The mission hasn’t changed for Chris Kreider, but it appears as though the 25-year-old power winger’s mindset has changed in his approach to the upcoming 2016-17 season.
“Nothing changes from what I should have been doing last year and what I will be doing this year,” Kreider said Wednesday at the club’s practice rink after helping out on the ice at the Rangers Youth Hockey Camp. “It’s being big, strong, fast, mean, imposing and getting to the net and playing a power forward’s game — north-south.
“I know the player I want to be going forward so I can try to have an impact on a nightly basis.