Winger David Perron is heading back to St. Louis…again. Sportsnet’s Elliotte Friedman reports (Twitter link) that Perron has agreed to a four-year, $16MM deal to rejoin the Blues. This will mark his third seperate stint with the team.
Perron is coming off of his best season by far that saw him post 16 goals and 50 assists in just 70 games with the Golden Knights, who acquired Perron via the Expansion Draft. His 66 points ranked him second among players available on the open market behind only John Tavares.
However, his struggles in the postseason may very well have hurt his value. He scored just once in 15 postseason games and was even a healthy scratch at one point. To be fair, he still wound up with nine playoff points (1-8-9) which tied him for eighth on the team.
St. Louis had been on the lookout for a top-six winger to replace Perron all of last season and as it turns out, Perron will effectively fill the spot he initially vacated.
With the signing, the Blues still have a little over $12.6MM in cap space at their disposal, per CapFriendly. However, a good chunk of that will be earmarked for their restricted free agents, headlined by defenseman Joel Edmundson and winger Robby Fabbri.
Great! I am so excited to have a GM that will think outside the box and try something different. You know, if it doesn’t work once or twice then try it a third time. Who will pass him the puck?
It did work the second time. The league forced them to let him go.
Contract came in relatively cheap