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.

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.

Chris Kreider seemed content with the way his 13-year Rangers tenure came to an end while speaking about it Thursday when he was introduced as a Duck.