As long as we keep this little dispute where it belongs I am fine with that. The question is, is he a "problem" player.

You have presented your case, I get it, and I agree no way is he the ultimate 200' hockey player. But he is getting up and down the ice like never before. He is back checking, cycling the puck less, looking for his mates more.

Basically, he's a far better hockey player than he was when he left after his very disappointing years here. I was in full favor of trading him. But he's better today because he has widened his game and far less selfish.

The Blues biggest problems are in goal and pretty much the 3 center positions. Then Steen. Then not having ONE of a Rattie or Jaskin or Paajarvi developing into something really good.

There's plenty of targets to go around but Perron is not on the list of problems for this team. We need his offense but he's got the hits, the takeaways and enough of the 200' game to prove it.