We can debate the on-ice legacy of Chris Kreider, who became a franchise standard-bearer through a 13-season run on Broadway in which he climbed toward the top of every career list while never being the best player on the team in any particular year.

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No. 20 — maybe forever — created an extremely unusual niche here. Who is the comparable in New York sports history? You know what I came up with? Another 20, actually, who, like Kreider, was a fan favorite, never was the best player on his team in any given season and, like Kreider, ranks eighth all-time in games played in franchise history.

That would be Jorge Posada of the Yankees.

Of course, Kreider lacks the four rings the catcher earned as part of the Core Four, but if Kreider is going to be penalized for it, let’s remember this: Just 25 Rangers have had their names etched onto the Chalice over the past 85 years.