{"id":196179,"date":"2025-10-02T02:37:07","date_gmt":"2025-10-02T02:37:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/196179\/"},"modified":"2025-10-02T02:37:07","modified_gmt":"2025-10-02T02:37:07","slug":"artemi-panarin-awaiting-rangers-action-with-consequential-season-on-tap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/196179\/","title":{"rendered":"Artemi Panarin awaiting Rangers action with consequential season on tap"},"content":{"rendered":"

Artemi Panarin is entering a pivotal contract year with the Rangers, and the team\u2019s longtime scoring leader hopes to see his first game action of the preseason Thursday night against the Devils to help him get ready for the start of his seventh year in New York.<\/p>\n

Panarin missed a few days of practice last week<\/a> with a lower body injury before returning to the ice on Friday, and he\u2019s since been upgraded in recent days from a red noncontact jersey to a full participant in practice.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think it\u2019s very important to have a couple of [preseason] games at least, just for timing,\u201d Panarin said after Wednesday\u2019s nearly 90-minute session in Tarrytown. \u201cIt\u2019s more about timing, it\u2019s not so much about conditioning, it\u2019s just to feel how fast people are moving around you, how the puck\u2019s moving, just kind of to remind yourself of some things, and then the season starts.\u201d<\/p>\n

The 33-year-old Panarin can become an unrestricted free agent<\/a> next summer when the seven-year contract he signed as a free agent in 2019 \u2014 worth $81.5 million, for an AAV of $11.64 million \u2014 expires.<\/p>\n

The left winger has led the Rangers in scoring in each of his first six seasons with the team, totaling 186 goals and 550 points over 430 regular-season games.<\/p>\n

Still, his numbers have dipped in postseason play \u2014 12-23-35 in 46 appearances \u2014 and the Rangers missed the playoffs altogether last season, leading to the firing of head coach Peter Laviolette.<\/p>\n

He was replaced by longtime Penguins coach Mike Sullivan, who didn\u2019t divulge his lineup plans for Thursday night at the Garden beyond captain J.T. Miller being out with a lower body injury.<\/p>\n

\"NewArtemi Panarin #10 when the New York Rangers held their training camp. Robert Sabo for NY Post<\/p>\n

\u201c[Panarin] looks good. He looks strong,\u201d Sullivan said after practice. \u201cObviously, he\u2019s an incredible player. The things he does with the puck, he\u2019s a unique player in that regard. You see what he does on the power play, for example, when we worked on our power play in practice today.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut I think he looks strong, healthy, fit, all of the above. I don\u2019t know whether we\u2019re going to put him in the lineup [Thursday] or not. \u2026 But we really like the way he\u2019s trending. I think the last couple of days have been quality practice for him.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Panarin skated mostly Wednesday alongside Vincent Trocheck and Will Cuylle, with regular linemate Alexis Lafreni\u00e8re aligned for a second straight day with Mika Zibanejad and Gabe Perreault in Miller\u2019s absence.<\/p>\n

The Rangers will conclude their preseason slate Saturday afternoon in Boston before opening the 82-game regular season Tuesday at home against the Penguins.<\/p>\n

\"NewRangers left wing Artemi Panarin #10 moves the puck as Tampa Bay Lightning defenseman Erik Cernak #81 rushes to defend. Charles Wenzelberg \/ New York Post<\/p>\n

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\u201cLike I said before, we have a pretty good group of guys, and then obviously the coaches have had success in the NHL already,\u201d said Panarin, who finished with 37 goals and 52 assists in 80 games last season. \u201cI know they have good experience in the playoffs \u2026 so I think only good things for our team this year.\u201d<\/p>\n

One of those good things, according to Panarin, would be to dress for either or both of the remaining preseason contests, but Sullivan believes it\u2019s not imperative.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

\u201cI just think for anybody, in a perfect world, you\u2019d like to have everybody get at least a game. Preferably two would be even better in a perfect world,\u201d Sullivan said. \u201cBut as we all know, the world\u2019s not perfect, and so I\u2019m sure, regardless of whether or not he gets one or he doesn\u2019t get one, he\u2019s going to be fine.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s a talented player, and he\u2019ll adjust on the fly. But ideally, we\u2019d like to get him in some action before we start playing meaningful hockey.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Artemi Panarin is entering a pivotal contract year with the Rangers, and the team\u2019s longtime scoring leader hopes…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":196180,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[66],"tags":[19678,4823,385,99,14594],"class_list":{"0":"post-196179","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nhl","8":"tag-artemi-panarin","9":"tag-new-york-rangers","10":"tag-nhl","11":"tag-sports","12":"tag-training-camp"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/196179","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=196179"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/196179\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/196180"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=196179"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=196179"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=196179"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}