Kings sign Corey Perry to one-year deal

Hunter Crowther
Jul 1, 2025, 12:56 EDT
Kings sign Corey Perry to one-year deal
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The Los Angeles Kings signed forward Corey Perry to a one-year deal, according to multiple reports.

According to TSN’s Pierre LeBrun, the deal with total $3.5 million between salary and bonuses.

This past season with the Edmonton Oilers, Perry scored 19 goals and 11 assists for 30 points in 71 games. He also scored 10 goals and four assists for 14 points in 22 Stanley Cup Playoff games during the Oilers’ Stanley Cup Final run.

In 1,392 career NHL games, Perry has 448 goals and 487 assists for 935 points with the Oilers, Chicago Blackhawks, Tampa Bay Lightning, Montreal Canadiens, Dallas Stars and Anaheim Ducks. In 237 career Stanley Cup Playoff games, Perry has 64 goals and 77 assists for 141 points.

Perry won the Stanley Cup with the Ducks in 2007, then made five more Stanley Cup Final appearances with the Stars in 2020, the Canadiens in 2021, the Lightning in 2022, then the Oilers in 2024 and 2025.

Perry’s best season came in 2010-11, scoring 50 goals and 48 assists for 98 points, leading the Ducks to the playoffs and winning both the Maurice “Rocket” Richard Trophy and the Hart Trophy.

Taken with the No. 28 overall pick in the 2003 NHL Entry Draft, Perry had a season for the ages with the OHL’s London Knights in 2004-05, scoring 40 goals and 73 assists for 113 points in 66 regular-season games. In the playoffs, he scored seven goals and 15 assists for 22 points, leading the team to an OHL Championship and a Memorial Cup title.

Internationally, Perry won Olympic gold medals in 2010 and 2014, the World Cup of Hockey in 2016, the World Championship in 2016 and the World Junior Championship in 2005.

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