When David Perron returned to game action in December 2011 after missing 13 months with a concussion, he produced like he had never left. And though his points dropped this past season, Perron was still an effective offensive performer for the St. Louis Blues. Now Perron could get a chance to add even more on offence after being traded to the Edmonton Oilers for Magnus Paajarvi and a second-round pick. In Edmonton, the 25-year-old will be part of a young core of skilled players along with Taylor Hall, Jordan Eberle, Sam Gagner, Ryan Nugent-Hopkins and Nail Yakupov. "Theres a ton of players with a lot of skills," Perron said in a phone interview. "I think its a real nice fit for me. Its that type of game that I want to play that I feel like I got to the NHL that way, and thats how Ill have the most success." Perron had 10 goals and 15 assists in 48 games last season, doing so in a more conservative system under coach Ken Hitchcock. Blues general manager Doug Armstrong believes Perron can thrive in any system, but the Oilers one might fit particularly well. "Hes a guy who has a skill set thatll be better suited to playing the game the way that we want to play the game," Oilers GM Craig MacTavish said in a radio interview with AM-630 in Edmonton. "Theres going to be more attack opportunities, more rush opportunities. "This guy has potentially one of the best set of hands in the league." Perron is expected to play left wing with the Oilers and will be counted on to kill penalties and help out on the offensive end, as well. In 340 games with the Blues, he had 84 goals and 114 assists. "I think that David, hes a dynamic player, and he has an unbelievable skill-set that sometimes takes a little bit of time to get used to playing with ... for his teammates to get to understand his nuances," Armstrong said on a conference call. Perron has three more years left on his contract that counts just over US$3.8 million against the salary cap. The Blues need to free up space to sign restricted-free-agent defenceman Alex Pietrangelo, but Armstrong said the deal had more to do with diversifying at forward. "(How) our team is situated right now we have a number of players about the same size and about the same stature," Armstrong said, referring to Vladimir Tarasenko, Ty Rattie, Dmitrij Jaskin and Jaden Schwartz. "For us to bring in a six-foot-three, 210-pound left-winger that we think is just starting to understand his potential, hes 22 years old, one of the areas we wanted to try to improve was our speed, and I think that bringing in Paajarvi is going to help that." Paajarvi had nine goals and seven assists in 42 games for the Oilers last season. Hes a restricted free agent, but Armstrong said he liked that the Blues had the young wingers rights for the next four years. "We view him coming in and competing in our group of nine," Armstrong said. "Weve had nine forwards that are interchangeable and (coach Ken Hitchcock) has used them as interchangeable parts playing different guys with different players. Our team is built on balance and we think he has an opportunity to come in here and provide an element that we dont have right now." In Perron, the Oilers get a more polished NHL player than they have in Hall, Eberle, Nugent-Hopkins and Yakupov. MacTavish singled out Perrons willingness to go to the dirty areas to score goals, but acquiring a six-foot playmaker doesnt do anything to add physicality to the mix of skill already in Edmonton. "Were a team that really is pretty far down the path of playing a more skill, puck-possession game, a team that has to rely on quickness more so than bulk," MacTavish told the Oilers website. "Were a team thats got to play quick." Perron fits there. MacTavish expressed some concern over the concussion that cost Perron over a year of his career, but playing 57 games the rest of the 2011-12 season and all 48 this season went a long way to assuaging any fears. But this was a trade of need for need. The Oilers got more experienced, while the Blues got a player with perhaps some more potential. "Its a good deal for both teams, at least thats what Craig and I both hope," Armstrong said. "Davids a dynamic offensive player and has had success in the past. We think Magnus is just entering the guts of his career now, and were looking forward to him being a Blue." Cheap Arizona Cardinals Jerseys .C. -- Calgarys Kevin Koe did it the hard way again. Cheap Seattle Seahawks Jerseys . That left plenty of energy for pitching books and swatting away free agency questions. 