New York Rangers Should Sell Artemi Panarin And Other Players
Jim Biringer of NHLRumors.com, Full Press NHL, and RG Media joined TSN Radio in Montreal on Monday and were asked about the direction of the New York Rangers. Will players like Artemi Panarin, Mika Zibanejad, and a few others be removed?
Writing for NHLRumors.com
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Manager: “I’m glad you went to the Rangers, because that was going to be my second question. I don’t even remember Sean Campbell bringing up the name of Artemi Panarin as a possible candidate for the Canadiens, and we did it a few months ago. It was, I won’t say it was Sean’s hot, but the names that have just been released. in this deal.
Zibanejad has a lot of what I read is a move, really, nothing. But also to Zibanejad, like, how much money can you spend on your job that you want to spend, you know, salesman, resident, even if you’re not around the playoffs?
So, he thinks Zibanejad could waive that no-change clause to go to a team that can compete with Panarin because of his contract situation, who is no longer under contract going forward. I believe, do the Rangers make him available to the masses?”
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Jim Biringer: “I mean, I think Panarin is a million dollar question again, because I think they had contract talks in the summer, but they didn’t answer. And he’s coming off an 11.7 million contract. They don’t want to pay him that again. They don’t want to go long term. Are they trying to find somewhere in the middle of this? It seems like he’s going to meet in New York.
And I think they have to make a decision, okay, if we don’t make the playoffs, if this tail continues, we have to go to him a little bit and tread water here, because he also has a no-movement close, and he can just say, , I don’t want to go anywhere. And then we’re stuck in the same thing that we saw with Toronto, with Mitch Marner, and he’s just going nowhere.
And I don’t think the Rangers can do that, considering he was a prize to have when he signed them, they accelerated the last rebuild. They have to go to him and say, okay, things are not going as planned. Where would you like to go? What bands are on your list that you would be ready to go to, like Zibanejad? Where do you want to go?
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That will be a little trickier during the deadline. I think that, if he’s going to do it, he’s going to have to wait for the off-season if he decides to do it. And if he decides he doesn’t want to be a New York Ranger anymore, and all indications are now, he still wants to be a Ranger.
But I wonder about a guy like Vincent Trocheck. As a middle market in its own right, it is a valuable asset. Teams can call him if he’s available, like maybe a guy, a guy like Alexis Lafreniere might need a change of location.
So if the Rangers really get out of this thing and admit that they have to rebuild properly this time around, instead of rushing into it, there could be a massive exodus in New York. “
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