{"id":409407,"date":"2026-01-15T19:38:12","date_gmt":"2026-01-15T19:38:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/409407\/"},"modified":"2026-01-15T19:38:12","modified_gmt":"2026-01-15T19:38:12","slug":"artemi-panarins-future-in-spotlight-as-new-york-rangers-sink-to-eastern-conference-basement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/409407\/","title":{"rendered":"Artemi Panarin\u2019s future in spotlight as New York Rangers sink to Eastern Conference basement"},"content":{"rendered":"

The New York Rangers<\/a> have dropped to the bottom of the Eastern Conference amid a four-game losing skid and star forward Artemi Panarin<\/a>\u2019s future is top of mind as he approaches unrestricted free agency this summer.<\/p>\n

While the Rangers are struggling, Panarin is on pace to top the point-per-game mark for the ninth straight season with 16 goals and 51 points in 47 games this season.<\/p>\n

The 34-year-old winger has a full no-move clause in the last of a seven-year deal signed with the Rangers in 2019 at a cap hit of $11.64 million.<\/p>\n

TSN Hockey Insider Darren Dreger reports contract talks between the two sides have not progressed, but it remains unclear if Panarin will be open to\u00a0a move\u00a0ahead of the March 6 trade deadline.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s a whirlwind of speculation around what Chris Drury<\/a>, the general manager of the New York Rangers<\/a> might do,\u201d Dreger explained on Early Trading Thursday, one day after fans chanted \u201cFire Drury\u201d during an 8-4 loss to the Ottawa Senators<\/a>. \u201cThat is a nasty building when things aren\u2019t going well, and the Dolan family that owns the Rangers is part of it. They can hear it, and undoubtedly there\u2019s an emotional impact on what Drury might be able to do moving forward.<\/p>\n

\u201cLots of speculation around Artemi Panarin<\/a>, we know he\u2019s got the expiring contract, but he also has a no-move clause, so what direction is Panarin willing to go in?<\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s been some speculation and talk that the Panarin camp has historically engaged in what an extension might look like with the Rangers, and the belief is that it doesn\u2019t look good from Panarin\u2019s perspective, so we do have to wait a little bit longer to see how this plays out.<\/p>\n

\u201cIs he willing, if there is no extension that is willing to be negotiated, is he willing to present a list? And how short is that list?<\/p>\n

\u201cYou always look at the normal teams:\u00a0the Florida Panthers<\/a>, the Dallas Stars<\/a>, the Golden Knights. Maybe there\u2019s a couple of other teams that would express interest in the star that Panarin is.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut if he doesn\u2019t present that list, and he decides that there is an extension or isn\u2019t an extension that works for him, he could absolutely walk into free agency, and the Rangers get nothing in return. That would be worst-case scenario for Drury and the team.\u201d<\/p>\n

Panarin was listed at No. 3 on TSN\u2019s first Trade Bait board of 2026 on Thursday with New York on track to miss the playoffs for the second year in a row.<\/p>\n

The Rangers, who have a 2-6-2 record in their past 10 games, will visit the Philadelphia Flyers<\/a> on Saturday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The New York Rangers have dropped to the bottom of the Eastern Conference amid a four-game losing skid…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":409408,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5111],"tags":[4759,33896,5,3328,35,33359,5190,5193,4,36],"class_list":{"0":"post-409407","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york-rangers","8":"tag-apple-news","9":"tag-artemi-panarin-sports-hockey-player-player-nhl-api-8478550","10":"tag-hockey","11":"tag-new-york","12":"tag-new-york-rangers","13":"tag-new-york-rangers-sports-hockey-team-team-nhl-api-3","14":"tag-newyork","15":"tag-newyorkrangers","16":"tag-nhl","17":"tag-rangers"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nhl\/115900810565984908","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/409407","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=409407"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/409407\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/409408"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=409407"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=409407"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=409407"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}