Artemi Panarin trade a lesson for teams to be stingier with no-move clauses
The New York Rangers and Los Angeles Kings made a notable trade before the NHL’s 3 p.m. ET roster freeze on Wednesday, with Artemi Panarin heading to L.A. in exchange for Liam Greentree and conditional third- and fourth-round picks.
Grading the Artemi Panarin trade: The #GoKingsGo get a good player to delay a not-so-good long-term outlook, while the #NYR get an underwhelming return for their prized asset, writes @atrud00: dailyfaceoff.com/news/trade-gra…
Reports indicate Panarin gave the Rangers just one team as a trade option, as the forward had a full no-movement clause (NMC), limiting New York’s ability to negotiate a better return on a trade.
On Thursday’s episode of Daily Faceoff LIVE, guest host Irf Gaffar and former NHL goaltender Carter Hutton discuss no-move clauses and if teams should be so quick to hand them out.
Read Anthony Trudeau’s trade grade on the Panarin deal
Irf Gaffar: On Wednesday morning, Rangers’ GM Chris Drury finds out that Panarin is only going to one team. There may have been other suitors, but they can only work with the Kings.
I know people are hating on the return the Rangers got, but what’s your take on no-movement clauses?
Carter Hutton: I guess that’s the strength of the no-movement clause, right? You get to hold all the cards, you get to decide what you want to do, and maybe this is a lesson for teams moving forward that we shouldn’t be giving these out to every single player.
Obviously, Panarin is the type of player where it feels like he wasn’t getting a deal done with the Rangers without a NMC, but this is a guy who loves the big vibes. He wanted to be in the Big Apple, he wanted to be on the big stage, then he transitions to L.A. and another major market in the NHL.
I guess it’s on Panarin to have this choice.
You can watch the full segment and the rest of the episode here…