The Recent York Rangers and Anaheim Geese have agreed to 2 different trades within the last 13 months. In December 2024, the Rangers sent Jacob Trouba, their captain, to the Geese. Then, over the summer, they sent Chris Kreider to Anaheim. Each of them made their return to Madison Square Garden on Monday night and received a warm reception.
Trouba signed as a free agent with the Rangers in the summertime of 2019, after spending six seasons with the Winnipeg Jets. The previous captain spent from 2019-20 into the 2024-25 season with the Blueshirts. He played 364 games with the franchise, while scoring 24 goals and adding 95 assists. He was traded to the Geese after the Rangers said they were going to put him on waivers.
Meanwhile, Krieder was the nineteenth overall number of the 2009 NHL Draft by the Rangers. He broke into the NHL throughout the 2011-2012 playoffs with the Rangers, and made his regular-season debut with the team the subsequent yr. The previous first-round pick played 883 games with the club, finding the back of the online 326 times while adding 256 helpers. He’s eighth in franchise history in games played, while sitting third in goals and tenth in points. He also has the club record for playoff games played, playoff goals, and playoff points.
Kreider has been solid in his first yr with the Geese, scoring 13 goals and adding eight assists. Meanwhile, Trouba has scored five times while adding nine helpers for the Geese.
The Rangers enter the sport at 16-13-4 on the yr, which is seventh within the Metropolitan Division. The Geese entered the evening at 19-12-1, which is nice for second within the Pacific Division. The sport between the Geese and Rangers is currently tied at one at the top of the second period. Kreider has handed out two hits in his return to MSG. Trouba has three shots, two blocked shots, two hits, and an assist in the sport.