Value of: Panarin @50% (5.82M, 1.5 years remaining)

[LokiDog]

The Rangers are stale and are handcuffed with some of their deals like Zibanejad. Panarin is a perennial 90-100 point player with another year remaining on his contract after this one. If the Rangers eat half his salary his cap hit is 5.8M which is extraordinarily cheap for what he brings. You would get two cracks at the can with him at a sub-6M cap hit and he hasn’t regressed the way Kreider or Zibanejad have - he’s basically the whole offense.

I understand this would hurt the Rangers right now, but they do not seem to have what it takes to get over the hump and too many key pieces like Zib and Kreider and Trouba and Lindgren are regressing. Bread man at 50% has serious value, especially with two playoff runs at that price, and it’s the best chance the team has of retooling on the fly rather than either slowly fizzling out or blowing it up. I understand it’s a controversial idea - I just was curious to see what kind of value others thought he would have at 50%. The Rangers are in no-man’s land. Way too good to realistically improve through the draft while the core is still able to compete, but not good enough to win it all. In fact, Shesterkin masks a ton of warts for the team (and if you’ve paid attention, that narrative was exactly the same in the Lundqvist years). I’m not saying the Rangers are missing the playoffs or are bad. I’m saying this group isn’t good ENOUGH and this may be the cheapest you could acquire a 100 point winger imaginable. Seems like the Rangers could reconfigure on the fly and at least set themselves up for a second window, post Kreider/Trouba era, where it’s Lafreniere, Perrault, Fox, Miller, Schneider and Shesterkin as the core.

What’s the best package your team would put together? Rangers could use younger NHL or close to NHL ready talent, primarily at C or LHD, but open to best package available.

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[Mrfenn92]

Don’t think artemi will waive. But interesting none the less

 

[The Real JT]

Fascinating

 

[RebuildinVan]

Panarin says no. Didnt he have a bigger offer on the table but wanted to play for the Rangers?

 

[Coffee]

But isn’t this the Rangers window ?

 

[LokiDog]

Panarin says no. Didnt he have a bigger offer on the table but wanted to play for the Rangers?

5.5 years ago, yes. Players with 1-2 years remaining get moved. I am not saying it’s likely. But Rangers also likely don’t re-sign and need a bit of a retool. Curious on the value more than the perceived likeliness.

 

[Flan the incredible]

Pointless discussion because Panarin isn't going anywhere. Rangers are going to add not subtract one of their best players.

 

[LokiDog]

I understand this would hurt the Rangers right now, but they do not seem to have what it takes to get over the hump and too many key pieces like Zib and Kreider and Trouba and Lindgren are regressing.

Bread man at 50% has serious value, especially with two playoff runs at that price, and it’s the best chance the team has of retooling on the fly rather than either slowly fizzling out or blowing it up.

I understand it’s a controversial idea - I just was curious to see what kind of value others thought he would have at 50%. Which, coincidentally, not a single person has actually commented on.

The Rangers are in no-man’s land. Way too good to realistically improve through the draft while the core is still able to compete, but not good enough to win it all. In fact, Shesterkin masks a ton of warts for the team (and if you’ve paid attention, that narrative was exactly the same in the Lundqvist years).

I’m not saying the Rangers are missing the playoffs or are bad. I’m saying this group isn’t good ENOUGH and this may be the cheapest you could acquire a 100 point winger imaginable.

Seems like the Rangers could reconfigure on the fly and at least set themselves up for a second window, post Kreider/Trouba era, where it’s Lafreniere, Perrault, Fox, Miller, Schneider and Shesterkin as the core.