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The New Rangers Agree to Terms with Top Free Agent Left Winger Artemi Panarin

Introduction

The New Rangers Agree to Terms with Top Free Agent Left Winger Artemi Panarin

The New York Rangers agreed to terms with All Star left winger, Artemi Panarin, on Monday, June 1st, 2019. The Rangers secured one of the most sought-after free agents in a long-term deal. According to sources, New York is in the process of signing Panarin to a 7-year $81.494 million contract.

This new deal will make Panarin the highest paid winger in the NHL due to annual average value (AAV). His AAV of $11.6 million will surpass his former teammate with the Chicago Blackhawks, Patrick Kane, who has an annual average value of $10.5 million on his current contract.

Other teams that were highly interested in obtaining Panarin include the New York Islanders, the Columbus Blue Jackets, and the Florida Panthers. The 27-year-old Russian hockey player has played 4 full seasons in the NHL in which the young star has only missed a total of 6 games. This goes to demonstrate his durability as a solid, strong, and reliable forward in the National Hockey League.

The young left winger has been a premier goal scorer even in his rookie campaign with the Chicago Blackhawks. He was awarded the Calder Memorial Trophy for Rookie of the Year honors at the NHL’s Awards ceremony following the 2015 - 2016 season. He was selected to the NHL All Star team during the 2016 - 2017 season.

The Bread Man is one of only 6 other players that have reached 70 points or more over the last 4 years. The other players include Sidney Crosby, Kane, Blake Wheeler, Nicklas Backstrom, and Tyler Seguin. He is great company with those other players, and he has accomplished that feat during his first 4 seasons in the NHL.

Panarin's Career Regular Season Statistics

      Scor Scor Scor     Goal Goal Goal Goal Assi Assi Assi Shot Shot Shot Ice Ice      
Season Tm GP G A PTS +/- PIM EV PP SH GW EV PP SH S S% TSA TOI ATOI FO% BLK HIT
2015-16 CHI 80 30 47 77 8 32 22 8 0 7 31 16 0 187 16 333 1482 18:31   14 46
2016-17 CHI 82 31 43 74 18 21 22 9 0 5 35 8 0 211 14.7 396 1597 19:28 20 14 23
2017-18 CBJ 81 27 55 82 23 26 20 7 0 5 41 14 0 228 11.8 465 1631 20:08 0 19 15
2018-19 CBJ 79 28 59 87 14 23 22 6 0 8 47 12 0 191 14.7 359 1569 19:51 25 17 14
2 yrs CHI 162 61 90 151 26 53 44 17 0 12 66 24 0 398 15.3 729 3078 19:00 20 28 69
2 yrs CBJ 160 55 114 169 37 49 42 13 0 13 88 26 0 419 13.1 824 3199 20:00 9.1 36 29
Career 4 yrs 322 116 204 320 63 102 86 30 0 25 154 50 0 817 14.2 1553 6278 19:30 14.3 64 98

Panarin’s Career Playoff Statistics

    Scor Scor Scor     Goal Goal Goal Goal Shot Shot Shot Ice Ice      
Season Tm GP G A PTS +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TSA TOI ATOI FO% BLK HIT
2015-16 CHI 7 2 5 7 2 14 2 0 0 1 23 8.7 38 141 20:10 100 4 8
2016-17 CHI 4 0 1 1 -4 0 0 0 0 0 11 0 20 83 20:52   1 3
2017-18 CBJ 6 2 5 7 -4 6 2 0 0 1 14 14.3 40 156 25:59:00   5 5
2018-19 CBJ 10 5 6 11 0 0 4 1 0 0 27 18.5 46 217 21:44   2 3
2 yrs CHI 11 2 6 8 -2 14 2 0 0 1 34 5.9 58 225 20:25 100 5 11
2 yrs CBJ 16 7 11 18 -4 6 6 1 0 1 41 17.1 86 373 23:20   7 8
Career 4 yrs 27 9 17 26 -6 20 8 1 0 2 75 12 144 598 22:09 100 12 19

Sources:

“Artemi Panarin”, hockey-reference.com, July 1, 2019.

“Premier free agent Panarin headed to Rangers”, espn.com, July 1, 2019.