The New York Rangers made it official today when they locked up Chris Kreider for 7 years at $6.5M per. This now signals the rebuild is over and the organization has made the commitment to start keeping their better players instead of selling them off for picks and prospects.
President John Davidson and General Manager Jeff Gorton held a presser yesterday to discuss all moves made and not made. Gorton mentioned that their approach was to be competitive now and still keep an eye on the future. That was the main reasons why they kept Chris Kreider whom they admit was an uncertainty until today and even had deals they were considering.