Saturday: The Kings announced that Perry has undergone successful knee surgery and will be out for six to eight weeks. That means that he will not be available to start the upcoming season and could ultimately miss more than a month if he winds up missing the longer end of that timeline.
Perry has $1.5MM in performance bonuses in his contract that are tied to games played. However, he only needs to get 50 regular season games played to max out on those so this injury alone shouldn’t stop him from having a chance at earning the full amount of those bonuses.
Friday: According to the staff at Mayor’s Manor, new forward for the Los Angeles Kings, Corey Perry, was reportedly injured in an on-ice incident today at the Toyota Sports Performance Center in El Segundo. The outlet suggests that Perry was taken off the ice in a wheelchair for further medical evaluation.
There’s little information regarding the injury, and it’s unknown at this point if Perry suffered the injury as a result of contact or not. The only information that Mayor’s Manor could provide was that the injury happened along the boards, not on open ice.
It would obviously be a significant blow to Perry and the Kings after the 41-year-old veteran signed a one-year, $2MM contract with Los Angeles at the beginning of the offseason, if he misses significant time due to the injury. Perry was expected to contribute in a bottom-six role, both for his offensive and leadership abilities.
Outside of his 14-year career with the Anaheim Ducks, which included a Stanley Cup ring in 2007 and a Hart Memorial and Maurice Richard Trophy in 2011, Perry’s career has become a point of fascination over the last few seasons. Perry has reached the Stanley Cup Finals five out of six times since signing with the Dallas Stars before the 2019-20 season, after being bought out by the Ducks, but lost each time.
Still, he’s been able to stay relevant and productive in the twilight years of his career. Split between the Stars, Montreal Canadiens, Tampa Bay Lightning, Chicago Blackhawks, and Edmonton Oilers, Perry has scored 76 goals and 159 points in 404 games while averaging 12:51 of ice time per game. Throughout his past six playoff runs, the veteran winger has recorded 28 goals and 52 points in 119 games, averaging 13:17 per game.
Fortunately, the Kings have compiled enough depth, especially on the wing, to sustain such an injury. While Perry’s potential replacement may not have the same value, players like Akil Thomas, Andre Lee, Jeff Malott, or Taylor Ward could temporarily fulfill the role.
Another guy that can’t let go.
Yeah there’s no team in the league that could use a guy who scored 19 regular season goals then added 10 in the playoffs.
Yesterday is gone!
Settle down Sparky!
It appears you can’t let go that useful players can still make more money in one season than you will in a lifetime.
This statement basically describes your post. Every single one.
Why should he let it go? Dude still gets the job done
Significant loss? Kempe or Fiala would be a significant loss. This is a loss, and that’s it.
It would be one thing if he hasn’t been impactful, but he has. Good for him to choose continuing to do what he loves as opposed to becoming a miserable curmudgeon like you
How will the Kings survive the season?
This is beyond devastating.
Please tell me this is sarcasm
No surprise here, Hung around to long, It’s a young mans game, Perry will score less than 10 goals in the regular season, And he’ll be a scratch in the playoffs.
Confirmed. Corey Perry banged your mom.
Well they were about to make the Stanley Cup finals and lose with Perry. Now they will just lose in the first round.
It’s a cruel world.
This comment hurts. Kinda a lot.
Wonder who will pick up the slack in the cheapshot department while he’s out?
Probably Samuel Helenius.
Perry wasn’t even practicing, He was just skating around the rink, And for that, Corey Perry, You are the AARP player of the week! Congratulations.