David Krejci
David Krejci is a polarising figure among Boston Bruins fans, however fact is he’s been with the organisation for his whole NHL career thus far. In fact, his 850 games for the team don’t put him that far behind his fellow countryman, Zdeno Chara.
Whilst he will undoubtedly pass the 900-game marker with the Boston Bruins, barring injury or suspension getting in the way, of course, it’s not the milestone we’re looking at.
Just six more goals will see Krejci hit 200 goals with the team. An eighteen-goal year will see him take Woody Dumart‘s spot as sixteenth highest goal-scorer in team history. If he breaks out with twenty-six goals that becomes fifteenth all-time as he’ll also overtake Keith Crowder.
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Whilst hitting fifteenth on that list seems unlikely this year, given he has never topped 23 goals in a season, sixteenth all-time is certainly achievable. It speaks volumes to the way Krejci has kept his head down and ignored the naysayers that seem to like targeting him as a potential trade piece.
Expect also to see him climb above Ken Hodge to eighth all-time points for the Boston Bruins. His current tally of 643 points is just 31 behind Hodge at eighth overall.
Based on his 73-point production last year, he could hit that marker as early as December 18th at home to the Los Angeles Kings. That is of course provided he maintains a 0.90 per game point production. Should he exceed that, we could be looking at this milestone being hit far earlier.
Who knows, especially if he gets a more consistent right wing option to play with as well; maybe we do in fact see his goal scoring pick up and he overtakes Crowder in that regard as well, though at this point it seems unlikely.