The New York Rangers didn’t have a lot leverage, and the LA Kings might want to discover a middle this offseason
TSN: Pierre LeBrun stated the Los Angeles Kings’ foremost precedence this offseason shall be to discover a middle to exchange Anze Kopitar, who shall be retiring after the season.
Artemi Panarin’s agent, Paul Theofanous, had indicated to the Rangers within the ultimate hours earlier than the three PM commerce freeze that the Kings can be the one crew that Artemi would waive his no-movement clause for.
“However the massive half right here and the response from different NHL groups was, wow, solely a two-year extension. How did the Kings get that accomplished? That’s the topper right here for LA: it’s not a four-year extension. It’s not a five-year extension. It’s two years occasions $11 million a yr. And that’s the true cherry on the sundae for the LA Kings. Makes an entire lot of sense for them.”
NHL Commerce: New York Rangers Commerce Artemi Panarin to the Los Angeles Kings
Chris Johnston provides that Panarin’s no-movement killed any leverage the Rangers had, which is why the return appeared underwhelming – Liam Greentree, and conditional third and 4th spherical picks.
Shifting Panarin now provides Rangers GM Chris Drury extra time to give attention to buying and selling another gamers.
The Toronto Maple Leafs will weigh the contract asking value vs the potential commerce return
TSN: The Toronto Maple Leafs will take the Olympic break and the subsequent three weeks to gauge the curiosity of their pending UFAs and a few others, based on Darren Dreger. GM Brad Treliving will even discuss to a few of the brokers for his or her UFAs to get an thought of numbers, if potential, and weigh that towards any potential commerce return. Another Canadian groups shall be doing the identical.
NHL Rumors: Rangers, Sharks, Capitals, Panthers, Lightning, and Blue Jackets
“So it’s not simply Toronto. I imply, Toronto has so much happening proper now. Actually, we’ll have so much popping out of the break. However you take a look at Winnipeg, you take a look at Calgary, you take a look at Vancouver, all Canadian golf equipment with massive choices to be made.”
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