The New York Rangers have not dressed a player with the skill of Artemi Panarin’s for a decade.
It’s a simple statement, one that does not fall under the “hot take” umbrella considering how the two closest players who would fall under Panarin’s category would be Marian Gaborik, Rick Nash and maybe Martin St. Louis.
Panarin’s always had the reputation of putting up points dating all the way back to his rookie year with Chicago on to Columbus, but now he’s doing it on the world’s biggest stage, and probably isn’t getting as much recognition as we would any other year.