{"id":458726,"date":"2026-02-04T22:07:07","date_gmt":"2026-02-04T22:07:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/458726\/"},"modified":"2026-02-04T22:07:07","modified_gmt":"2026-02-04T22:07:07","slug":"artemi-panarin-signs-2-year-22m-extension-with-kings-after-trade-from-rangers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/458726\/","title":{"rendered":"Artemi Panarin signs 2-year, $22M extension with Kings after trade from Rangers"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ahead of Wednesday’s NHL Olympic roster freeze, the New York Rangers finally dealt forward Artemi Panarin to the Los Angeles Kings in exchange for a conditional 2026 third-round draft pick<\/a> and prospect Liam Greentree.<\/p>\n

Following the deal, Panarin and the Kings agreed to a two-year, $22 million extension, according to ESPN’s Emily Kaplan<\/a>. The 34-year-old could have been an unrestricted free agent this summer and it had been reported that he sought to be moved to a team that would be interested in extending him.<\/p>\n

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The Rangers are also retaining 50% of Panarin’s remaining salary for this season. The conditional third-round draft pick will turn into a 2026 second-rounder if the Kings win at least one playoff round. Should L.A. win two playoff rounds this spring, New York will also receive a 2028 fourth-round pick<\/a>.<\/p>\n

After months of speculation about Panarin’s future in New York, once it became clear the two sides would be parting ways, Panarin was held out of the lineup<\/a>, missing the Rangers’ past three games in a case of asset protection.<\/p>\n

Panarin held a no-trade clause in his contract, giving him full control of his destination. A number of teams, including the Washington Capitals, Florida Panthers, Tampa Bay Lightning and Carolina Hurricanes were interested, but Panarin reportedly only wanted to go<\/a> to L.A.<\/p>\n

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The Rangers, currently last in the Eastern Conference with 50 points, will be busy before the March 6 NHL trade deadline. General manager Chris Drury told fans in a letter in January that the team will “retool,” not “rebuild”<\/a> as the franchise begins a “new strategic plan.”<\/p>\n

That same day Drury informed Panarin that the team would not be offering him an extension.<\/p>\n

In the Western Conference, the Kings currently sit one point out of a wild-card spot and three points behind the Anaheim Ducks for third place in the Pacific Division. They have not won a playoff round since defeating the Rangers in the 2014 Stanley Cup Final and have four consecutive first-round exits at the hands of the Edmonton Oilers.<\/p>\n

Panarin and the Kings will visit the Rangers at Madison Square Garden on March 16.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Ahead of Wednesday’s NHL Olympic roster freeze, the New York Rangers finally dealt forward Artemi Panarin to the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":458727,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[556],"tags":[3916,1419,54990,64,63,485,3615,3275,3274,7526,1025,3617,575,85,4788,235980,4791],"class_list":["post-458726","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nhl","tag-anaheim","tag-anaheim-ducks","tag-artemi-panarin","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-california","tag-carolina-hurricanes","tag-edmonton-oilers","tag-florida-panthers","tag-los-angeles-kings","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-rangers","tag-nhl","tag-sports","tag-tampa-bay-lightning","tag-the-kings","tag-washington-capitals"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/458726","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=458726"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/458726\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/458727"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=458726"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=458726"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=458726"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}