Pittsburgh Penguins General Manager Jim Rutherford made a splash earlier this season when he landed sharp-shooting winger David Perron from the Edmonton Oilers, sending Rob Klinkhammer and a first-round pick to the Oil in the deal.
While Perron looked like an absolute steal early on, scoring 5 goals over his first six games with Pittsburgh, the winger’s play dropped off significantly as the season wore on, and Perron’s subpar postseason performance saw him drop from the first line to the third by the end of Pittsburgh’s only playoff series.