{"id":433421,"date":"2026-01-29T00:42:11","date_gmt":"2026-01-29T00:42:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/433421\/"},"modified":"2026-01-29T00:42:11","modified_gmt":"2026-01-29T00:42:11","slug":"new-york-rangers-artemi-panarin-to-be-held-out-through-olympic-break-for-roster-management-purposes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/433421\/","title":{"rendered":"New York Rangers\u2019 Artemi Panarin to be held out through Olympic break for roster management purposes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"c-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/nhl\/player\/artemi-panarin\/8478550\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/nhl\/player\/artemi-panarin\/8478550\" target=\"_blank\">Artemi Panarin<\/a> will not be in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/nhl\/team-page\/new-york-rangers\/3\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/nhl\/team-page\/new-york-rangers\/3\" target=\"_blank\">New York Rangers<\/a> lineup on Wednesday against the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/nhl\/team-page\/new-york-islanders\/2\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/nhl\/team-page\/new-york-islanders\/2\" target=\"_blank\">New York Islanders<\/a> for roster management purposes and is not expected to play again before the Olympic break, according to TSN Hockey Insider Chris Johnston.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Artemi Panarin will not be in the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NYR?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">#NYR<\/a> lineup tonight because of roster management purposes and is not expected to dress again before the Olympic break.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Chris Johnston (@reporterchris) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/reporterchris\/status\/2016648175507870195?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">January 28, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The Rangers enter Wednesday\u2019s game dead last in the Eastern Conference with 50 points and a 22-25-6 record.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">General manager <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/nhl\/player\/chris-drury\/8460562\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/nhl\/player\/chris-drury\/8460562\" target=\"_blank\">Chris Drury<\/a> penned a letter to fans two weeks ago that indicated that the team would be focusing on a \u201cretool\u201d as a new direction for the franchise.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">They have already been active in the trade market, sending defenceman <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/nhl\/player\/carson-soucy\/8477369\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/nhl\/player\/carson-soucy\/8477369\" target=\"_blank\">Carson Soucy<\/a> to the Islanders for a third-round pick.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Panarin was listed at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/nhl\/article\/panarin-drawing-plenty-of-interest-atop-latest-trade-bait-list\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/nhl\/article\/panarin-drawing-plenty-of-interest-atop-latest-trade-bait-list\/\">No. 1 on TSN\u2019s most recent Trade Bait board<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">He has appeared in 52 games this season and has 19 goals and 38 assists. The 34-year-old scored a career-high 49 goals and 120 points for the Rangers in 2023-24.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Panarin is in the final year of a seven-year, $81.5 million deal he signed in 2019 that includes a full no-move clause and carries an $11.64 million cap hit.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The Korkino, Russia native is in his seventh season with the Rangers and has also played for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/nhl\/team-page\/columbus-blue-jackets\/29\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/nhl\/team-page\/columbus-blue-jackets\/29\" target=\"_blank\">Columbus Blue Jackets<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/nhl\/team-page\/chicago-blackhawks\/16\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/nhl\/team-page\/chicago-blackhawks\/16\" target=\"_blank\">Chicago Blackhawks<\/a> in his 804 game NHL career.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Panarin captured the Calder Trophy for Rookie of the Year in 2016 as a member of the Blackhawks.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Artemi Panarin will not be in the New York Rangers lineup on Wednesday against the New York Islanders&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":433422,"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-433421","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\/115975615074663545","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/433421","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=433421"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/433421\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/433422"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=433421"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=433421"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=433421"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}