Last night, the biggest sports news story in New York was Artemi Panarin, the Rangers big prize from the free agent market, who left the game after an apparent mild groin strain.
Head coach David Quinn was quoted by the NY Post saying: “Just a mild groin strain, more precautionary than anything. Should be fine.” Linemate Mika Zibanejad also mentioned that it simply isn't worth the risk to continue to play in a preseason game and believes that Panarin will be fine.
Still, Rangers fans are a caring lot. As Panarin posted his thank to the Rangers official Twitter account which had congratulated him on his goal, as of the time of this writing, more than half the responses seemed to be about the injury. Multiple fans went on record offering to donate their own groins if necessary.
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