Value of: Chris Kreider

Savant

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So why specially Kreider are the rangers wanting gone?

I swear to god ranger fans are mostly wanting Zibenijad catapulted into the sun.
The Rangers need cap space, and have worse players that make more money that are harder to move. If the Rangers move Kreider it’s not going to be a “hockey trade” it’s going to be for some combination of picks/prospects/ELC.

Rangers are going to move better players on more tradable contracts than worse players on anchors
 

seabass45

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So why specially Kreider are the rangers wanting gone?

I swear to god ranger fans are mostly wanting Zibenijad catapulted into the sun.
Kreider is one of two Rangers vets with limited trade protection that could realistically be traded. Salary is reasonable, good possibility for a hockey trade. Zibanejad has a full NMC so any talk about trading him is hopium. Ditto for Panarin, even though someone here seems convinced that Rangers rivals will help them with their problem.
 

FiveTacos

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Kreider is one of two Rangers vets with limited trade protection that could realistically be traded. Salary is reasonable, good possibility for a hockey trade. Zibanejad has a full NMC so any talk about trading him is hopium. Ditto for Panarin, even though someone here seems convinced that Rangers rivals will help them with their problem.

Yeah, Rangers fans hoping to trade Zib for someone like Zegras are just dreaming. A rebuilding team is not going to want Zibanejad. He's only of use to a current playoff team, but most of those either don't have a good young piece to give, or lack the cap space to take him on.

Kreider OTOH could bring a nice return. I imagine he'd be in much demand amongst playoff teams. If I'm a contender, I'd much rather be paying him what he's getting, than what you'd likely get for that money on the open market, and the term is reasonable.

If these guys are on the block, then the goal is not to get better

I get the conundrum, it's not unlike what most teams face towards the end of their window ... when/how to start the reboot or rebuild. Gotta be careful not to end up on a slow slide into oblivion, and bottom out with a barren pipeline. So trading Kreider, while it probably ends any illusions of chasing the Cup now, could shorten their "downtime" in the long run and also help make the bottom not so deep. It's probably the right approach.
 

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