A day after Zdeno Chara elected to move on from the Bruins, general manager Don Sweeney offered a glimpse into how that decision was made and indicated that it was ultimately Chara’s choice.
He said the team offered Chara a contract months ago and looped him in on the organization’s internal plans at that point. Sweeney acknowledged to Chara that the Bruins would try to integrate younger players into the system to see what they could do. Chara would still be part of the equation, Sweeney told him, but perhaps not quite as much as he has been in the past.