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Smashville Spookies: Free Agents to Avoid for the Predators

By Colin Blouin

Nashville Predators center Ryan Johansen (92) and Dallas Stars right wing Corey Perry (10) hit each other at the end of the first period at Bridgestone Arena. Mandatory Credit: Christopher Hanewinckel-USA TODAY Sports
Nashville Predators center Ryan Johansen (92) and Dallas Stars right wing Corey Perry (10) hit each other at the end of the first period at Bridgestone Arena. Mandatory Credit: Christopher Hanewinckel-USA TODAY Sports /
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Corey Perry
Nashville Predators defenseman Ryan Ellis (4) lays on the ice after being injured by Dallas Stars right wing Corey Perry Mandatory Credit: Tim Flores-USA TODAY Sports /

Corey Perry, RW

This one should seem obvious to any Predators fan, especially after the Winter Classic. Never mind any statistical analysis, the fact that he would be a right wing on a team full of natural right wing forwards on both the roster and in the pipeline, or the fact that he logged 70 penalty minutes (Watson led the Predators with 65 last year, and he’s now Ottawa’s problem).

It’s COREY-FREAKING-PERRY.

Yes, he’s been on some winning teams. But he’s also a dirty player. He’s the type to walk an elderly person through a crosswalk at a busy intersection, leave them in the middle of it, and wait for the light to turn green, just for fun. I once heard Perry tainted an entire city’s water supply, and held the cure for ransom…we’re talking real Lex Luthor level stuff…allegedly (I can’t confirm).

Whether you believe that or not, Nashville does NOT need him, and he’s one of the free agents they absolutely should not sign.

I would pay a large sum of money for Corey Perry to be locked in a room with Ryan Ellis to, ya know, “work through their differences” the Smashville way…with their fists.

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