Chris Kreider agreed to waive his no-trade clause, sending the longest-tenured member of the New York Rangers to the Anaheim Ducks on Thursday.
Kreider, who first suited up for the Rangers in the 2012 NHL playoffs, gave his OK to the deal Thursday morning, the New York Post said. The Ducks had been on the forward’s 15-team no-trade list.
The Rangers will receive forward Carey Terrance and a 2025 third-round draft pick from the Ducks for Kreider and a fourth-round pick. Anaheim also will take on all of Kreider’s $6.5 million cap hit over each of the next two seasons.
Kreider, 34, is entering the sixth season of a seven-year, $45.5 million contract. The Massachusetts native is slated to become an unrestricted free agent on July 1, 2027.
“We want to thank Chris Kreider for all of his contributions to the Rangers organization over his stellar career,” general manager Chris Drury said. “Chris has been an integral part of some of the most iconic moments in Rangers history, including setting multiple franchise records and helping the team advance to the 2014 Stanley Cup Final. His leadership on the ice and tireless efforts in the community — which he was recognized for as the inaugural recipient of the Rod Gilbert ‘Mr. Ranger’ Award — only add to his distinguished Rangers legacy. Chris will always be a Ranger and we wish him and his family all the best.”
Kreider and then-Rangers captain Jacob Trouba were made available on the trade market earlier this season following a league-wide memo from Drury. The Ducks then acquired Trouba on Dec. 6 for defenseman Urho Vaakanainen and a fourth-round pick in the 2025 NHL Draft.
Kreider recorded just 30 points (22 goals, eight assists) in 68 games this season while nursing both back spasms and an illness.
Earlier, he discussed his desire to stay in New York.
“I mean, this is home for me,” Kreider said in late April, per the New York Post. “This is the organization that gave me an opportunity to live out my dream. I’ve developed so many incredible relationships and grown up and spent so much time in this area. So, obviously, this is where I want to be and this is the group I want to help in whatever fashion and win hockey games.”
The franchise’s third all-time leading goal scorer (326), Kreider also has 256 assists for 582 points in 883 career games since the Rangers selected him with the 19th overall pick in the 2009 NHL Draft.
Terrance, 20, was selected by the Ducks in the second round of the 2023 NHL Draft. He recorded 39 points (20 goals, 19 assists) in 45 games this past season with the Erie Otters of the Ontario Hockey League. In 230 games over four seasons with Erie, has 162 points (89 goals and 73 assists).
–Field Level Media
