IDK if you wanted an essay but here you go. I should preface this by saying that I agree that Perry plays dirty, I hate it, and I want him to stop. I totally get why other fans dislike him so much, especially when he does something shitty on ice.
I like him because he's a good hockey player and a cornerstone of the Ducks. He had that 50-goal Hart season. He consistently leads a playoff-contending team in goals. He and Getzlaf play really well together. This past season he and the team had a horrible, horrible, horrible start but he bounced back to again put up >30 goals. He's willing to play in front of the net, chase loose pucks, and is a great finisher. His past 2 seasons haven't been his best but I hope he'll break out again. (Well, I hoped. Like I said, Carlyle has killed my hopes and dreams.)
Perry is by no means an interesting or even nice personality. But I find the non-dirty pest things he does funny (stealing sticks, that time he filled Jeff Carter's glove with water). His interviews are dead boring but sometimes if you get him with Ryan Getzlaf he's marginally funny. He does a lot of charity work, including supporting youth hockey and cancer foundations. Teemu Selanne loves him, I love Teemu Selanne.
Re: Hopes, wishes and dreams for 16/17
I like him because he's a good hockey player and a cornerstone of the Ducks. He had that 50-goal Hart season. He consistently leads a playoff-contending team in goals. He and Getzlaf play really well together. This past season he and the team had a horrible, horrible, horrible start but he bounced back to again put up >30 goals. He's willing to play in front of the net, chase loose pucks, and is a great finisher. His past 2 seasons haven't been his best but I hope he'll break out again. (Well, I hoped. Like I said, Carlyle has killed my hopes and dreams.)
Perry is by no means an interesting or even nice personality. But I find the non-dirty pest things he does funny (stealing sticks, that time he filled Jeff Carter's glove with water). His interviews are dead boring but sometimes if you get him with Ryan Getzlaf he's marginally funny. He does a lot of charity work, including supporting youth hockey and cancer foundations. Teemu Selanne loves him, I love Teemu Selanne.