I don’t think this gets resolved until after the freeze is over. If I’m Panarin, why rush it, he holds the cards.
For Panarin, I dont think it matters nearly as much. Honestly, the sooner its over, the sooner he gets back on the ice, the better for him.
I think the longer this goes on, its the teams in question who are interested it benefits most. At some point the teams might go and make a trade for someone else, shrinking possible suitors and then forcing Drury to take whatever deal is on the table to walk away with something rather than nothing.