Chris Kreider is far from the first popular longtime player traded away by the New York Rangers. Nor was Kreider’s

The New York Rangers found a way to free up cap space to use this summer in one of the hardest ways for their fan base when they traded team leader Chris Kreider to the Anaheim Ducks.

Chris Kreider’s becoming a cap casualty was not the way anyone would’ve liked to see the 13-year Ranger go, but it was a decision deemed necessary.