{"id":434142,"date":"2026-01-29T11:10:22","date_gmt":"2026-01-29T11:10:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/434142\/"},"modified":"2026-01-29T11:10:22","modified_gmt":"2026-01-29T11:10:22","slug":"rangers-sitting-artemi-panarin-for-foreseeable-future-amid-retool","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/434142\/","title":{"rendered":"Rangers sitting Artemi Panarin for foreseeable future amid ‘retool’"},"content":{"rendered":"

The pending Rangers sell-off is really about to take off now.<\/p>\n

Two days after making their first retooling trade of the regular season, the Rangers held leading scorer Artemi Panarin out of Wednesday\u2019s 5-2 road loss to the Islanders<\/a> for \u201croster management,\u201d The Post\u2019s Mollie Walker reported about an hour before puck drop on social media. <\/p>\n

The star winger will not play in the team\u2019s final three games before the NHL\u2019s upcoming break next week either as general manager Chris Drury looks to finalize a trade.<\/p>\n

\u201cObviously, Bread is a terrific player and a great teammate, and he\u2019s good friends with a lot of the guys that are in that dressing room. So that has an impact on guys,\u201d Rangers coach Mike Sullivan said about Panarin\u2019s absence following the loss at UBS Arena, their third straight to the Isles this season. \u201cI thought our guys did a great job, just as far as controlling what they can and bringing the right intentions out there.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut obviously he\u2019s one of the best Rangers of his generation, and he\u2019s not an easy guy to replace. \u2026 It forces all of us to look in the mirror and try to figure out how we can all do a better job.\u201d<\/p>\n

Drury informed Panarin before his Jan. 16 letter to fans that the 34-year-old \u2014 a pending unrestricted free agent after his seven-year, $81 million deal signed as a free agent in 2019 expires this summer \u2014 would not be re-signed by the organization after extension talks went nowhere and they had \u201cextremely candid\u201d conversations.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s hard to say how I feel. I\u2019m still confused, but the GM decided to go in a different direction. I\u2019m OK with that,\u201d Panarin said earlier this month while promising \u201cto give 100 percent in every game.\u201d Panarin must approve any trade because of a full no-movement clause.<\/p>\n

Mika Zibanejad and J.T. Miller also are among those with no-movement clauses, but more deals are sure to follow ahead of the March 6 trade deadline, with the Rangers entering Wednesday\u2019s game with the worst record in the Eastern Conference. But NHL rosters will be frozen from Feb. 4 through the Olympic break.<\/p>\n

\"NewRangers left wing Artemi Panarin waits for the puck to drop against the Bruins. Charles Wenzelberg \/ New York Post<\/p>\n

\u201cI think no matter the circumstance, it\u2019s always a weird feeling when you play with someone for so long and then they\u2019re not in the lineup,\u201d Zibanejad said. \u201cIt\u2019s different, but we have to keep playing.\u201d<\/p>\n

Drury already has made one trade this week, sending veteran defenseman Carson Soucy to the Islanders for a 2026 third-round pick, meaning his first two games with his new team will come against the team that just traded him. The teams also will meet in the second half of back-to-back games Thursday night at the Garden.<\/p>\n

Panarin leads the Rangers with 57 points in 57 games this season, and his 19 goals rank second on the team behind Zibanejad\u2019s 22. He also recently had a 10-game point streak with five goals and 18 points but the Rangers have registered just three wins over their past 15 games (3-10-2) under Sullivan to fall out of playoff contention. They also missed the playoffs one year ago under since-fired coach Peter Laviolette.<\/p>\n

\"ArtemiArtemi Panarin #10 of the New York Rangers skates against the Boston Bruins. Getty Images<\/p>\n

Soucy said Wednesday morning that he and his former teammates knew trades likely were on the way, and he thanked Drury for doing him \u201ca favor\u201d by allowing his young family to remain in the New York area with Monday\u2019s deal to the Isles.<\/p>\n

Now, Drury must work with Panarin and others on finding their next destinations.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s an emotional time. Obviously I love Bread,\u201d Vincent Trocheck said. \u201cI\u2019ve been lucky enough to play with him on a line for the majority of four years.<\/p>\n

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\u201cWe don\u2019t know what\u2019s happening yet. \u2026 But it\u2019s an emotional time [for the team].\u201d <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The pending Rangers sell-off is really about to take off now. Two days after making their first retooling…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":434143,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5111],"tags":[3039,5,3328,35,5190,5193,4,349,36,43],"class_list":{"0":"post-434142","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york-rangers","8":"tag-artemi-panarin","9":"tag-hockey","10":"tag-new-york","11":"tag-new-york-rangers","12":"tag-newyork","13":"tag-newyorkrangers","14":"tag-nhl","15":"tag-ny-sports-minute","16":"tag-rangers","17":"tag-sports"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nhl\/115978085015018359","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/434142","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=434142"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/434142\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/434143"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=434142"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=434142"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=434142"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}