After a whirlwind of a season in 2024-25, David Perron is hoping to be an important part of the Ottawa Senators. Without even worrying about what happens off the ice, Perron has been a strong leader on plenty of successful teams and has been a great asset for the club.
Looking into 2025-26, Perron will have a fresh start and could claim a top-six spot and be a huge part of the offence, or could thrive in a depth position as a high-quality vet.
Perron by the Numbers
Drafted: 26th Overall (First Round) in 2007 by the St. Louis Blues
Position: Winger (shoots right)
Height/Weight: 6-feet, 198 pounds
Age/Birthdate: 37 years old (05/28/1988)
Country: Canada
2024-25 Stats: 9 goals, 7 assists, 16 points in 43 games
Career Stats: 319 goals, 465 assists, 784 points in 1,174 games
How Perron Got Here
Selected in the first round of the 2007 NHL Entry Draft, Perron spent six seasons with the St. Louis Blues, proving to be a valuable, dependable middle-six winger. He played with some physicality, he was good for 45 points most seasons, and he built good chemistry.
After his sixth season, the Blues needed to shed some cap space as Alex Pietrangelo, Chris Stewart, and Jake Allen were becoming restricted free agents they needed to sign. Perron ended up as a cap casualty and was traded to the Edmonton Oilers. He would go on to score 28 goals, which is exactly what they brought him in for. The next season, as the Oilers were on a terrible skid en route to drafting Connor McDavid, he was traded to the Penguins.
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Perron went on to the Anaheim Ducks, then as a free agent re-signed with the Blues, was drafted by the Vegas Golden Knights, played one season, signed with the Blues again, and eventually ended up playing for the Detroit Red Wings and now the Senators.
A career like that sounds more like a fourth-line grinder who has bounced around the league as a journeyman. That isn’t the case at all for Perron. For his entire career, you could bank on 20 goals and anywhere from 45 to 60 points. He was a great middle-six winger and was coveted for a reason.
Perron’s first season with the Senators didn’t start in the way he, or anybody, wanted. He took an indefinite leave of absence at the start of the season to deal with a family matter, and upon his return in November, he…
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