{"id":462245,"date":"2026-09-13T04:14:16","date_gmt":"2026-09-13T04:14:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/462245\/"},"modified":"2026-09-13T04:14:16","modified_gmt":"2026-09-13T04:14:16","slug":"canadiens-sign-veteran-chris-kreider-to-a-one-year-contract","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/462245\/","title":{"rendered":"Canadiens Sign Veteran Chris Kreider To A One-Year Contract"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Social Media Feature Preview\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/HSC9Tlpb0AE7rwH.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The top free agent in the NHL sphere has been signed to a contract.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nhltraderumors.me\/2026\/09\/ducks-make-surprising-move-with-chris.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Forward Chris Kreider<\/a>, who agreed to terminate his contract with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nhltraderumors.me\/search\/label\/Anaheim%20Ducks\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Anaheim Ducks<\/a> this week, has found a new home in the Eastern Conference with the Atlantic Division&#8217;s Montreal Canadiens.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>There was speculation whether Kreider would return to his hometown team, the Boston Bruins, but instead he&#8217;ll be joining the newly-minted contenders, the Canadiens, led by Nick Suzuki, Cole Caufield, and Juraj Slafkovsky.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"fr\">Les Canadiens s&#8217;entendent sur les termes d&#8217;un contrat d&#8217;une saison (2026-2027) avec l&#8217;attaquant Chris Kreider.<\/p>\n<p>The Canadiens have agreed to terms on a one-year contract (2026-27) with forward Chris Kreider.<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/hashtag\/GoHabsGo?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\">#GoHabsGo<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/7Hi5Dm83OP\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/7Hi5Dm83OP<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Canadiens Montr\u00e9al (@CanadiensMTL) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/CanadiensMTL\/status\/2098880183432298622?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\">September 12, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nhl.com\/news\/topic\/trade-coverage\/chris-kreider-traded-to-anaheim-by-new-york\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Kreider<\/a> will be leaving the West Coast for a team that put up a fight against former Eastern Conference juggernauts, the Carolina Hurricanes, who would go on to win the Stanley Cup in 2025-26.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Canadiens began their impressive run in the first round by vanquishing the Tampa Bay Lightning.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Kreider has played the majority of his career with the New York Rangers up until his trade after the conclusion of the 2024-25.<\/p>\n<p>That trade sent Kreider and a 4th-round pick to the Anaheim Ducks in exchange for Carey Terrance and a 3rd-round pick in the 2025 NHL Draft.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0The veteran played 75 games with the Ducks last season, scoring 22 goals and 50 points, and will add another big-body on the team&#8217;s power play as a net-front presence.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The top free agent in the NHL sphere has been signed to a contract.\u00a0 Forward Chris Kreider, who&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":462246,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[163,165,164],"class_list":["post-462245","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\/462245","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=462245"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/462245\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/462246"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=462245"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=462245"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=462245"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}