Do we exclude Getzlaf too then? He plays with Perry.
Malkin's been lining up next to Neal.
Toews, do we need to even speak about the wings they have?
Krejci just spent a season (his best since before most hopped on the bandwagon) with one of the greatest goal scorers in the history of the game.
I bring all of that up because its very easy to judge a player, especially a center, by just watching him...regardless of his linemates.
Line mates can effect production, however, for the truly elite players, line mates are irrelevant. I have a very specific definition of elite players and good players; elite players can put up points by themselves, whereas good players need help.
Take Marc Savard for example, he played with Hossa and Kovalchuk and scored 97 points. Savard comes to Boston and plays with nobody and scores 96 points. Savard was also above a PPG for two years under Julien's "system" (another lame argument).
Eric Staal has scored close to a PPG almost every year (but this one) regardless if he had good or bad line mates.
Crosby scored 102 points in his rookie year playing with a well past their prime Recchi and Leclair.
Pavel Bure scored 59 goals in the dead puck era with NO ONE on the team.
This brings me to Krejci, Krejci is a very good player but he isn't what I would call elite. He is the kind of player that needs help to put up points. I think he's scoring as many points as his talent will allow and the Bruins have tried to build lines to support his skills. Even if he had Ovechkin on his line, I don't think Krejci's point totals would significantly go up.