They say you can never go back, but the Edmonton Oilers do miss Corey Perry. Article content

They also say age waits for nobody when you’re an athlete, but Perry is a freak of nature. He’s 40, and over his last 100 NHL games, he has 34 goals. That’s 19 in 81 Edmonton Oilers league games last season, 10 in their 22 playoff games and five in the first seven games with the Los Angeles Kings, without a training camp because he had knee surgery just before it started. Article content Article content

Perry has 15 goals in his last 29 games if you go back to the playoffs.

Only one Oiler—Leon Draiasitl (nine)—has more league goals than Perry right now.

The NHL is playing in a warp-speed NHL full of kids about half his age who race into the opposing end. You’re made to look bad when you can

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