BOSTON — Monday was a exciting working day for the Boston Bruins, who re-signed captain Patrice Bergeron and longtime alternate captain David Krejci to one particular-calendar year discounts.

Irrespective of whether these signings in fact raise the Bruins to a level exactly where they can go on a deeper playoff operate than last year’s 1st-round exit is up for debate. What’s not in dilemma is the point that the workforce solidified its major two lines with two seasoned/competent/difficult centermen. Furnished overall health is not a important situation, and presented new coach Jim Montgomery is in shape for the position, the forthcoming time should to be an entertaining a single, and the staff should really be headed to the playoffs for the seventh straight calendar year.

Also not in problem are the locations of both equally Bergeron and Krejci in Bruins history. Bergeron was drafted by the Bruins way back again in 2003. Krejci was chosen a yr later on. Bergeron debuted in the NHL as an 18-year-previous in 2003, even though Krejci showed up in 2007. The two have logged a great deal of minutes on the ice for the Bruins, the only NHL household for each players.

With that in mind, this is where by equally players at present stand on some essential all-time lists in Bruins franchise historical past.

Video games Played

Patrice Bergeron: Third, 1,216
David Krejci: Seventh, 962

Normally, participating in so extended for a person group gets you right up the leaderboard in this group. Bergeron is fairly solidly caught at No. 3, as he’s 220 games powering Johnny Bucyk. But Krejci could be moving up as high as fifth this yr, as he’s 61 games guiding Zdeno Chara and 65 game titles guiding Wayne Cashman. If he wishes to move into the top rated four, he’ll will need to indication one more offer with Don Sweeney … who comes about to sit at fourth all time with 1,052 games performed. 

Targets

Patrice Bergeron: Fourth, 400
David Krejci: Seventeenth, 215

Bergeron is not going to be retiring with that good spherical quantity of 400, but he will almost definitely be climbing into the top rated three objective scorers in Bruins history. He is just two targets behind Rick Middleton, so he should attain that third place in limited purchase. (He’s 59 plans behind Phil Esposito for second all time, so he almost certainly will be keeping place at No. 3 for a when.) Though Krejci is of course much more of a playmaker than a purpose scorer, he…