Steve Gorten: Blue Jackets GM Kekalainen wouldn’t comment on how his meeting with Artemi Panarin went. He said offseason meetings with players “happens quite often.”
Panarin’s agent Dan Milstein in an email: “a good conversation. No contract progress at this time.”
Igor Eronko: The meeting between Kekalainen and Panarin’s meeting last 45 minutes and have been told that Panarin is still not ready to sign a long-term deal.
George Richards of the Dispatch: Blue Jackets GM Jarmo Kekalainen was set to meet with forward Artemi Panarin and his agent Dan Milstein today in France.