Eric Comrie has signed a new contract with the Buffalo Sabres.

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We'll miss you in the Peg Comms, happy to see he's getting a bigger opportunity, much deserved!

Really good as a backup last year. Could surprise some people as a starter. Low risk high reward deal.

so now its comrie and craig... disappointing UPL won't get nhl starts before levi and portillo sign

Buffalos goaltending isnt top 15 in the league...but value wise for a rebuilding team....thats outstanding.
Curious what Buffalo thinks of their goaltending prospects and the timeline- for Levi and Luokkanen- or whatever his name is. lol.

He will be the starter in Buffalo this year just you watch

Oooo, I like this.

This guy might still have starter potential.

wanted him

The best backup goalie on the market. Second quality depth signing for Buffalo today. Could fill in well in the not unforeseeable circumstance of injury to Craig Anderson.

Who voted no? $1.8 million for your backup is a great deal. He could even slide a little from last season and still be worth it.

Small sample size, but nevertheless second in the NHL in GAA and first in save percentage among backups last season. And that was playing for defensive powerhouse Winnipeg.

W for the Sabres and Comrie.

Absolutely perfect signing. Love it

This is just fantastic. This signing lets Ukko Pekka-Luukkonen grow more in the AHL before becoming that elite starting goalie.

Now we have 3 NHL viable goalies in the system. Comrie should split starts with Anderson. UPL gets called up in the case of injury or exceptional play. 2-year deal doesn't block the net from young guys/prospects. He has good potential.

UPL will need good fertilizer to grow into an "elite starting goalie" because he played very poorly behind a good team in the AHL last season. Even Aaron Dell had better stats.

I have way more hopes in Comrie to step up.

This is a goalie I thought made a very interesting target for a team willing to give him some extra starts.

It's actually quite crazy how much more money Husso earned by just getting more starts last year. Right up until last year, both goalies would have had essentially the same value. Both mid drafted goalies around the same age, with solid pro numbers outside the NHL. Both had only gotten small numbers of NHL starts, so hard to gauge on those numbers as there are a lot of short call ups, replacement games, an other noisy interference in their numbers. Both came in last year as a the clear backup option. Both were very very good in the games they got and showed they are at least worth a longer look in the NHL. Only real difference is Husso played with a starter on a good team that wasn't given as long a leash, so got the opportunity to play about twice as many games. Comrie was never gonna get that chance playing behind Hellebyuck but he play outstanding when he did play behind a very poor defensive team.

Husso definitely earned a little more money, and the extra games played definitely are worth something to evaluating a goalie, but considering how similar they were coming in, and both played well in the games they did get, it's kind of crazy that Husso essentially got 3 times as much AAV, and cost a pick just to get the rights to sign him.

I like the gamble on Comrie, at worst he's likely at least worth having as a back up on a team not expected to make the playoffs.