BOSTON — The Boston Bruins are getting the gang again collectively, signing captain Patrice Bergeron and David Krejci — two members of their 2011 Stanley Cup championship group — to one-year offers on Monday.

Nearly three months after he left the ice with none certainty that he would return, Bergeron signed a one-year cope with the Bruins. A number of hours later, the group introduced that Krejci, who performed final season in his native Czechia, will even be again in 2022-23.

Bergeron bought a $2.5 million cope with $2.5 million in incentives and Krejci will get $1 million with the potential for $2 million extra. Bergeron is fourth on the Bruins’ all-time scoring listing with 982 factors, and Krejci is ninth with 730.

Bergeron, 37, and Krejci, 36, led the Bruins to the 2011 NHL championship and two different journeys to the Stanley Cup Remaining. Boston was eradicated within the first spherical of the playoffs by the Carolina Hurricanes on Could 14 and fired coach Bruce Cassidy three weeks later.

Jim Montgomery was employed to exchange Cassidy, and the new coach mentioned at his introductory information convention that Bergeron, a five-time Selke Trophy winner, was his first name. Workforce CEO Charlie Jacobs mentioned Bergeron was anticipated to return.

“So, fingers crossed,” he mentioned in July.

It labored.

Bergeron has 400 targets and 582 assists in 18 seasons — all with the Bruins, who chosen him within the second spherical of the 2003 draft. Since then, he has established himself because the league’s dominant two-way ahead and some of the revered gamers within the sport.

When he does depart, the Bruins are anticipated to retire his No. 37, making him the 12th participant so honored. He’s a possible first-ballot inductee for the Hockey Corridor of Fame as quickly as he’s eligible.

However now that will not be till at the least 2026.

Krejci has 215 targets and 515 assists in 15 years within the NHL — additionally all with Boston — and led the Bruins in scoring throughout the 2011 Stanley Cup run with 12 targets and 11 assists in 25 video games. Taking part in for HC Olomouc in his homeland final yr, he led the group with 20 targets, 26 assists and 46 factors in 51 video games.

Bergeron is third in Bruins historical past with 1,216 video games performed, and fourth in targets, assists and factors. He’s second all-time for the Authentic Six franchise with 47 playoff targets and 123 factors.

Bergeron’s 11 straight seasons as a Selke finalist — together with this yr — is the longest streak of high three finishes for an NHL award, breaking Wayne Gretzky’s report of 10 years in a row as an MVP finalist. (Gretzky gained the Hart Trophy 9 instances.)

Bergeron performed 2021-22 with no future contract for the primary time in his profession, scoring 25 targets with 40 assists and serving to the Bruins attain the playoffs for the 14th time in his 18 seasons. They had been eradicated by the Hurricanes in seven video games.

“That is why this one in all probability hurts extra, the unknown for subsequent yr with him,” ahead Brad Marchand, the second-longest tenured participant on the roster, mentioned after the Recreation 7 loss.

“He is carried out a lot for this group and sacrificed a lot,” Marchand mentioned. “It will have been good to make run for him. So, it is disappointing.”

Bergeron was the final Boston participant off the ice in Carolina, main his teammates by the post-series handshake line with the Hurricanes after which remaining on the ice to present every of his teammates a hug.

However he mentioned he hadn’t determined about his future.

“It is robust when it ends like that,” Bergeron mentioned after the sport. “It stings. It is not the sensation that you really want. However that being mentioned, we did it collectively.”

Bergeron. Krejci and Marchand are the one gamers from the 2011 Stanley Cup championship group left on the Bruins roster. Longtime captain Zdeno Chara left as a free agent in 2020 and goalie Tuukka Rask deserted his comeback from hip surgical procedure in the course of this season.

The Bruins have 25-year-old David Pastrnak on offense, 24-year-old Charlie McAvoy on protection and 22-year-old Jeremy Swayman in internet. Hampus Lindholm, 28, was acquired midseason to shore up the protection, and Marchand continues to be one of many league’s most harmful scorers at 33.

However dropping Bergeron would have been the tip of essentially the most profitable period within the group’s historical past for the reason that Huge, Unhealthy Bruins of Corridor of Famers Bobby Orr, Phil Esposito, Gerry Cheevers and John Bucyk.

“He is the spine of our group. He is clearly the most important a part of our group,” Marchand mentioned after the playoff exit. “So, yeah, we would like him to come back again. No matter occurs, he is earned the fitting to make no matter resolution he needs and take no matter time that he wants.”