After leading the New York Rangers and ranking 12th in the league with 96 points last season, Artemi Panarin is asking more of himself.
"Recently I've been focusing more on the wing, and it's easier for everyone else to play with me in that sense," Panarin said through an interpreter Saturday, according to The Athletic's Arthur Staple.
"But I really need to start being everywhere and doing everything. It will help me progress as a player, and it will definitely make it more difficult for the opponent to figure out our game. And it will help my teammates because it was more of a game of throwing the puck down the boards. A really simple game, easy to figure out. And my teammates weren't developing as much as they should."