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Prediction: Let him go at the end of the season, if the team can afford to lose a forward.
Blake Comeau isn’t one of the names Jackets fans hear very often. He just isn’t a prominent player on the team, and doesn’t seem to make a difference on the ice. He has only contributed 11 points in 44 games this season, and only 3 were goals. He has only 16 points in 53 career games with the Jackets. Prior to playing in Columbus, Comeau played for Calgary for just two seasons, and before that he was up and down between the New York Islanders and their AHL affiliate team. It isn’t that Comeau is a bad player, it’s just that he doesn’t really fit in with the young guns on the Jackets roster, and doesn’t seem to be as hard-working as most of the guys on the team. Many fans also point to his multiple fights in practice, most notably his altercation with Brandon Dubinsky. He did, after all, injure himself in practice by attempting to make a check along the boards on a teammate and missing. That means he would have hit a teammate so hard in practice to cause injury. Many people say that proves he isn’t a team player, and just doesn’t fit in on the team. I don’t see him staying in Columbus too much longer.