The Edmonton Oilers introduced Monday that they’ve signed ahead Corey Perry to a one-year contract with a mean annual worth of $775,000 plus efficiency bonuses. The signing comes two months after Perry, a veteran of almost 20 NHL seasons and former league MVP, was minimize by the Chicago Blackhawks for “unacceptable conduct”.

Perry, 38, issued an apology for his termination by the Blackhawks in December — which was prompted by what was referred to solely as a “office matter” — saying that he had been searching for counseling to take care of alcohol abuse issues. Perry just lately met with NHL commissioner Gary Bettman however was at no level prohibited from signing with one other crew.

“When the whole lot occurred and my contract was terminated, I did not know the place issues had been going to go, so at first I took care of myself,” Perry mentioned in an introductory press convention on Monday, per the AP. “That was on the entrance of it’s deal with your self, get your self in a greater place and transfer on from there.”

Perry, who received a Stanley Cup with the Anaheim Geese in 2007 and earned the Hart Memorial Trophy in 2010-11, joins the Oilers because the crew continues on a 13-game profitable streak and tries to posture to make a run at their first Stanley Cup since 1990. Between 2020 and 2022, Perry performed within the Stanley Cup Finals three years in a row on three totally different groups however misplaced every time.

For wage cap causes, Perry’s contract will be registered with the NHL solely when Adam Erne clears waivers or is claimed by one other crew.