Rangers Receive Unlimited Artemi Panarin Love: Artemi Panarin broke the comfort of his Russian interpreter to answer a question in English, making a pretty sincere statement to the garden on Tuesday in his first public appearance as a member of the Rangers.

"I'm sure I'm home," said Panarin, with his signature smile and the brown curls that nodded in an uncontrolled mess.

At age 27, he is the newest member of the Blueshirts, signed a seven-year deal of 81.5 million dollars on the opening of the free agency Monday afternoon. The annual salary drop of more than $ 11.6 million is more than just a monetary investment, but a blow in the arm for an organization that is in the midst of building on the ground in a rather accelerated fashion.

"When you see him and you meet him, you feel the electricity in his personality," said coach David Quinn, himself having an indelible smile, now having much more talent at his disposal than he did a year ago when he took the job behind the bench.

Rangers Receive Unlimited Artemi Panarin Love

"Not only do we get an excellent player, we have a guy who has an electric personality that will bring a little personality into the locker room that I think is infectious, and that's something I needed." I needed a little more of a personality Whether you are Russian or not, I think the guys will gravitate it, I have a sense - and I know in fact - will be a great teammate. "

Quinn showed very clearly that the plan in the gate is to play Panarin alongside the emerging top center Mika Zibanejad. Suddenly, Rangers have a top line, no matter who plays on the right.

They also added the young man's talent to the 25-year-old defender Jacob Trouba, so skilfully traded by general manager Jeff Gorton, who still has to sign the freely restricted agent for the eight-year deal around 8 million dollars, which seems a formality. Then there is Harvard Defender, Adam Fox, whose rights were left from hurricanes for the second and third round selections that were stored in consecutive years of forward sales.

And the sensation still resonates with Quinn from the most recent when the Rangers entered a predictable depression for the second consecutive year after the February fire sale.

"Especially at the end, after the trading deadline, we lost a bit of our flair," Quinn said. "But [Panarin] will definitely give us this. He is an excellent player and a dynamic player, and those guys are few and far off."

Panarin, who will turn 28 less than a month into the season, always seemed destined for the big city. It comes from Korkino, a small town in Russia. He left unpaid before signing with the Blackhawks as a 23-year-old in 2015 and in the summer of 2017 was traded to Columbus where he spent the last two seasons under the first year of Rangers team president John Davidson.

By an interpreter, Panarin said that "he dreamed of playing for Rangers," adding that "my heart was here, I'm very happy and a lot of emotions. I just feel like a bit overwhelmed in the last two days, but I'm very happy. "

When the free agency was opened, Panarin received bigger deals from blue jackets, islands and panthers, but it took less money to come to Broadway. Nicknamed "The Man of Bread," he had a relatively quick moment when he came to the decision he wanted to play.

"It was a moment when I was only 10 minutes and I really thought about it," he said, "and my heart told me that New York would be the best place for me."

So, now is the time for more speculation, what Gorton will do with Chris Kreider, if he could buy a veteran defensive player with a contract or if he could change another trade to add a lesser talent. But now everything is in the context of the fact that Panarin, the organization that hopes will be a basic foundation for building around in the next ten years.

"I can not wait for the first games," said Panarin, "and it is regrettable we have to wait so long until the season begins."