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WINNIPEG — Eric Comrie left the Winnipeg Jets two seasons ago in search of opportunity — a starter’s net, in an ideal world, or a time share if he couldn’t manage that.
A torn MCL, a pulled groin and only 29 NHL games later, it’s safe to say things didn’t work out the way Comrie wanted. His two-year audition in Buffalo was meant to launch him into a bigger role. Instead, when Comrie picked up his agent’s phone call in the middle of a workout on July 1, it was to fight for a backup job in Winnipeg — the place where he’d played the best hockey of his…