Senators snag Perron, Amadio on multi-year deals

The Ottawa Senators signed free-agent forward David Perron to a two-year contract worth $4 million per season, the team announced Monday.

The 36-year-old registered 17 goals and 30 assists for the Detroit Red Wings last year. Those numbers marked a slight dip from the 24 goals and 32 assists he posted in 2022-23.

Ottawa also announced Monday that it inked forward Michael Amadio to a three-year deal with a $2.6-million cap hit.

Amadio, 28, tallied 14 goals and 27 points in 73 games with the Vegas Golden Knights last season. He won the Stanley Cup with the team in 2023.

Perron and Amadio join an Ottawa squad desperate to get back into contention amid a seven-year playoff drought. The Senators made a free-agency splash with Claude Giroux two summers ago to complement a young core, but the move has yet to result in a postseason berth.

Perron, a Stanley Cup champion with the St. Louis Blues in 2019, has also spent time with the Edmonton Oilers, Pittsburgh Penguins, Anaheim Ducks, and Vegas Golden Knights. He's tallied 310 goals, 458 assists, and 825 penalty minutes over 1,131 career games.

Ottawa has been busy early in the offseason, also picking up goaltender Linus Ullmark in a trade with the Boston Bruins before free agency began.