Chris Kreider was traded to the Anaheim Geese by the New York Rangers on Thursday.
The Rangers acquired ahead prospect Carey Terrance and a third-round choose within the 2025 NHL Draft; New York additionally despatched a fourth-round choose in 2025 to Anaheim.
Kreider had 30 factors (22 objectives, eight assists) in 68 video games this season. The 34-year-old ahead was the Rangers’ longest-tenured participant since after having arrived in New York throughout the 2012 Stanley Cup Playoffs.
Kreider was chosen by the Rangers with the No. 19 choose within the 2009 NHL Draft. He has 582 factors (326 objectives, 256 assists) in 883 regular-season video games and 76 factors (48 objectives, 28 assists) in 123 Stanley Cup Playoff video games.
“Chris Kreider is the kind of participant we had been trying so as to add this offseason,” Geese normal supervisor Pat Verbeek mentioned. “He has measurement (6-foot-3, 230 kilos), velocity and is a clutch performer that elevates his sport in huge moments. Chris additionally upgrades each of our particular groups items, one thing we actually wanted to handle.”
Within the common season, he’s seventh in crew historical past in video games performed, third in objectives, tied for first in power-play objectives (116) and tenth in factors. He’s the Rangers’ all-time chief in playoff video games performed and objectives and is third in playoff factors.
“We need to thank Chris Kreider for all of his contributions to the Rangers group over his stellar profession,” Rangers GM Chris Drury mentioned. “Chris has been an integral a part of a number of the most iconic moments in Rangers historical past, together with setting a number of franchise data and serving to the crew advance to the 2014 Stanley Cup Remaining. His management on the ice and tireless efforts locally – which he was acknowledged for because the inaugural recipient of the Rod Gilbert “Mr. Ranger” Award – solely add to his distinguished Rangers legacy. Chris will at all times be a Ranger and we want him and his household all the most effective.”
