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Chris Kreider

#20

age34

posLW

shotl

h6'3"

w229lbs

Buyout Cap Relief

Current Contract

Cap Hit

$6,500,000$6.50M

Year 6 of 7

20/21

25/26

26/27

Expiry Status

UFA 2027 age 36

Profile

Draft Team

Round1

Pick19

Year2009

Agent Matt Keator

Birthdate Apr 30, 1991

Birthplace Boxford, Massachusetts

Nationality USA

Stick Bauer Nexus Geo

UFA Year 2018

ELC Year 21

Waivers Eligibility Eligible

Est Career Earnings $62.44M

Regular Season

GP5

PPG1

PIM0

5x5 TOI/GP 12:16

PP TOI/GP 3:53

PK TOI/GP 0:33

G60 0.00

P60 0.98

GF% 40.0

xGF% 47.0

RELxGF% -2.2

CF% 59.0

REL CF% 5.9

Pen Diff -1

NHL Career Stats (Regular Season)

GP888

G330

A257

P587

NHL POINTS PER GAME 0.66

NHL GOALS PER GAME 0.37

Career Statline Details

2020-2027 Standard Contract

term7yrs

value$45,500,000$45.50M

cap hit$6,500,000$6.50M

Chris Kreider is signed to a 7 year, $45,500,000 contract with a cap hit of $6,500,000 per season, playing for the Anaheim Ducks. His contract expires at the end of the 2026-27 season, making Kreider an Unrestricted Free Agent.

Signed On Feb 24 2020

Signing Agent Matt Keator

Signed By

Signing GM Jeff Gorton

% Cap Contract Start 7.98%

Signing Status UFAage 29

Abbreviated $Amounts

	2020-21	2021-22	2022-23	2023-24	2024-25	2025-26	2026-27	2027
Cap Hit	$6,500,000$6.50M	$6,500,000$6.50M	$6,500,000$6.50M	$6,500,000$6.50M	$6,500,000$6.50M	$6,500,000$6.50M	$6,500,000$6.50M	UFAage 36
AAV	$6,500,000$6.50M	$6,500,000$6.50M	$6,500,000$6.50M	$6,500,000$6.50M	$6,500,000$6.50M	$6,500,000$6.50M	$6,500,000$6.50M
Base	$2,000,000$2.00M	$3,500,000$3.50M	$1,000,000$1.00M	$3,000,000$3.00M	$5,000,000$5.00M	$5,000,000$5.00M	$4,000,000$4.00M
Performance Bonuses	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Signing Bonuses	$8,000,000$8.00M	$6,000,000$6.00M	$5,000,000$5.00M	$2,000,000$2.00M	-	-	$1,000,000$1.00M
Total Salary	$10,000,000$10.00M	$9,500,000$9.50M	$6,000,000$6.00M	$5,000,000$5.00M	$5,000,000$5.00M	$5,000,000$5.00M	$5,000,000$5.00M
Minors Salary	$10,000,000$10.00M	$9,500,000$9.50M	$6,000,000$6.00M	$5,000,000$5.00M	$5,000,000$5.00M	$5,000,000$5.00M	$5,000,000$5.00M
Clauses	NMC	NMC	NMC	NMC	M-NTC	M-NTC	M-NTC
Year Type	UFA	UFA	UFA	UFA	UFA	UFA	UFA
UFA Year
Buy Out							Buy Out

Notes

NMC in Yrs 1-4; 15 Team No Trade List in Yrs 5-7

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Career Stats By Contract

Regular Season

GP5

PPG1

PIM0

5x5 TOI/GP 12:16

PP TOI/GP 3:53

PK TOI/GP 0:33

G60 0.00

P60 0.98

GF% 40.0

xGF% 47.0

RELxGF% -2.2

CF% 59.0

REL CF% 5.9

Pen Diff -1

NHL Career Stats (Regular Season)

