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.

There is, however, no debate about the off-ice legacy Chris Kreider established, in which his popularity perhaps exceeded his production.