- Les médias de Boston confirment notre info...
- Marc Bergevin s'est informé SÉRIEUSEMENT pour David Krejci...
- Mais le joueur leur a répondu...
- C'est BOSTON...ou la retraite...
While unrestricted free agent center David Krejci has made it abundantly clear that if he returns for his 15th NHL season, it will only be to play for the Boston Bruins, that hasn’t stopped other teams from inquiring.
Through multiple NHL sources, Boston Hockey Now has learned that the Ottawa Senators, Montreal Canadiens, Carolina Hurricanes, Florida Panthers, Tampa Bay Lightning, and Colorado Avalanche have all at least looked into what the 35-year-old center is thinking about his future. All five teams have let it be known that if Krejci does decide to play in the 2021-22 NHL regular season, they would love to make a pitch should he change his mind and test the market.
“From what I was told, as I’m sure you were too, it’s either Bruins or the Czech Republic or he retires,” an NHL source, not working for any of those five teams listed above, told BHN Thursday. “But still, a team in need of a top 6 center isn’t doing their job if they don’t at least look into it.”
Numerous emails from BHN to Krejci’s agent Robert Hooper over the last couple of weeks have not been returned and that’s completely understandable because it appears that for now, David Krejci is doing some serious soul-searching as he navigates his future with his family.
On Wednesday, Boston Bruins general manager Don Sweeney told the media that there is no timeline on when David Krejci will let the Bruins know if he will re-up with them or even ponder inking another NHL contract.
“David and I have communicated pretty consistently over the last little while. Nothing has changed on that front. He has his own reasons, and he’s gonna keep those private as am I. “In terms of what his timeline is … we’ve left things completely open-ended about him possibly returning to play for us. So it’s not a definitive timeline. As you can see from several of the signings and the approach we took that the center ice position (is) a little bit by a committee that we’re gonna have to do that and allow some players to get into some spots and hopefully perform to the level they’re capable of.”