{"id":102794,"date":"2026-01-16T23:39:19","date_gmt":"2026-01-16T23:39:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/102794\/"},"modified":"2026-01-16T23:39:19","modified_gmt":"2026-01-16T23:39:19","slug":"rangers-wont-be-offering-artemi-panarin-a-contract-extension","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/102794\/","title":{"rendered":"Rangers won’t be offering Artemi Panarin a contract extension"},"content":{"rendered":"

One way or another, Artemi Panarin\u2019s days with the Rangers are numbered.<\/p>\n

The star forward was informed by GM Chris Drury that he will not be offered a contract extension, according to The Post\u2019s Mollie Walker<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The news comes on the heels of Drury\u2019s letter informing fans that he intends to \u201cretool\u201d the roster<\/a> in the midst of a lost season that sees the Blueshirts mired in last place in the Eastern Conference on the heels of five straight losses.<\/p>\n

\"ArtemiRangers left wing Artemi Panarin reacts after a call during a game against the Senators. JASON SZENES\/ NY POST<\/p>\n

Panarin, the centerpiece of the Rangers\u2019 last letter-prefaced retool, is in the final season of a seven-year, $81.5 million deal. He\u2019s found himself in the middle of the rumor mill this season.<\/p>\n

Complicating matters for Drury is that Panarin has a full no-move clause, which could hamper the ability to trade him for assets.<\/p>\n

According to Sportsnet\u2019s Elliotte Friedman<\/a>, Drury is \u201cprepared to work with [Panarin] and agent Paul Theofanous to trade the winger anywhere he wishes to go.\u201d<\/p>\n

The 34-year-old struggled to begin the season, admitting to The Post<\/a> that it was due to his uncertain future.<\/p>\n

He did not refute the notion he was considering heading home to Russia at season\u2019s end.<\/p>\n

\u201cI mean, you never know,\u201d Panarin told The Post in November. \u201cHard to say right now. It\u2019s a very hard question to be honest. I can\u2019t comment on the side of life, you never know what\u2019s happening.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"One way or another, Artemi Panarin\u2019s days with the Rangers are numbered. The star forward was informed by…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":102795,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[19692,9,11,10,541,539,319],"class_list":["post-102794","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york","tag-artemi-panarin","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-headlines","tag-new-york-news","tag-new-york-rangers","tag-nhl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/102794","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=102794"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/102794\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/102795"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=102794"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=102794"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=102794"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}