The Hawks weren't chasing a cup, even with the Beach incident, if they were, they would have handled this differently. The Oilers are chasing a cup, so they sign Perry. This just furthers the view of most people that athletes get a pass when they behave inappropriately. All the talk about team culture, representing the city/organization get trumped by the opportunity to win.
You don't go to rehab and get fixed in 30 days then thrown back into the same environment, this has been shown not to work in that time frame and the same environment. Does Perry really have a problem or was the rehab thing just a ruiz and maybe his actions were one off? If its one off, rehab isn't the solution, if its not one off, 30 days isn't historically enough time to cure the problem.
I am all for another chance, with Perry's career he deserves that. The optics are pretty bad for the average person looking at this from 30,000 feet, pro athletes get treated differently. Teams are about how to win, it trumps culture, doing the right thing, etc....