From behindthenet.com
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Perron's linemates in St. L. Almost impossible for him to be the biggest / toughest guy on the ice while in St. L ... that will be common for him in Edmonton.
50% of the time he was on the ice so was Backes.
DAVIDPERRON STL 684.48 48 DAVIDBACKES 49.7 ALEXPIETRANGELO 44.0 T.J.OSHIE 33.7 KEVINSHATTENKIRK 31.7 BARRETJACKMAN 31.0 PATRIKBERGLUND 29.3 ROMANPOLAK 29.3 ALEXANDERSTEEN 19.6 VLADIMIRTARASENKO 18.7 KRISRUSSELL 16.5
In the playoffs his constant linemates were Berglund and Oshie.
He will go from having Backes (6-3 221) and Berglund (6-4 217) to RNH (6-0 171) and Gagner (5-10 191) as his centres.. (stats from ESPN)
That is a significant adjustment.