Fantasy Spin: Upside for Perron, Hagelin after trade

David Perron and Carl Hagelin swapped teams in a trade between the Anaheim Ducks and Pittsburgh Penguins on Saturday. Here are the fantasy implications of the deal:

Perron (LW/RW, 17 percent owned in Yahoo leagues) played mostly with Evgeni Malkin and Phil Kessel in his final days with the Penguins, but failed to live up to the hype during his stint in Pittsburgh (38 points in 86 games). He came to the Penguins last season in a trade with the Edmonton Oilers, and thrived early with nine goals and four assists in his first 16 games. But his shooting percentage tailed off from there and was abnormally low (4.2 percent) in 43 games this season.

He now heads to Anaheim where he will have an opportunity to play alongside either Ryan Getzlaf and Corey Perry on the top line or with Ryan Kesler on the second line. The Ducks are one of the most underachieving teams in the League this season, averaging a League-worst 1.95 goals per game heading into Saturday. If Perron's shooting percentage corrects itself and he finds chemistry in a top-six and power-play role, fantasy owners could find themselves a second-half steal. Perron averages 2.4 hits per game and 2.2 shots on goal per game this season and brings dual eligibility to the table in Yahoo.

Although Perron has been fantasy-relevant in the past with two 50-point seasons and sound category coverage, Hagelin (LW, 12 percent owned in Yahoo) never eclipsed 20 goals, 40 points or 200 SOG in a season with the New York Rangers (2011-15). He was traded to the Ducks in the offseason but never fit in, bouncing around the lineup and posting 12 points, a minus-10 and 82 SOG in 43 games.

Hagelin doesn't cover penalty minutes or hits nearly as well as Perron, and is more of a boom-or-bust fantasy add at this point. He also has a low shooting percentage (4.9) this season but his career rate is much lower (9.2) than Perron's (11.7). With the Penguins struggling, you have to imagine coach Mike Sullivan will experiment with the speedy Hagelin on the left side of either Malkin or Sidney Crosby. If Perron is already owned in your league, Hagelin is certainly worth a deep-league flier just because of the caliber of linemates he could play with in Pittsburgh. Don't expect him to see much power-play time with his new team, though, which limits his fantasy ceiling.

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