David Perron: From Love to Hate - the HF Story

[Corvidae]

Ehrhoff too, although he was overrated even before he played a single game.

It would have been nice if that actually used him on the powerplay, which is what I thought they brought him in for.

 

[plaidchuck]

It would have been nice if that actually used him on the powerplay, which is what I thought they brought him in for.

And that's the problem, the coaching and lineup decisions already put one players foot out the door when they come to a team.

 

[m302291]

you can probs close this now

 

[SEALBound]

 

[Ragamuffin Gunner]

Would anyone be surprised if he turns it around in ANA? I really MJ ****ed his heat up badly.

 

[Ogrezilla]

Would anyone be surprised if he turns it around in ANA? I really MJ ****ed his heat up badly.

no, but I wouldn't be surprised if Hagelin turns it around here too.

 

[joeyjake5]

The problem with perron was not that he was misused by either MJ or MS. It was Perron himself who can't shoot, play D, skate or pass. The pens gave him many chances to succeed but he failed. his failure is on him and no one else.

 

[Shrimper]

Perron was done in that Carolina game. You could see Sullivan basically look at him as if to say, "you're leaving"

It would have been nice if that actually used him on the powerplay, which is what I thought they brought him in for.

To be fair, he was the third highest player in TOI on D in 5v4 last year.

Letang was first with 251:34, then Martin with 120:48, Ehrhoff at 98:43 and Pouliot rounds off the top four with 82:34.

 

[BeautiPhil]

The problem with perron was not that he was misused by either MJ or MS. It was Perron himself who can't shoot, play D, skate or pass. The pens gave him many chances to succeed but he failed. his failure is on him and no one else.

There are no absolutes. Perron himself was playing terrible, yes, but playing under MJ's awful system, being forced to play RW when he's a LW, being forced to play the "grit" role on his lines etc. were all coaching decisions, and they did him no favors.

Hope he does well in Anaheim and turns his career around. He's definitely a better player than what we saw here.