Artemi Panarin might have lost his hair, but he still got his hockey skills

[ViD]

Someone stop this bald mad man - 15 points in 9 games carrying Rangers to first place

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[SnowblindNYR]

Panarin and the Powerplay are the only thing we have going offensively.

 

[ViD]

Panarin and the Powerplay are the only thing we have going offensively.

Isn’t Panarin the only reason Laf still looks somewhat adequate?

 

[The Grim Reaper]

Someone stop this bald mad man - 15 points in 9 games carrying Rangers to first place

Playoffs will stop him, don't worry.

 

[Megustaelhockey]

He looks like a very happy pigeon.

But he's playing well, so... go off.

 

[SnowblindNYR]

Isn’t Panarin the only reason Laf still looks somewhat adequate?

That's not fair to Laf who has played well. There's a misconception that the guy not an NHLer. He's not a good 1OA but had 0.5 PPG per game with barely any PP time on the a shitty second unit.

 

[TGWL]

Playoffs will stop him, don't worry.

I mean, if he's the reason we make playoffs, it's hard to get on him if we lose without him doing much during the playoffs.

 

[SnowblindNYR]

Playoffs will stop him, don't worry.

I mean he was good with Columbus in the playoffs. He didn't all of a sudden for get to play playoff hockey.

 

[KirkAlbuquerque]

Pimpnarin

 

[hotcabbagesoup]

He looks good.

He looks skinny though, but that's allowed him to be slippery and avoid big hits his whole career so.....GO PANARIN~!!!!

 

[PizzaAndPucks]

People were hard on him last year. I mean he deserved it to an extent but there is no questioning how great of a player Panarin is when he is on his game.

 

[The Gr8 Dane]

hope he bounces back in the postseason , way too talented to make the last few playoff performances the norm for him

 

[Casper The Soy Ghost]

Somewhere Samson is brushing his lush hair as he throws darts at a picture of Panarin's bald head.

 

[EdJovanovski]

 

[Pavel Buchnevich]

It wasn’t only the playoffs the last two years. It was the regular season also. The playoffs was a worse version of the playoffs because the PP is less of a factor in the playoffs and the game is faster and more physical. If he can sustain his great play in the regular season, I’ll feel better about his chances of showing up in the playoffs.

The first goal today wouldn’t have happened the last two years. He hasn’t went to the net in a few years. He’s one of the best forwards in the league when he’s willing to go to the middle of the ice.

 

[Regal]

It wasn’t only the playoffs the last two years. It was the regular season also. The playoffs was a worse version of the playoffs because the PP is less of a factor in the playoffs and the game is faster and more physical. If he can sustain his great play in the regular season, I’ll feel better about his chances of showing up in the playoffs.

The first goal today wouldn’t have happened the last two years. He hasn’t went to the net in a few years. He’s one of the best forwards in the league when he’s willing to go to the middle of the ice.

I wonder how much it was a Gallant problem.

 

[Pavel Buchnevich]

I wonder how much it was a Gallant problem.

I think it was. Gallant demanded nothing of the players. He’s a man manager. Not a coach.

Not saying Laviolette is great, but I think he’s willing to hold Panarin accountable (hello Kuznetsov) for playing lazy and I think Panarin knows that, so he’s playing a little different brand of hockey.

 

[VaporTrail]

Where'd his hair go ?

 

[tlk]

Where'd his hair go ?

Rumour is he did some wind tunnel testing

 

[GAGLine]

I wonder how much it was a Gallant problem.

I think Panarin developed some bad habits under Gallant and Gallant never bothered to correct him. All the lessons Torts pounded into him in Columbus, he forgot. He's doing those things again and we're seeing the dividends.

 

[ViD]

This madman just won’t stop