BOSTON (AP) — How much longer can Zdeno Chara keep this up?
The Boston Bruins defenseman — and leader in ice time — will turn 42 this season, and sooner or later the window will close on his opportunity to skate around the ice again with the Stanley Cup. For his teammates, that means focusing on this season as their best and possibly last chance to win with him.
“The older you get, it’s just about winning,” said David Krejci, one of five holdovers from the franchise’s last title, in 2011. “We know that we’re not going to be playing in the league for 10 more years, but we have maybe three, four, five years left, who knows, but this is it.