With just one week to go before the NHL Trade Deadline it appears we have reached that impasse between Chris Kreider’s camp and the New York Rangers. I’ve said all along that keeping Kreider would be a nice-to-have, but where the team is in terms of competing for a Cup, the return in trade would be impossible to refuse.
Contract Talks
It was Pierre Lebrun that noted Matt Keator, Kreider’s agent and Jeff Gorton were discussing contract terms. That was over a week ago and as you can see, the needle hasn’t moved in the direction he will be extended like some suggest with Lebrun’s latest report.