Ottawa Senators forward and former Red Wing David Perron gave an interview to TSN 1200 in Ottawa this morning, and the Ottawa Sun’s Tim Baines took note of Perron’s remarks:
“I know there are some really good pieces (in Ottawa), but sometimes it just needs the right type of guys together,” Perron said while being interviewed on TSN 1200 Friday morning. “Through my experiences, in Vegas and St. Louis, both of the years we went to the Stanley Cup final, you learn a lot. I’ll be vocal, I’m a guy who’ll keep pushing the group. Sometimes it needs to get a bit uncomfortable. I’m really looking forward to joining this group. We’re going to try and build the right attitude, the right culture.”
Senators fans may remember Perron for an incident in a game between the Detroit Red Wings and Senators in December. After Senators winger Mathieu Joseph hit Dylan Larkin in the back of the head, knocking the Wings captain out, Senators defenceman Artem Zub came onto the scene. Thinking Zub was the culprit, Perron viciously cross-checked him to the face. He got a match penalty, then later was handed a six-game suspension by the NHL.
“I may have to buy a couple of dinners for Zub and get him on my good side,” Perron said with a laugh during the TSN 1200 interview. “It’s not the most comfortable situation. I don’t see (myself as dirty). I don’t know if anyone believes me, but I was not trying to get that high (with the cross check), I was trying to go around the waist and elbow area. Zub’s arm came up and it rides up and goes into his head. You’re trying to create an identity, a culture where everyone sticks up for each other. In that situation, I saw my captain laying down. I’ve missed a lot of games with concussions. I’m not trying to get guys injured. I try to play the game on the edge. There needs to be bit of a fear factor. (Senators captain) Brady (Tkachuk) does that every shift.”
Continued; Perron brought vocal leadership and an “edge” to the Red Wings, and now he’s going to make the Senators that much harder to play against.
