It was his 2nd season in the league.
And at just 22-years-old, Corey Perry accomplished the pinnacle of success in the game of hockey.
You have your whole career still ahead of you, and you already have one ring.
But then a Chicago dynasty comes around.
Then a mini Kings dynasty comes around.
Then Sidney Crosby makes sure he gets his 2nd and 3rd.
Before you know it, you’re 33 and still chasing that high.
That’s when Corey Perry said enough is enough.
He wasn’t going to end his career without another crack at the Cup.
He needed one last hit of the good stuff.
So in 2020, he heads down south to give it a go with the Dallas Stars.
They advance to the Cup Final in the bubble, but run into a buzz saw Lightning team.
Montreal advances to the Stanley Cup Final but again, so did the Lightning.
Once again, enough is enough.
The man can’t keep losing to the Bolts anymore.
It’s time for him to join them in 2022 on the quest for their 3-peat.
3 years in a row.
3 losses in the Cup Final.
There’s bad luck, and then there’s whatever Corey Perry is carrying around.
This year he took the most roundabout way possible to get himself back to the Cup Final.
He’s the first player in NHL history to play in the Stanley Cup Final for 5 different teams.
I just can’t take watching him lose another.
But this man deserves to be done chasing another Cup.
Let him finally put an end to this thing and get the job done one more time.
Which is why he should be allowed to be used as an extra for either team this series.
We can really test out the Curse Of The Worm here.
Whichever team is winning the series after each game gets Perry on their roster for the next.
If the series is tied up, he goes back to Edmonton.
