Zucc on what makes Kreider so unique:
>“I mean, in front of the net, he’s probably best in the league. They’ve got a good power play of course, he’s playing with good players and he’s a good player too. It’s impressive. Too bad I got traded or he would have gotten (to 300) faster.”
Step’s favorite memory:
>“And we used to joke that when I’d send those passes up the wall and he’d use his speed to get to them that we were playing fetch. So we get on the ice for practice one day and I grab a puck and go, ‘Kreids, go fetch, go get the ball.’ Like he’s my puppy or something. So me and (Dan Girardi) are skating around and G looks over my shoulder and just cracks up — I turn around and there’s Kreids with a puck in his mouth. Just drops it at my feet.”
From [The Athletic’s article on Kreids](https://theathletic.com/5370317/2024/03/31/chris-kreider-rangers-goals-milestone?source=user-shared-article), which has more fun stories from Chrissy’s current and former teammates.
by lionson76
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Zucc still wishes he was here 🙁
Chris Freakin Kreider
>“I usually call him Horse. Because I don’t have enough English, I think ‘horse’ is like, many horses. So I just call him Hor… He’s not happy with that.”
LMFAO at this quote from Bread. IDK WTF he is even trying to convey here.
Zucc is still my favorite Ranger the last 20 years. Such a character and a damn good player.
Will always love Zucc
I’m surprised Buch only has 12 assists and I’m surprised Rick Nash isn’t on there. I could have sworn Kreider – Stephan – Nash was our first line for a few years.
Kreider and Stepan looked awesome together in the 14-15 szn, especially towards the end of the year playing with JT Miller. Great quote from him
The video of him jumping out of the low end of a pool is legendary. Definitely one of my all time favorite Ranger.
Favorite Kreider memory: “There’s one that goes back to one of his first years here, I wasn’t here but I love hearing it. Him and J.T. Miller got called into (Alain Vigneault’s) office for something… I can’t say more, but it is top-notch.”
VINNY why would you tease us like this
Paywall :/
That zucc quote fucking tearing on my heart strings. That step story is fucking hilarious though. Kreider has been my favorite Ranger (not counting Hank) since joining the team. I’ve always been fascinated with his combination of size, strength, and speed.
I wanna know what that JT Miller story Trocheck is talking about is lol. I have a friend from HS who is randomly boys with Kreids. Might have to shoot him a text and do some digging. Will report back if I find anything lmao
Pavel Buchnevich — 12 assists
Favorite Kreider memory: “Good memories. I still stay in touch with him. I’m happy for him. I know he’s pretty close to becoming most goals in franchise history [Kreider is still 106 away from tying Rod Gilbert, actually], so it’s pretty cool for the organization. I’m happy for him.”
“I just call him every time ‘Christopher.’ He’s like, ‘Chris,’ like he don’t like it. He says only his mom calls him Christopher. So I call him Christopher all the time, and he’s like ‘—- you!’ every time. At the end, he started laughing at me.”
“You know the guy, third period, with the Rangers? Hayesie, what’s it called that bald guy in New York, third period, he like do that —-? [Hayes, seated nearby in the Blues room, calls out, “Oh, Dancing Larry.”]
“Yeah, Larry dancing! He always wears Kreids’ jersey. I point at him every time, and go, ‘That’s you!’ We’d be in a game, there’s like five minutes left, Kreids is sitting next to me, and I’m like, ‘Oh, it’s you again!’”
“I remember my first couple of years, he couldn’t make a sauce pass. As soon as he make a good saucer in the game, he’s coming up to me, ‘Did you see that? Did you see that?’ He was working hard on that.”
🥲
Krieder a DAWG
Fun article to read! Nice to see everyone has so many good things to say about him.
Zucc isn’t bitter at all lol
> Favorite Kreider memory: “There’s one that goes back to one of his first years here, I wasn’t here but I love hearing it. Him and J.T. Miller got called into (Alain Vigneault’s) office for something… I can’t say more, but it is top-notch.”
I need more
Okay so what story was Trocheck referring to where JT Miller and Kreider got called into Vigneault’s office???
I wanna know what he got up to with JT Miller 👀