Why didn't David Perron work here?

[Knives and Tulips]

The two 1/2 season Perron wore black and gold, he averaged under .5 PPG. He has been far more productive on every other single team that he played on.

Was it coaching?
Was it Crosby/Malkin?

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[Jacob]

Mike Johnston thought he was a 4th liner.

 

[Gurglesons]

Coaching and an extreme lack of chemistry with Sid. We probably still win the cup with him and without Hags IMO.

 

[billybudd]

He was skating around like an old tractor with a rusted axle and an empty gas tank for practically the entire time he was here. Someone recently said he had a core injury, but IDK if it was that or if he just didn't want to be here. With Vegas, I noticed the effort level was probably triple what we got out of him on a shift to shift basis. Battling for every inch instead of floating absent-mindedly with his stick waist-high until it was time to take a hooking penalty.

I don't think it was coaching, because Perron's already-abominable play got noticeably worse when Sullivan took over. If memory serves, Sullivan had basically decided Perron wasn't part of the roster before we traded him. The last game, he only got in there because someone was an unexpected scratch (mumps?) about an hour before puck drop.

 

[Honour Over Glory]

We can only have Two francophone's at a time. That's the limit. We had Fleury and Letang. The third spot is in memoriam for Dupuis.

 

[Scandale du Jour]

We can only have Two francophone's at a time. That's the limit. We had Fleury and Letang. The third spot is in memoriam for Dupuis.

Hey! There is no such thing as too many French-Canadian heroes.

The more of them, the more you win.

But, yeah, Perron and Brassard sucked here, so... I'll show myself out.

 

[Randy Butternubs]

I believe Perron changed his stick when he went to Vegas. Something "whippier".

 

[The GM]

He could never duplicate his first goal after scoring on the greatest pass he's ever received in his life, thereby resulting in an extreme loss of confidence.

 

[dig1]

And to think the GM actually thought Pearson was a solution when earlier Perron wasn't. Is there anyone that would prefere Pearson over Perron? If there is, you need to lay off of that sauce

 

[td_ice]

When I see his name mentioned I always think of GMJR of not lottery protecting the pick in what was the McDavid draft.

 

[Honour Over Glory]

Hey! There is no such thing as too many French-Canadian heroes.

The more of them, the more you win.

But, yeah, Perron and Brassard sucked here, so... I'll show myself out.

Perron didn't so much as suck as much as Sullivan only trying him with two lines and deeming it fail and JR got Hagelin right away. Sully has done that with multiple players. Tries then with Sid and deems it a fail or with Malkin. I love Hags so I don't hate the trade but Perron would have been awesome with Bones.

But cups.

 

[EightyOne]

Brassard like

Lazy turd

 

[PensPlz]

Too attractive of a human. Letang was jealous. Drama ensued. One had to go...

 

[Turin]

He had an injury, and I guess didn’t really recover or care once he did.

 

[ZeroPucksGiven]

Mike Johnston thought he was a 4th liner.

He also played him on the incorrect wing

 

[3074326]

He also played him on the incorrect wing

Carrying on the legacy of one Dan Bylsma!

 

[mpp9]

He sucked at supporting 87 and 71. Looked lost out there most of the time.

I think a change of scenery where he could be the guy relied upon to produce offense again and a recommitment physically was huge for him.

 

[Mario_is_BACK!!]

Because I got his signed puck in my charity bag.

 

[Honour Over Glory]

Carrying on the legacy of one Dan Bylsma!

But that didn't change much when Sullivan took over either.

It's crazy how Mike Johnston and Dan Bylsma keep sneaking behind the Pens bench to play Rust and Hornqvist as LW'ers...those wank buckets!

 

[3074326]

But that didn't change much when Sullivan took over either.

It's crazy how Mike Johnston and Dan Bylsma keep sneaking behind the Pens bench to play Rust and Hornqvist as LW'ers...those wank buckets!

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I would post it, but I’m on mobile. And quite frankly, I don’t want to see that stupid face.

 

[Honour Over Glory]

smugbylsma.jpg

I would post it, but I’m on mobile. And quite frankly, I don’t want to see that stupid face.

 

[AuroraBorealis]

#1) He played under Johnston and his system and was misused. Every bleeding forward's production was down compared to their career averages.

#2) He was just lacking confidence, since he never got a foothold early enough. If you watched him play for Vegas then it's night and day. He made all these hard pushes to get to the danger areas and test the D. A lot of the points came from that mindset. He's always had the hands and shot to make it work too.

#3) Just never saw much chemistry between him and our big boys.