Last week, the New York Post’s Larry Brooks made the claim that the New York Rangers can speed up their rebuild by either acquiring Artemi Panarin via free agency or trading with the Pittsburgh Penguins for Evgeni Malkin.
In the case of Geno, Brooks went into detail about how the Pens are looking to shed salary and that the Blueshirts can entice them with a draft pick and some youth in exchange for the three-time Stanley Cup champion. The names Brooks listed were Ryan Strome, Jimmy Vesey, Yegor Rykov and Pavel Buchnevich.