GP888

G330

A257

P587

NHL POINTS PER GAME 0.66

NHL GOALS PER GAME 0.37

Career Statline Details

NHL Only

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Season	Age	Cap Hit	League	Team	GP	G	A	TP	PIM	GF%	xGF%	RelxGF%	CF%	RelCF%	G60	P60	Pen Dif	TOI 5v5/GP	TOI PP/GP	TOI PK/GP	Playoffs	GP	G	A	TP	PIM
2025-26	34	$6,500,000 $6.50M	NHL	Anaheim Ducks	5	4	1	5	0	40.0	47.0	-2.2	59.0	5.9	0.00	0.98	-1	12:16	3:53	0:33
2024-25	33	$6,500,000 $6.50M	NHL 4 Nations	USA	2	1	0	1	0
2024-25	33	$6,500,000 $6.50M	NHL	New York Rangers	68	22	8	30	24	50.8	48.0	-1.1	47.0	-3.5	0.54	1.01	9	11:21	2:38	1:39
2023-24	32	$6,500,000 $6.50M	NHL	New York Rangers	82	39	36	75	26	58.0	51.0	2.5	52.0	2.3	0.86	1.71	2	12:49	3:18	1:33	Playoffs	16	8	4	12	0
2022-23	31	$6,500,000 $6.50M	NHL	New York Rangers	79	36	18	54	26	62.3	52.0	5.5	51.0	2.7	1.12	1.66	2	12:50	3:17	1:37	Playoffs	7	6	3	9	0
2021-22	30	$6,500,000 $6.50M	NHL	New York Rangers	81	52	25	77	24	54.4	52.0	6.4	50.0	4.2	1.10	1.76	5	13:30	2:53	1:26	Playoffs	20	10	6	16	0
2020-21	29	$6,500,000 $6.50M	NHL	New York Rangers	50	20	10	30	34	48.2	51.0	1.7	49.0	1.3	0.75	1.41	6	12:46	3:19	0:28
2019-20	28	$4,625,000 $4.63M	NHL	New York Rangers	63	24	21	45	58	61.3	44.0	-3.1	49.0	4.0	0.87	2.09	-2	13:12	3:08	0:03	Playoffs	3	1	1	2	0
2018-19	27	$4,625,000 $4.63M	WC	USA	8	3	1	4	2
2018-19	27	$4,625,000 $4.63M	NHL	New York Rangers	79	28	24	52	57	56.7	53.0	6.9	50.0	4.7	1.03	2.01	16	14:01	2:30	0:03
2017-18	26	$4,625,000 $4.63M	WC	USA	10	4	6	10	2
2017-18	26	$4,625,000 $4.63M	NHL	New York Rangers	58	16	21	37	44
2016-17	25	$4,625,000 $4.63M	NHL	New York Rangers	75	28	25	53	58												Playoffs	12	3	1	4	0
2015-16	24	$2,475,000 $2.48M	NHL	New York Rangers	79	21	22	43	58												Playoffs	5	2	0	2	0
2014-15	23	$2,475,000 $2.48M	NHL	New York Rangers	80	21	25	46	88												Playoffs	19	7	2	9	0
2013-14	22	$800,000 $800K	NHL	New York Rangers	66	17	20	37	72												Playoffs	15	5	8	13	0
2013-14	22	$800,000 $800K	AHL	Hartford Wolf Pack	6	2	2	4	16
2012-13	21	$800,000 $800K	NHL	New York Rangers	23	2	1	3	6												Playoffs	8	1	1	2	0
2012-13	21	$800,000 $800K	AHL	Hartford Wolf Pack	48	12	11	23	73
2011-12	20	$800,000 $800K	NHL	New York Rangers	0	0	0	0	0												Playoffs	18	5	2	7	0
2011-12	20	$800,000 $800K	NCAA	Boston College	44	23	22	45	66
2010-11	19		WJC-20	USA U20	6	4	2	6	0
2010-11	19		WC	USA	7	2	1	3	6
2010-11	19		NCAA	Boston College	32	11	13	24	37
2009-10	18		WJC-20	USA U20	7	6	1	7	2
2009-10	18		WC	USA	6	1	1	2	0
2009-10	18		NCAA	Boston College	38	15	8	23	26
2008-09	17		USHS-Prep	Phillips Academy Andover	26	33	23	56	10
2008-09	17		EJHL	Valley Jr. Warriors	5	4	2	6	0
2007-08	16		USHS-Prep	Phillips Academy Andover	24	26	15	41	0
2006-07	15		USHS-MA	Masconomet Regional High	20	28	13	41	0
2005-06	14		USHS-MA	Masconomet Regional High	19	5	10	15	0
NHL Totals					888	330	257	587
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Player Updates

Signings & Trades

Jun

Kreider, Chris 2025 Round 4

Terrance, Carey 2025 Round 3

02/24

2020

Kreider, Chris

7yrs

$6,500,000

Cap Hit

07/22

2016

Kreider, Chris

4yrs

$4,625,000

Cap Hit

07/23

2014

Kreider, Chris

2yrs

$2,475,000

Cap Hit

04/10

2012

Kreider, Chris

3yrs

$1,325,000

Cap Hit

Transactions & Updates

Oct

Kreider, Chris

Kreider (illness) won't play against the Florida Panthers on Tuesday, according to NHL.com.

