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New LA King Artemi Panarin on WHY he chose LA 👀



Artemi Panarin spoke to the media following the trade before the Olympic Roster Freeze!

Full Press Release:

The LA Kings have acquired forward Artemi Panarin from the New York Rangers in exchange for forward Liam Greentree, a conditional third round pick in the 2026 NHL Draft and a conditional fourth round pick in the 2028 NHL Draft. The Rangers retain 50% of Panarin’s contract through the 2025-26 season.

In addition, Panarin agreed to terms on a two-year contract worth an average annual value (AAV) of $11,000,000 through the 2027-28 season.

Panarin, 34, has skated in 52 games for the Rangers this season, recording 19 goals and 38 assists as part of his 11th consecutive 50-point campaign (19-38=57) with 17 even-strength goals, three game-winning goals, two power-play goals, 158 shots and 14 penalty minutes (PIM). His 38 helpers, 57 points and 158 shots pace all Rangers skaters while his 19 goals rank second-most on the team. Panarin completed his sixth season with the Rangers in 2024-25, collecting 37 goals and 52 assists for 89 points (37-52=89) to mark his fifth 80-point season with the team and seventh of his career.

An NHL All-Star in 2023, Panarin joins the Kings as a veteran of 804 career regular-season NHL games across 11 seasons between the Rangers (2019-26), Columbus Blue Jackets (2017-19) and Chicago Blackhawks (2015-17). The 6-0, 175-pound forward has accumulated 321 goals and 606 assists for 927 points (321-606=927) with 77 power-play goals, 50 game-winning goals, 10 overtime goals, a 1.15 points-per-game average and cumulative +131 rating. Panarin is one of 10 active skaters with a point-per-game average over 1.00 while skating in at least 800 contests, ranking fifth-highest among that group, and is the only active undrafted skater with at least 300 goals. He has added 21 goals and 61 points (21-40=61) in 73 career Stanley Cup Playoff contests

Since joining the Rangers ahead of the 2019-20 season, Panarin’s 205 goals, 402 assists, 607 points (205-402=607), 158 even-strength goals, 404 even-strength points and 202 power-play points pace all Rangers skaters while ranking second in overtime goals (3) and shots (1,394), and third in power-play goals (47) and overtime goals (25). Among team forwards in that span, Panarin’s even-strength time-on-ice per game (TOI/GP; 16:27) and power-play TOI/GP (3:28) both lead the team while his takeaways (243) and penalties drawn (104) each place second.

The Korkino, Russia native’s debut NHL season came in 2015-16 with Chicago where he led all League rookies in goals (30), assists (47), points (77), even-strength goals (22) and game-winning goals (7) in 80 games to earn the Calder Memorial Trophy as well as NHL All-Rookie Team honors. He made his Stanley Cup Playoff debut that same season, tallying two goals and seven points (2-5=7) in seven contests. Panarin’s best NHL season came in the 2023-24 campaign where he was one of four skaters in the League to eclipse the 120-point mark, setting career-marks in goals (37), assists (52), points (120) in 82 games to lead the Rangers to their fourth President’s Trophy in franchise history.

Internationally, Panarin has represented Russia in five different tournaments, including three International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) Men’s World Championships (2017 – bronze, 2016 – bronze, 2015 – silver), one IIHF Men’s World Junior Championship (2011 – gold) and one World Cup of Hockey (2017). His best international performance was in the 2017 IIHF World Junior Championship where he tallied a tournament-best 13 assists and 17 points (4-13=17) in nine games to earn the tournament’s All-Star Team and ‘Best Forward’ honors.

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37 Comments

  5. @notsure9255

    Can't wait to see this guy play. I think Holland goes for a center next. Welcome to LA, Artemi!!! GKG!!!

  15. @pnshr88

    ☠️☠️☠️ Patrick Kane comment had me rolling. I know it was Gabz not Quicky ugh to bad couldn't do a roll up deal that he wouldn't have accepted. Miss the guy.

  16. @illsuive

    Dude has no idea the amount of love he’s about to get! Welcome to the good life bread man! Come and get some!! Lord Stanley is waiting for us.

  18. @FF-fh5cv

    Ranger fan here…. I’ve watched every Ranger game for the last 20 years plus… this guy is very very crafty and good…he’s a power play specialist as well. He makes other people on the line even better. He will get the puck onto someone’s stick. And just an FYI, these 20 minutes in which he spoke to the media was about 19 more than he has ever spoke to the ny media in 6 years.

  23. @Quesly1

    I'm pretty bummed on this, trading for a guy who tried to rape a rangers team employee feels really bad. I'm sure he's a good player whos going to make the kings better but its hard to root for someone like that and hard to root for a team who is totally willing to look past that.

  24. @socialmako7993

    I really hope that what he said about not being able to get 72 is not true. The mascot? Are you kidding me? Give him 72.FFS

  25. @pranksterblue6192

    Good luck in la bread, one of my favorite rangers of all time, go win a cup you deserve it, also any kings fans who know about Liam Greentree who is the guy we are getting back

  27. @stephenchristian5739

    Well I'm not happy about GTree he will be a Dustin brown for the next 15-17 years for NY, I'm also concerned that so many high flyers of the past Kings trades really didn't work out great, Palffy, Jason Allison,( great player but knee got blown out) Stumple, many others, you can name a bunch, honestly you have to go back to Dionne (forget about Gretz) to see the success we've had with high speed,salary,or name & points producers.. YOU WIN SC's & GET TO THE CF's WITH GUYS LIKE GTREE! Dustin Brown type players, How many times have we spent & result? .. big fat O's ..Arvi, Fiala, PLD, kovalchuk, yeah you can say, hey, they scored for us, I'M NOT TALKING JUST SOME GOALS I'M TALKING GRIT, HARD NOSE IN YOUR FACE TOUGHNESS, so here we go again, WE NEED MORE JEANOTS, Deadmarsh's Browns, JW's, Richards, we are a non physical team, MY GOD HOW MANY TIMES DO WE NEED TO BE REMINDED OF 2011-2015? I feel we lost a corner- stone player for flash, WE NEED DUSTIN BROWNS!

  28. @TiredPrincess33

    We have a bonafide stud who WANTED to come here. This is big. He's easily the most skilled player we have by a wide margin

  34. @Diamond52311

    That's a pretty good indication of the type of guy he is when he says something along the lines of having enough money, or he'll be making enough money. 11 million a year is a lot of cash, it just is. Sure he could have made more, but he's playing where he wants to be. But it shows he's not greedy. The best types of people in the world aren't greedy. I have a really good feeling about the guy.

  36. @isaaklakhchakov5895

    As a rangers fan i absolutely hate this. Artemi we will miss you so much back in NY. U were truly a special player. We look forward to watching you play when you come back to NY. Once a ranger always a ranger

  37. @Linda27035

    I wonder if he’ll be able to excel in LA with the Hiller handcuffs on. Offensive creativity has been stifled under Hiller, who seems to prefer structured, boring hockey.

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