season level: VS