{"id":410534,"date":"2026-01-16T09:34:16","date_gmt":"2026-01-16T09:34:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/410534\/"},"modified":"2026-01-16T09:34:16","modified_gmt":"2026-01-16T09:34:16","slug":"new-york-rangers-hope-to-decide-on-artemi-panarin-team-direction-before-olympic-break","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/410534\/","title":{"rendered":"New York Rangers hope to decide on Artemi Panarin, team direction before Olympic break"},"content":{"rendered":"

TSN\u2019s Hockey Insiders discuss where the freefalling Rangers go from here, the latest on the Canucks and Kiefer Sherwood<\/a>, what Calgary needs to consider for a Blake Coleman<\/a> trade and Brayden Point<\/a>\u2019s Olympic status.<\/p>\n

JAMES DUTHIE: Chris Johnston and Darren Dreger, your Insiders today. <\/p>\n

I think it was about the time the Ottawa Senators<\/a> scored their fourth goal in the first period last night that the New York Rangers<\/a> officially became sellers for TradeCentre. They haven\u2019t said that yet, but it sure feels that way the way they are playing. <\/p>\n

Dregs, when do they officially have to make a decision on direction with Artemi Panarin<\/a> and whoever else they may move? <\/p>\n

DARREN DREGER: Well, I think management is hoping to have all of that mapped out before the Olympic break takes effect, but there\u2019s a lot to work through if you\u2019re Chris Drury<\/a> and the Rangers. <\/p>\n

Now, we know that injuries have played a role and is a factor in the outcome of some of these games with the players that aren\u2019t available, but they just can\u2019t keep the puck out of their net. <\/p>\n

Defending has been a problem for much of this year, and I know that Drury, early in the season, was looking for help on his blueline. Now he\u2019s looking for basically all options to be presented to stop the bleeding and to stop the booing at Madison Square Garden. <\/p>\n

That takes us to Panarin, their star. He\u2019s on an expiring contract. It doesn\u2019t sound like there\u2019s a whole lot of activity in terms of a negotiation on an extension. <\/p>\n

So if they\u2019re willing, or want to ask Panarin to waive his no-move clause, what\u2019s the reaction going to be there? They\u2019re hoping to find that out before the Olympic break, as well. <\/p>\n

CHRIS JOHNSTON: Well, it\u2019s safe to say that a player the Rangers were targeting, which is Kiefer Sherwood<\/a> of the Vancouver Canucks<\/a>, is no longer a target given that they\u2019re pivoting towards selling. <\/p>\n

But I think an interesting point comes out of those discussions that were had with Vancouver and New York. <\/p>\n

What the Rangers put on the table, I\u2019m told, for trying to get Sherwood out of Vancouver was a young player with pedigree and a second-round pick. <\/p>\n

That wasn\u2019t good enough to get it done recently. I think that tells us a lot about how Vancouver views the guy that it\u2019s likely going to be having the easiest time to move. <\/p>\n

Given that the Canucks have all sorts of things on the table – we heard Dregs mention on Tuesday\u2019s Insider Trading that Elias Pettersson<\/a>, maybe a Conor Garland<\/a>, Jake DeBrusk<\/a>, I mean, they\u2019re willing to listen on any of these guys – the order they trade the players, I think, becomes important. <\/p>\n

Sherwood certainly could be moved soon. Some of the teams around league are hoping the price drops though in order to make that happen. <\/p>\n

DUTHIE: We\u2019ve talked about the Calgary Flames<\/a> a lot the last couple of months. Rasmus Andersson<\/a>, of course, Nazem Kadri<\/a>. Blake Coleman<\/a>\u2019s name came up with you guys a couple of weeks ago, but that\u2019s hardly a sure thing, Dregs. <\/p>\n

DREGER: Yeah, it\u2019s not a sure thing for a number of different reasons. Now, let\u2019s just clarify here, there are a ton of calls headed in the direction of Craig Conroy<\/a> on a number of players, and that includes Coleman. <\/p>\n

You can appreciate why teams would be calling about Coleman when you look at his Stanley Cup experience. But the character of this man, the way he still plays hockey, that matters to the Flames. They\u2019re not selling off all of their assets. <\/p>\n

You\u2019re right, James. We know that Andersson has been in play for a long, long time. He\u2019s a key piece to the trade puzzle for Conroy. And the return that the Flames get for Andersson is going to be significant. <\/p>\n

Likewise, when or if they decide that they\u2019re moving Kadri and to find the right fit for him. It\u2019s more complicated with guys like Coleman and Mikael Backlund<\/a> because of what they mean to the organization overall. <\/p>\n

DUTHIE: C.J., your report on Brayden Point<\/a> earlier on in the week was that it doesn\u2019t look great. Jon Cooper gave a week-to-week, which sounded a little bit more optimistic.<\/p>\n

What\u2019s the latest on his chances to play for Team Canada at the Olympics? <\/p>\n

JOHNSTON: The most important takeaway here is that this is likely to go down to the wire. <\/p>\n

No decisions have been made at this time, and I don\u2019t think we\u2019re going to get a decision next week, or maybe even the week after that, because everyone involved wants to give Point time to heal that right knee injury and see where he\u2019s at as we get closer to the Milan Olympic Games. <\/p>\n

And so, Point himself, certainly not ruling himself out of the tournament. He feels like he\u2019s been a fast healer in the past when he\u2019s had injury issues, and obviously this is an important event. Team Canada\u2019s brass is comfortable to wait, as well. <\/p>\n

If you\u2019re any of those reserve players wondering, \u2018Who might get the call?\u2019, it\u2019s very possible, first of all, that no one gets the call, but certainly that the call isn\u2019t made until February, if it\u2019s needed. <\/p>\n

DUTHIE: There\u2019s going to be a lot of beach vacations that are planned, but on hold until the very last moment. Insider Trading. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"TSN\u2019s Hockey Insiders discuss where the freefalling Rangers go from here, the latest on the Canucks and Kiefer…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":410535,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[4759,33896,33957,51130,5,44272,33604,36036,4],"class_list":{"0":"post-410534","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nhl","8":"tag-apple-news","9":"tag-artemi-panarin-sports-hockey-player-player-nhl-api-8478550","10":"tag-blake-coleman-sports-hockey-player-player-nhl-api-8476399","11":"tag-brayden-point-sports-hockey-player-player-nhl-api-8478010","12":"tag-hockey","13":"tag-kiefer-sherwood-sports-hockey-player-player-nhl-api-8480748","14":"tag-mikael-backlund-sports-hockey-player-player-nhl-api-8474150","15":"tag-nazem-kadri-sports-hockey-player-player-nhl-api-8475172","16":"tag-nhl"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nhl\/115904100729331732","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/410534","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=410534"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/410534\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/410535"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=410534"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=410534"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=410534"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}