page_title: David Perron
section_title: Edmonton Oilers
hierarchical_section_title: David Perron / Playing career / Professional / Edmonton Oilers
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context_page_description: David Perron is a Canadian professional ice hockey player currently playing for the St. Louis Blues of the National Hockey League.
  Growing up in Sherbrooke, Quebec, Perron played youth hockey for the Lewiston Maineiacs of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League where he led them to the 2006 President's Cup. As a result of his play, Perron was drafted in the first round, 26th overall, by the St. Louis Blues in the 2007 NHL Entry Draft. He began his professional career with the Blues organization before being traded to the Edmonton Oilers in 2013. His short stint in Edmonton was met with a myriad of injuries which also prohibited him from participating in the 2014 IIHF World Championship. After two years with the Oilers, Perron was traded to the Pittsburgh Penguins and Anaheim Ducks before returning to St. Louis in 2016. He was left unprotected by the team for the 2017 NHL Expansion Draft and was selected by the Vegas Golden Knights for their inaugural season. Perron had a career-high season with the Golden Knights and returned to St. Louis for the third time where he won the Stanley Cup in 2019.
context_section_description: On July 10, 2013, Perron was traded to the Edmonton Oilers in exchange for Magnus Pääjärvi and a 2014 second-round pick. When speaking of the trade, Oilers coach Dallas Eakins praised Perron by saying "I love his competitiveness...As much skill as he has, he’s got that little bit of nasty in him." General manager Craig MacTavish said he expected to use Perron on the left wing with Jordan Eberle or Nail Yakupov and play on their penalty kill. Through three preseason games, Perron recorded three goals and four points. He was named to the Oilers opening night roster where he played in 13 consecutive games before missing one due to an illness. Upon returning to the lineup, he fell ill again and underwent an MRI due to pain in his neck. Perron ended up missing four games before returning to the ice on November 7 against the Philadelphia Flyers. In his first season with the club, Perron played alongside Jordan Eberle and tied him for team lead in goals. In May, he was named to Team Canada for the 2014 IIHF World Championship but was forced to decline due to an injury.
  In his second and final year with Edmonton, Perron started late due to a hip injury. He began training in August and was paired with Leon Draisaitl and Mark Arcobello during the regular season. The Oilers began the season with a 6–12–2 record and two five game losing streaks by November. Perron actively voiced his frustrations about the loses by saying "something has to change...when you are making those mistakes, something needs to happen. They are the same mistakes we were doing last year. We keep talking about how much better we are this year, but for me it is the same record now that we had last year. It is not better."
caption: Perron with the Edmonton Oilers in September 2014
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