CHRIS KREIDER RUMORS

Before the 2016-17 season began, Chris Kreider avoided arbitration by signing a four year, $4.625 million extension with the New York Rangers. He ended up putting together a solid campaign on Broadway, making good on general manager Jeff Gorton’s faith in the talented winger. He put together a banner season for himself, and is primed to be one of the best and most important members...

This fall, New York Rangers’ left wing Chris Kreider will certainly have high expectations placed on him. But this is nothing new for the 25-year-old Massachusetts native. Last season, Rangers’ head coach Alain Vigneault stated that Kreider should be a 30 goal scorer. Well, in 2015-16 Kreider’s 21 goal total was disappointing, but entering the 2016-17 season, the Rangersâ€...

Chris Kreider has approached a crossroads in his Rangers career. Kreider has the opportunity to make himself either untouchable (and in line for a new fat contract) or very quickly place himself in the cross hairs of General Manager Jeff Gorton as the team approach the trade deadline. One assumes that the Rangers (whether you […] The post The biggest month in Chris Kreider’s...

Chris Kreider still isn’t perfect. He still has a lot of growing to do, he takes himself out of plays looking for (but often finding) big hits and until recently, many fans and media alike have demanded more consistency from a player who literally has everything in his tool kit. Hell, Kreider takes too many Read more → The post Rangers’ Chris Kreider making a difference in...

The New York Rangers have officially tied the series at three games a piece with a gutsy victory over the Washington Capitals in game 6 at the Verizon Center. They take it back to MSG now for a game 7 once again. However, this game 7 isn’t going to be like any of the other ones. This will arguably be the hardest game 7 they have faced in the last six years. The Capitals are more...

Any fan of the New York Rangers will tell you that Chris Kreider first broke out with the Rangers when he was brought in for the 2012 Stanley Cup Playoffs, where he put up 5 goals and 2 assists for 7 points in 18 games. While these numbers don’t seem so impressive, it was in that manner in which he scored these points that got people’s attention. For a long time, the Rangers...

Building on what Kevin talked about yesterday, not everything in Rangerland is a negative right now. Despite the inept goaltending currently found at the Garden and the sinking ship that is the Rangers defense, there are still reasons for optimism in New York. One of those reasons is Chris Kreider. If the Rangers had just a […] The post Chris Kreider providing the Rangers reason...

Everyone will be breathing a little easier now Chris Kreider and Mats Zuccarello are under contract for next season but the potential fallout of the two deals really is a mixed bag for the Rangers. Chris Kreider Assuming Alain Vigneault can continue to improve Kreider’s defense, Kreider’s contract should immediately become a bargain. The big, […] The post The Zuccarello and...