Confirmed with Link: Oilers Sign Brendan Perlini (1 Year, $750K, 2-Way)

[Anarchism]

This is for the A....Perlini is more than a little lost without the puck or involved in an attack.
Whether he plays RW or LW our NHL right side defense can't have this lack of support on the ice.

 

[Magnum23]

If he can outproduce Ennis, Chaisson, or Kahun this is a win for us imo

 

[Bryanbryoil]

Just because it requires repeating: -17 in 21 GP in the Swiss league. Nothing to see here.

I remember being told that Alex Plante was a better prospect than Jeff Petry after Petry went -31 in 38 games in his Sophomore NCAA season. Sometimes guys that play a lot on shit teams have really shitty +/-'s. I'm not saying that he's a great or even good defensive player, but IMO it's worth giving him a shot. This is a guy who had to pick up and move overseas for work, if he's hungry to make a career for himself on this side of the pond he will likely be working his tail off to stick. If he doesn't, then he's down to Bako and gone in a season.

 

[Whyme]

If he can outproduce Ennis, Chaisson, or Kahun this is a win for us imo

There's also the defensive side, which hasn't looked good for Perlini during the last seasons, so he needs to fix that side as well. But you never know, sometimes things suddenly click again and one of this kind of moves can prove to be terrific.

 

[94 Oil Drops]

Nice we got the dude from England! LOL could see him playing a fair bit here and doing well. Fair chance he becomes a regular 4th liner. Even if he doesn't work out it's no loss.

 

[JordanGalhanth]

But you never know, sometimes things suddenly click again and one of this kind of moves can prove to be terrific.

Case in point, your post got me thinking about Ryan Jones. Dude was a solid waiver pickup from Nashville and gave us some Bottom 6 heart and soul that we desperately needed. It's an absolute tragedy how his career was completely derailed by that fluke eye injury.

 

[McDNicks17]

 

[Oilhawks]

The guy scored a goal that season, no surprise

 

[nexttothemoon]

His last year in the NHL in Detroit you pretty much can throw out as he and the players he played with that season had a shooting pct of just 3.6% when he was on the ice and the save pct was 90.1% at evens... so pretty much a perfect environment to put up atrocious results... which he did.

I'm not saying he wasn't a part of the problem there... but he had much better results in Arizona where the PDO was much better when he was on the ice.

He wasn't good in Chicago either... but at least he still scored there... was on a 20 goal pace with Chicago... 12 goals in 46 games.

I actually expect he's a player like that Chicago version... one that can score some goals but is defensively mediocre.

 

[Perfect_Drug]

Does he have any sandpaper in his game?

If not, I'd rather we bring back Ennis, Kahun or Chiasson.

Our bottom-6 needs to be harder to play against, not finesse-y, and in need of sheltering.

 

[snipes]

Correct.


Bridge deal at $1.5 to $2.2M AAV.

Cap space. We hardly knew ye.

 

[nexttothemoon]

I didn't mind Chiasson... I think people expected too much from him... but I think he was decent in his role... and wasn't a net negative for the team.

Honestly that's probably a decent comparison for Perlini... not all that unlike Chiasson in his offensive numbers, defensive abilities... size etc.

Perlini might have a little upside yet whereas Chiasson was pretty much a finished product... not much more to squeeze out of that lemon.

Chiasson scored 20 goals in his last 110 games with the Oilers over the past 2 seasons. You might see similar numbers from Perlini (if he manages to stick around that long).

 

[CanmoreMike]

Whether Perlini turns into a contributor or not these stats people who are throwing this stuff out realize every good team has had to buy players when their value is low, correct? You read and hear these talking heads and they suggest getting this player coming off a career year, signing this one who's finally playing his draft position suggested he would, and this other guy who is solid all around.

And they assume all these players are coming here (or there) for some bargain price.

Pat Maroon was a player who was underwater before he got here. Got him cheap. People loved him.

Ryan Jones has been mentioned. Alex Chiasson scored 22 goals earning $650K.

My complaint about this signing will be if it's the only one. To me the Oilers should be looking for 3 more Brandon Perllini's to stock the depth. Hopefully one pays off.

 

[GOilers88]

I didn't mind Chiasson... I think people expected too much from him... but I think he was decent in his role... and wasn't a net negative for the team.