Oct

Kreider, Chris

Kreider (illness) will miss Saturday's game against the Tampa Bay Lightning, per Derek Lee of The Hockey News.

Oct

Kreider, Chris

Kreider (illness) isn't expected to be available for Thursday's tilt against the Boston Bruins, per Zach Cavanagh of The Sporting Tribune.

Oct

Kreider, Chris

Kreider (illness) won't play Tuesday versus the Nashville Predators, Derek Lee of The Hockey News reports.

Oct

Kreider, Chris

Kreider scored two power-play goals on four shots, added an assist and went minus-2 in Tuesday's 4-3 win over the Pittsburgh Penguins.

All Transactions

Contract History

2016-2020 Standard Contract

term4yrs

value$18,500,000$18.50M

cap hit$4,625,000$4.63M

expiry 2020 UFA age 29

Signed On Jul 22 2016

Signing Agent Matt Keator

Signed By

Signing GM Jeff Gorton

% Cap Contract Start 6.34%

Signing Status RFAage 25

Abbreviated $Amounts

	2016-17	2017-18	2018-19	2019-20	2020
Cap Hit	$4,625,000$4.63M	$4,625,000$4.63M	$4,625,000$4.63M	$4,625,000$4.63M	UFAage 29
AAV	$4,625,000$4.63M	$4,625,000$4.63M	$4,625,000$4.63M	$4,625,000$4.63M
Base	$4,000,000$4.00M	$4,000,000$4.00M	$3,500,000$3.50M	$4,000,000$4.00M
Performance Bonuses	-	-	-	-
Signing Bonuses	$1,000,000$1.00M	$1,000,000$1.00M	$1,000,000$1.00M	-
Total Salary	$5,000,000$5.00M	$5,000,000$5.00M	$4,500,000$4.50M	$4,000,000$4.00M
Minors Salary	$5,000,000$5.00M	$5,000,000$5.00M	$4,500,000$4.50M	$4,000,000$4.00M
Clauses				M-NTC
Year Type	RFA	RFA	UFA	UFA
UFA Year

Notes

11 Team no trade list

2014-2016 Standard Contract

term2yrs

value$4,950,000$4.95M

cap hit$2,475,000$2.48M

expiry 2016 RFA age 25

Signed On Jul 23 2014

Signed By

Signing GM Glen Sather

% Cap Contract Start 3.59%

Signing Status RFAage 23

Abbreviated $Amounts

	2014-15	2015-16	2016
Cap Hit	$2,475,000$2.48M	$2,475,000$2.48M	RFAage 25
AAV	$2,475,000$2.48M	$2,475,000$2.48M
Base	$1,350,000$1.35M	$2,600,000$2.60M
Performance Bonuses	-	-
Signing Bonuses	$1,000,000$1.00M	-
Total Salary	$2,350,000$2.35M	$2,600,000$2.60M
Minors Salary	$2,350,000$2.35M	$2,600,000$2.60M
Clauses
Year Type	RFA	RFA
UFA Year

2011-2014 Entry Level Contract

term3yrs

value$3,975,000$3.98M

cap hit$1,325,000$1.33M

expiry 2014 RFA age 23

Signed On Apr 10 2012

Signed By

Signing GM Glen Sather

% Cap Contract Start 1.24%

Signing Status age 21

Abbreviated $Amounts

	2011-12	2012-13	2013-14	2014
Cap Hit	$800,000$800K	$800,000$800K	$800,000$800K	RFAage 23
AAV	$1,325,000$1.33M	$1,325,000$1.33M	$1,325,000$1.33M
Base	$600,000$600K	$810,000$810K	$810,000$810K
Performance Bonuses	$300,000$300K	$637,500$638K	$637,500$638K
Signing Bonuses	-	$90,000$90K	$90,000$90K
Total Salary	$600,000$600K	$900,000$900K	$900,000$900K
Minors Salary	$67,500$68K	$67,500$68K	$67,500$68K
Clauses
Year Type	RFA	RFA	RFA
UFA Year