MLive’s Ansar Khan filed a middle-of-the-day article discussing Red Wings free agent signing David Perron’s status as a superb power play performer:
An ineffective power play has cost the Detroit Red Wings many games over the past six seasons.
David Perron should help in that area. He scored a career-high 11 power-play goals with St. Louis last season and has tallied 33 in the past four years.
That is one reason general manager Steve Yzerman signed Perron to a two-year contract with a $4.75 million average annual value one week ago at the start of free agency.
“A team that goes on a good run on the power play usually starts the year pretty well,” Perron said. “If you start behind the eight-ball, and you have to dig yourself out, it’s tough to come back and have a good season. I think with the Blues last year we had the best power play in the history of the team. I was part of that solution. It’s something that I want to help.”
The Red Wings ranked 26th on the power play in 2022-21 and have the worst cumulative power-play percentage in the NHL during their six-year playoff drought (excluding expansion Seattle).
Perron provides another right-handed shooting option on the power play, along with Lucas Raymond and point men Moritz Seider and Filip Hronek.
