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Isles place Blake Comeau on waivers

Perhaps the player who most exemplifies the Isles' failings so far this season, Blake Comeau was placed on waivers this Thanksgiving Day.

Comeau, 25, was coming off a 24-goal season a year ago and narrowly avoided arbitration this summer by signing a one-year, $2.5 million contract in August. The Islanders were counting on him to provide offense from a third/fourth line role, but his struggles...

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