Honestly that's probably a decent comparison for Perlini... not all that unlike Chiasson in his offensive numbers, defensive abilities... size etc.

Perlini might have a little upside yet whereas Chiasson was pretty much a finished product... not much more to squeeze out of that lemon.

Chiasson scored 20 goals in 110 games with the Oilers. You might see similar numbers from Perlini (if he manages to stick around that long).

Just another Oilers player who got trashed on for signing a contract that management offered him.

I liked him too. He was a good bottom six player.

 

[CanmoreMike]

Just another Oilers player who got trashed on for signing a contract that management offered him.

I liked him too. He was a good bottom six player.

And if recall correctly people were worried after scoring 22 goals he would be demanding $5M a season on a 6 year deal...then it comes it at a very respectable number and people still complain.

 

[GOilers88]

And if recall correctly people were worried after scoring 22 goals he would be demanding $5M a season on a 6 year deal...then it comes it at a very respectable number and people still complain.

That's because anyone can produce with McDavid so anyone that does produce with McDavid should be signing contracts for less money because they should know the only reason they produced was because of McDavid.

It really is mind boggling logic.

 

[Bryanbryoil]

Does he have any sandpaper in his game?

If not, I'd rather we bring back Ennis, Kahun or Chiasson.

Our bottom-6 needs to be harder to play against, not finesse-y, and in need of sheltering.

He's averaged a little under a hit a game (3/4's?) in his career IIRC. Not sure how willing he is to handle punishment in the corners and in front of the goal though.

 

[McDoused]

Hard to say anything bad about this signing.

Coach and GM are both familiar with the player and worst case scenario helps the condors.

 

[Oilhawks]

Hard to say anything bad about this signing.

Coach and GM are both familiar with the player and worst case scenario helps the condors.

He played in Detroit in the 19-20 season when Holland had moved over here but agreed otherwise

 

[McDoused]

He played in Detroit in the 19-20 season when Holland had moved over here but agreed otherwise

My bad. I must have heard it wrong and its just Tippett that knows him.

 

[CanmoreMike]

That's because anyone can produce with McDavid so anyone that does produce with McDavid should be signing contracts for less money because they should know the only reason they produced was because of McDavid.

It really is mind boggling logic.

Agreed but you forgot to mention the other part of the argument where the Oilers need to find $5-8M to sign a legit top scoring threat for McDavid because he's never had that and we are holding him back by not giving him one.

 

[GOilers88]

Agreed but you forgot to mention the other part of the argument where the Oilers need to find $5-8M to sign a legit top scoring threat for McDavid because he's never had that and we are holding him back by not giving him one.

But really he should only be making half of that because McDavid is going to carry him

 

[nexttothemoon]

The dman he played the most minutes with on the ice when he was in Chicago was Duncan Keith... so he might have had a little insight on Perlini as well.

 

[belair]

Has he ever played center at any point of his career? I was under the impression he was winger from junior to AHL to NHL. Not that we really need centers, we have all of McDavid/Draisaitl/RNH/Ryan/Holloway/McLeod/Turris (vomit)/Shore (doublevomit) who can play center in the org.

I believe that I've read he did in either Oshawa or Kingston for a short period of time. I can't remember if I've seen him do it personally, but his game has always seemed kind of suited towards a more two-way style of offense, so I could see that transition being possible.

It's surprising to see how his career has progressed to this point, because he was one of the few players in the OHL that season who has the ability to single-handedly take a game over with his skill.

That being said, Foegele did play center on a line with MDC in Kingston for a short period of time, so there is a junior connection there.

 

[Oilhawks]

BLOG: Perlini poised to re-establish game in North America

Not sure if this was stated before (beyond speculation), but Perlini met with Tippett in Arizona earlier in the offseason and they had some discussions at length about him coming back to the NHL. Definitely Tippett that brought him in as a player.


"I think opportunity-wise with him, he's pretty honest as far as where I would stand in the organization and things like that," Perlini said. "It's a different organization, but I know Tipp's style of coaching, so it's not going to be completely foreign to me. I at least have the experience from the past of knowing what he likes, what he doesn't like, and things like that.

"I think that honesty is all you can ever really ask for as a player."


Cautiously optimistic that we might have a solid bottom 6 player here, sounds like he’s willing to do what’s needed defensively to stay in the game.

15-10-25 winger with size and speed in the bottom six would be a pretty good win (if a minor one).