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"Im in a really good position for tomorrow," Scott said.NEW YORK -- Matt Harvey knew of one way to quiet all the talk about his off-field activities being a distraction: dominate on the mound. The young ace did just that Sunday, striking out 10 in seven overpowering innings to lead the New York Mets past the Philadelphia Phillies 5-0. The 24-year-old Harvey has embraced his fame in his first full major league season, dating a Russian supermodel, appearing in a sketch on "Late Night with Jimmy Fallon" that poked fun at his sudden popularity, and posing nude in a sports magazine. He also told another publication that Derek Jeter was the player he wants to "model" his dating life after. Much of it drew criticism from the New York media. "I read the articles and obviously I was embarrassed by them. The way I was portrayed is not who I am and not the person who I am," Harvey said. "Ill deal with it on the field and fortunately I was able to do it today." Said Mets captain David Wright: "If this is the most hes going to have to deal with in his career, its going to be smooth sailing." Wright and Marlon Byrd made Harveys day a bit easier, connecting in the first for the teams first back-to-back homers this season. "It was awesome," Harvey said. "It made my job of going out there and throwing zeros even more fun." Byrd followed Wrights homer off the dark metal railing atop the new left-field wall with a no-doubter into the second deck against Cliff Lee (10-4). Wrights homer was upheld by a video review. Juan Lagares also needed replay to confirm his three-run drive in the fourth that hit the same metal fence in left field as Wrights did. His shot gave New York a 5-0 lead against the 2008 AL Cy Young Award winner. Lagares made a running catch in centre field with Delmon Young on third base in the seventh to help preserve the shutout. The Mets snapped their seven-game skid against the Phillies at Citi Field with a 5-4 victory Saturday, and the win Sunday left Philadelphia below .500 at 49-50. "You have to keep thinking that maybe one of these days you will stay up," manager Charlie Manuel said. In his first outing since starting the All-Star game on his home mound, Harvey (8-2) hit a batter with a pitch in the first inning -- just as he did Tuesday night when he nailed Yankees slugger Robinson Cano. But plunking Chase Utley with a 99 mph fastball was about the only mistake Harvey made until Utley singled with one out in the fourth. Harvey also allowed a single to Michael Young in the sixth and a double to Delmon Young in the seventh inning of his 30th career start. 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The big right-hander has six games with double-digit strikeouts this year. He had his fourth game of at least 10 strikeouts without walking a batter. Manuel isnt too excited about facing Harvey several times a year. "You have to think day-to-day, game-to-game," he said. "Otherwise, you might get scared." Brown, also an All-Star, fanned all four times up. Wrights 15th homer hit high off the added fencing to protect fans and was confirmed after a review of 1 minute, 27 seconds. Lagares liner was more questionable, hitting just above the orange line that tops the padded wall. Wright led off the fourth with a single and Josh Satin got a hit one out later. After John Buck flied out, Lagares sent a 1-2, hanging curveball over the new fence that was erected to shorten dimensions before the 2012 season. He waited on second base with his hands on his hips when three of the four umpires went inside for a look at the replay. Fans stood and twirled their finger, signalling homer, and when crew chief Mike Winters emerged he did the same. Lagares said he watched video during the All-Star break to figure out what he was doing wrong at the plate. He went 7 for 10 with five RBIs against the Phillies. Lee has allowed seven homers in his last two outings after yielding nine in his first 18 starts. He allowed five runs and seven hits in six innings for his first road loss since May 1, a span of nine starts. "What really is frustrating is that the home runs -- all with two strikes and all with two outs," Lee said. NOTES: Phillies RHP Roy Halladay threw off a mound for the first time since shoulder surgery in early May. Pitching coach Rich Dubee said Halladay tossed about 20 pitches, all fastballs. ... Mets INF Justin Turner went 0 for 2 for Class-A Brooklyn on Saturday night. He is 7 for 25 in eight rehab games. 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