Day after day, the severity of their situation seemingly does nothing but weigh the Rangers down. Monday afternoon’s 5-0 disaster against the Devils at Prudential Center was no outlier.
The New York Rangers made Chris Kreider a healthy scratch Monday in a blowout loss to the Devils, and Adam Proteau says the team erred significantly by disrespecting Kreider.
As we previously reported, Chris Kreider — the longest-tenured player on the New York Rangers — was a healthy scratch Monday against the New Jersey Devils. The
In an extremely shocking move, the New York Rangers have announced that Chris Kreider is going to be a healthy scratch tonight, fueling trade speculation.
Kreider is currently in year 5 of a 7 year deal that sees him earning an average annual value of $6.5 million per season, and as a well respected NHL veteran, and one of the Rangers very best players in recent years, I suspect there would be a great deal of demand for his services if he were indeed to end up being traded.
The New York Rangers have made two huge trades in the past month, and now veteran Chris Kreider may be the next one on the way out. This past month has been a disaster for the New York Rangers, as the leaked report of both Chris Kreider and Jacob Trouba being available has caused the organization to go into disarray.
Kreider will be a healthy scratch against New Jersey on Monday, Mollie Walker of the New York Post reports. Kreider's only point in the last eight games was an empty-net goal against Dallas on Friday.
It was yet another pathetic showing in an endless string of them, with the Blueshirts mustering a season-worst 12 shots on goal, including only three in a third period where it basically looked like they quit, while being shutout for the second time in the last four games.
The New York Rangers head coach Peter Laviolette revealed why Chris Kreider was a healthy scratch in yesterday's embarrassing 5-0 loss to the New Jersey Devils.
Veteran Chris Kreider was a healthy scratch for Monday's game versus the New Jersey Devils. Here's how that worked out for the New York Rangers.
New York Rangers head coach Peter Laviolette scratched Chris Kreider from the lineup for their game against the New Jersey Devils.