"I think Coms is one of those kids…he just takes in everything," said Sean Burke, Canada's assistant general manager. "I'm sure he's watching games and in practice he's observing and trying to pick up things from all the guys, not just the goaltenders. This event, even just being around the atmosphere and the coaching staff and getting the different looks…the more guys you can be around the more you can take in from different areas of the game.
"It can only help him long term."
Like Johnson, Burke would know.
He represented Canada at the 1987 World Championship in Vienna, Austria as a 20-year-old.
"I think it is a definite advantage long-term," said Burke, who went on to play parts of 18 seasons in the NHL with 10 different teams following his experience.
"It's hard. There's not a lot of practice time. You aren't coming over here and necessarily working on the technical side of your game, but all those other things…watching this level, being around it, practicing with the guys…and the magnitude of this event is hard to understand it until you come over here how big it is.
"I think just from an experience standpoint this is something that he's going to look back on and think that this was a great opportunity for him."
That's not lost on Comrie.
He's soaking in every minute of each day of this unique internship.
"Just going out there and being able to see that every day, getting that experience…you can't really describe it," Comrie said.
"It's about going out and doing it. Seeing those releases, seeing those shots, seeing those plays…and getting to learn from two great goalies who play in the NHL full-time is another plus for me as well.
"I'm really just having fun and relishing this opportunity."
-- Aaron Vickers, Special to WinnipegJets.com