{"id":462049,"date":"2026-09-12T23:46:16","date_gmt":"2026-09-12T23:46:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/462049\/"},"modified":"2026-09-12T23:46:16","modified_gmt":"2026-09-12T23:46:16","slug":"canadiens-sign-veteran-forward-chris-kreider-to-1-year-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/462049\/","title":{"rendered":"Canadiens sign veteran forward Chris Kreider to 1-year deal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/sports\/hockey\/nhl\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">NHL<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Free agent forward Chris Kreider has signed a one-year deal with the Montreal Canadiens. The team made the announcement on Saturday but did not disclose financial details.<\/p>\n<p>Kreider and the Ducks mutually agreed to have his contract terminated Wednesday<\/p>\n<p>The Canadian Press  \u00b7 Posted: Sep 12, 2026 6:21 PM EDT | Last Updated: 1 hour ago<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/a\/assets\/texttospeech.svg\" alt=\"Text to Speech Icon\" width=\"44\" height=\"44\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Listen to this article<\/p>\n<p>Estimated 1 minute<\/p>\n<p>The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"eager\" alt=\"A male ice hockey player touches gloves with teammates in celebration as he skates past the bench during a game.\"   src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/default.jpg\" data-cy=\"leadmedia-story-img\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/>Chris Kreider only played one season in Anaheim, having been traded from the Rangers in June 2025. The 35-year-old had 22 goals and 28 assists for the Ducks. (Sean M. Haffey\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<p>Free agent forward Chris Kreider has signed a one-year deal with the Montreal Canadiens.<\/p>\n<p>The team made the announcement on Saturday but did not disclose financial details.<\/p>\n<p>Kreider and the Anaheim Ducks mutually agreed to have his contract terminated on Wednesday, allowing Montreal to sign him.<\/p>\n<p>Kreider only played one season in Anaheim, having been traded from the New York Rangers in June 2025.<\/p>\n<p>He has 348 goals and 284 assists over 958 games played with the Rangers and the Ducks.<\/p>\n<p>The 35-year-old had 22 goals and 28 assists for Anaheim last season. <\/p>\n<p><a class=\"reportIssue-MwDQL\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/corrections-clarifications-1.5893564\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Corrections and clarifications<\/a>\u00b7Report error<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NHL Free agent forward Chris Kreider has signed a one-year deal with the Montreal Canadiens. The team made&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":462050,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[163,165,164],"class_list":["post-462049","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-anaheim","tag-anaheim","tag-anaheim-headlines","tag-anaheim-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/462049","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=462049"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/462049\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/462050"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=462049"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=462049"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=462049"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}