All this rumor talk is exhausting, but it’s also super exciting. So it’s tough to say whether it’s good. Anyway folks, I’ll be out of the country for a couple weeks, but I’ll be checking in here and there, hopefully for good news. I’ll be back soon!
In the meantime:
Dreger on Panarin: "There's some that believe he's with the New Jersey Devils or Lou Lamoriello and the Islanders today...There's some speculation Panarin wants a bit more than $12M annually, that might push the New York Rangers out of the game."
— NHL Prospects Watcher (@Prospects_Watch) June 27, 2019
- According to Arthur Staple, it appears that the Islanders and Robin Lehner are far enough apart in contract talks to assume he won’t be back, but every other report leading up to this from other sources seemed to indicate that the framework of a deal is in place or close to it, so who knows who’s right.