Kings acquire Rangers’ Artemi Panarin, agree to 2-year contract extension

General manager Ken Holland and the Kings reeled in a huge fish Wednesday, landing winger Artemi Panarin from the New York Rangers in the club’s most significant trade acquisition since Marian Gaborik in 2014.

Perhaps not coincidentally, that was the last time the Kings won a playoff series, a goal they seemed to drift further from in the first four months of this season.

Now, at the relatively modest cost of the Kings’ top prospect Liam Greentree and a third-round draft selection...