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But had they known Lafrenière was coming, would they still have given Kreider an average annual value of $6.5 million through his age-35 season? His addition, along with the 2019 signing of free-agent prize Artemi Panarin, gave the Rangers' enviable depth at left wing.
Several months later, the Rangers won the 2020 draft lottery, which presented the can't-miss opportunity to select Alexis Lafrenière at No. While then-general manager Jeff Gorton was expecting the salary cap to approach $90 million within a couple years, the league has instead been stuck on $81.5 million for three seasons and counting. Not only did that disrupt what was on pace to be Kreider's most productive season, but the financial fallout caused the NHL to enter what we can now call the flat-cap era. Just a few short weeks after the ink dried, the COVID-19 pandemic hit. With the benefit of hindsight, the New York Rangers may have hesitated before signing Chris Kreider to a seven-year, $45.5 million extension in February 2020.Ī series of events that unfolded since have raised concerns about how well that contract will age.
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