The decision on Artemi Panarin will take place later in the season
The Fourth Period’s Dave Pagnotta joined Steve Kouleas and Frankie Corrado on Sirius XM NHL Network Radio on Wednesday and was asked what will happen with Artemi Panarin and the New York Rangers.
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Frankie Corrado: “I read about Artemi Panarin and his future with the New York Rangers, and we understand that the contract is up. He’s already on a big ticket. He’s going to want an probably even bigger ticket when the new contract comes, whether it’s with the Rangers or whoever. What’s the timeline, I guess, for when the Rangers need to know if they can keep him, or if it’s worth it.” it to try and save Artemi Panarin.
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Dave Pagnotta: “I think that really goes hand in hand with how the rest of the season goes for them. We’re still early in this season, obviously, but I think it’s really going to come down to where they are right now. I think there’s definitely a desire to keep a player of that caliber. But if this team is kind of fluttering and struggling a little bit, it could be a situation where they look at this realistically and go, look, we’ve got to adjust a little bit. Maybe we have did that.” to explore elsewhere and move on from there.
I guess my gut tells me I’ve been wrong before, but my gut tells me I think they’re going to explore later in the season unless this team gets into trouble and everything starts clicking for them. I think that’s probably where it’s going to move towards at least from an exploratory perspective, and then Chris Drury and company will have to decide whether moving him at this stage is the right thing to do, especially if they don’t get that indication.
I think that’s probably around the end of the calendar year to see if they’re going to get the idea of whether or not he’s interested in staying. And then they have to come up with numbers, etc. Look, with the salary cap going up, and with everything that comes with it, and with quite a few guys already signed to extensions, and the expectation that (Adrian) Kempe in LA will figure it out eventually, Panarin might be one of the top dogs in his free agent class.
And like you said, Frankie, this could be another opportunity to make a ton of money on a deal.
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