Portions of this column are meant to be read with a grain of salt.
OK, David Krejci. We get it. You’re the Bruins’ No. 1 center.
We know how fed up you are hearing about Patrice Bergeron’s two-way play and his consistency and his Selke Trophy. You’ve won the Stanley Cup more recently than Pavel Datsyuk and you showed Ryan Kesler what he could do with his Selke in the historic 2011 Stanley Cup Final.
And what has Sidney Crosby won lately?
Now after a subpar 2013 regular season, where 33 points in 47 games is considered subpar, you’ve decided to dominate the 2013 Stanley Cup Playoffs as if you’re some sort of cross between Superman and Gordie Howe in an effort to write your name in permanent ink at the top of the list of best centers in the NHL. Maybe you’ll even get atop the list of best players, regardless of position.
It’s certainly appropriate that in Game 4 of the Eastern Conference Quarterfinals Wednesday you became the first visiting player to burn Toronto for a playoff hat trick since Wayne Gretzky. After all, your performance in the Bruins’ 4-3 overtime win was a Great One. You capped that hat trick with an overtime goal after your revitalized linemate Nathan Horton took a hit to make a pass out of the zone. Once mostly a playmaker, you’ve decided to unleash your shot and now you have five goals as part of your 10 points in the first four games of this series.
This has the makings of a lengthy playoff run for the Bruins, and I’m just wondering how much further you’re willing to take this massive effort to convince the world that you’re the greatest. I mean, I gave you that recognition already in a column on April 1. Will you let anyone else’s line on your team get into the spotlight. It looks like you’ve zapped Patrice Bergeron’s line (despite Bergeron’s power-play goal) of its offense. The other lines have been pretty quiet too.
Assuming you keep this up and the Maple Leafs finally fold and add a post-series handshake to their list of new experiences from this playoff season Friday, this Bruins run could last a while. You already lead the NHL playoffs in points, just like you did in 2011. And your 18 goals since those 2011 playoffs are the most of anyone in the league. What’s the ceiling here?
Here in Boston, we all know about you multi-faceted offensive stylings. You’re not too shabby in the defensive zone either. Even after leading the Bruins to the ’11 Cup, you still fly under the radar a tad nationally. I find that hard to believe but I get asked about it all the time on radio shows, so it must be true.
Now there’s no radar, limbo poll or weed in the grass low enough for you to hide beneath. You’re the top dog, the bee’s knees, the top banana, the center of attention, if you will. To think that there could be room for improvement and there might be plenty of games left on the docket for you to soar even higher has to make every active player in the NHL shiver a little.
Now we’ll see how you perform without everyone doubting or forgetting about you. There could be match-ups against elite centers like Sidney Crosby, John Tavares, Ryan Getzlaf, Datsyuk or Jonathan Toews in your playoff future. At this rate, everyone will be asking those guys and their teammates how to stop David Krejci. There might not be an answer. If you keep producing at this rate, the Bruins and the world might get to find out just how unstoppable you are.
I hope you realize that it is articles and sentiments like this that lead people in the rest of the country to refer to your fanbase as (a bunch of) M*ssholes. Whether intended to be satirical or not, you need to find something else to write about. Just saying…
kesler was playing with a messed up back during that whole final. at most 70%.
bruins16 has obviously never heard of satire
Matt
You are always trying to say that Krecji is better than Bergeron. You have waited all season to make the case again. Krecji has a hot series and your chirping . I hope Krecji keeps going, just as I hope Bergeron gets going like he was before his last concussion. Your preoccupation with this controversy is silly.
Every time Horton or Bergeron get hit, I wince and hope they get up. If either one goes down, that would hurt our chances dramatically! Glad to see Bartkowski recalled!
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I am guessing this is a sad, sad joke.
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Looks like it’s time to stock up on Ecto Cooler Hi-C because it seems the media is drinking up all the Kool Aid http://t.co/Hzu9TIbKx5
Bergeron could go forever and not score but the faithful would never complain that the second line center isn’t producing.
Krejci has to score and defend so that makes him the number one center. Case closed.
I actually felt calm the way Rask looked in overtime.
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@TheBruinsBlog very funny stuff here
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@TheBruinsBlog Bergie is one of the best in the world too.
@TheBruinsBlog Only 4 games into though, one game at a time. GO BRUINS !!!!
@TheBruinsBlog As long as Krejci has fat playoff stats, regular season and playoffs are different, his regular stats are good.
@TheBruinsBlog Playoffs are were Krejci has been shining, I think that’s a credit to Bruins team game.
I’ll take Bergy anyday over Kreci.