The Next Stretch Is Important for the New York Rangers and Their Trade Deadline Plans
The New York Rangers free agent continued from last season to this season. General Manager Chris Drury has been trying to establish a new culture on the team, but the Rangers’ personnel is not good enough to make the playoffs.
NHL Rumors: Will Term Be A Story For New York Rangers And Artemi Panarin?
This is not a very talented team, and something needs to change after Saturday’s 10-2 loss to the Boston Bruins. There is no consensus, and the feeling is that the team should start over. But Rangers owner James Dolan will “remain patient” with GM Chris Drury, as he told WFAN earlier in the week. Not to mention that Dolan was not forgetting his team.
So Dolan knows what he wants? On ABC’s Saturday Afternoon featuring the New York Rangers and Boston Bruins, Emily Kaplan was asked by Steve Levy what the Rangers’ strategy is at the trade deadline.
Writing for NHLRumors.com
Steve Levy: “Emily Kaplan joins us from Boston. The year is flying by, and we’re going to talk about the trade deadline, which is two months away. What about the Rangers going forward?”
Emily Kaplan: “Well, James Dolan said on WFAN this week, it confirms what I heard privately. Chris Drury has the full support of the owner to do whatever he thinks his team needs. Now, as of now, they are still pushing for the playoffs, until the injuries of Igor Shesterkin and Adam Fox this week. They wanted to add this month, but before they reach the Olympics, but before the month. playoffs, the global expectation is that the Rangers may have a mini-retool.
NHL Rumors: New York Rangers Season Decides What Happens With Artemi Panarin
The biggest question is Artemi Panarin and he was eligible for an extension this summer. Now we are in January. I’ve been told that those talks go nowhere. Now, neither side has closed the door, but now we’re really trending, which is the best free agent signing in Rangers history to leave you out, but it’s important to remember that Panarin has a full no-movement clause. You are in control here.
So at some point, the Rangers should have a conversation. Can we do business with you? They haven’t had that conversation yet. Again, this is only if they’re out of the playoffs, and I don’t expect anything to happen until the Olympic break.”
As NHLRumors.com has been reporting since the start of the season, this season will reveal a lot when it comes to Artemi Panarin. Yes, Panarin is the Rangers’ best player, but the fact that the two sides are so far apart from an extension, and the entire free agent class of 2026 is heavily signed, leads many to believe that he will test the free agent market.
If so, they should sell him and other team assets that are not only waiting for free agents, but also players with term left, and start rebuilding, but finish properly this time.
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