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.

"It's an exciting time to be a Duck," said new Ducks forward Chris Kreider, just hours after he was acquired by Anaheim with a 2025 fourth-round pick for center Carey Terrance and a 2025 third-round pick.

With his trade for the proven and, well, aging goal-scorer Chris Kreider — for forward prospect Carey Terrance, plus a draft-pick swap — Verbeek apparently is trying to reconstruct the 2022 Eastern Conference finalist New York Rangers to help guide his team toward ending a seven-year postseason drought.