It’s probably not the way many thought New York’s trade deadline day would go, but the Rangers made a pair of substantial announcements with big ramifications Monday. The good news is that left winger Chris Kreider has been re-signed by New York to a seven-year deal with an average annual value of $6.5 million. The bad news is that star rookie goalie Igor Shesterkin and fellow Russian Pavel Buchnevich had been involved in a car accident and that Shesterkin will miss time due to a rib injury.
Starting with Kreider, this signing kills a lot of TV chatter, since he was the biggest trade chip available at the deadline this season.