#artemi-panarin-trade

#artemi-panarin-trade

The Rangers kicked off the first big trade of Drury's "retool" with the acquisition of Windsor Spitfires winger Liam Greentree in exchange for Artemi Panarin. It's hard to like this return, though it wasn't a surprise as I had called out in my recent piece criticizing Chris Drury that Panarin's NMC put major limitations on the return. But we move on, and we look to make the best of it.

The deal was a homerun for the Isles as they landed several key pieces to aid their retool. That trade, it seems, was so shrewd that it will now serve as a comp for another potential blockbuster trade this season. Insider Elliotte Friedman discussed during the January 24 edition of Saturday Headlines that the Islanders' crosstown rivals, the New York Rangers, could be using Nelson's trade as the model for the impending trade of Artemi Panarin.