On Thursday, Zdeno Chara set the all-time NHL record for games played by a defenseman. At 1,652 regular season games and counting (unless, as Dom points out, you already were counting the playoff games), Chara will be establishing a mark that will take many, many, many years for someone to break. If some other dude ends up playing over 24 years in the NHL with the durability and conviction of “Big Z,” well, more power to him.
With the celebrating of Chara, we’re about to see many people say many nice things about him, which is not something that the Islanders have seen a lot of this season.