Chris Kreider Finally Breaks the Silence on Trade From the Rangers to the Ducks

He became the 2nd Rangers player inside of a year to be traded to the Ducks, as now-former New York captain Jacob Trouba was dealt there in November.

It was part of what was a truly trying season for the Rangers, who would miss the postseason only a year after advancing to the Eastern Conference Final and winning the President’s Trophy.

Yeah, it was defensively challenging. I think we would have all liked it to have gone differently than it went, but at the end of the day, we can only learn from it. Some weird, fluky injuries I had to deal with at the worst possible moments. We are all hockey players, we all want to play through some things. It was a tough year, but all you can do is learn from it and try to be better.

Kreider, who had 30 points with the Rangers (22G, 8A), has played in 883 career NHL games, all with New York, and has 582 points (326G, 256A). He also helped the Rangers to a lone appearance in the SCF, which they lost in 5 games to the Los Angeles Kings, the divisional foe of Kreider’s new team, the Ducks.