Chicago Blackhawks: Artemi Panarin Never Wanted Out

After last night’s game, the former Chicago Blackhawks’ winger Aretmi Panarin was asked about the trade out of Chicago. Here’s what he had to say.

After hearing what Artemi Panarin had to say after last night’s game, maybe the Chicago Blackhawks could have kept him after all. A lot of people see the big contract he has and says “we couldn’t afford him”, which is true. If Panarin wanted to stay with Patrick Kane, he would have taken a pay cut. That’s something he talked about last night.

If he was never traded, the Blackhawks could have paid him $8,000,000 AAV now. It would be a tight cap crunch, but it could have worked. Of course, now they can’t afford him. He’s paid over $11,000,000 AAV,…