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Anthony Travalgia
Joined: 04.26.2018

Jun 16 @ 5:20 PM ET
Anthony Travalgia: A tough ending for a deserving captain Zdeno Chara confirmed on Friday what we all knew, he suffered a fractured jaw in Game 4 of the Stanley Cup Final.
nyrangers9479
New York Rangers
Joined: 11.08.2013

Jun 16 @ 5:32 PM ET
Rangers fan but wouldn’t have minded seeing Chara win one more cup, he plays the game the right way and puts everything into it. With that said, watching Marchand cry was better than watching Chara raise the cup again.
dozerD10
Anaheim Ducks
Location: long beach, CA
Joined: 01.29.2014

Jun 16 @ 5:46 PM ET
Guy is just straight Nails.
jcragcrumple
Buffalo Sabres
Location: Reluctant bridge jumper; 6th round OHL draft pick, YT
Joined: 04.04.2016

Jun 16 @ 6:21 PM ET
I know he's not the captain, but that's how I felt about Jumbo Joe. Obviously bruins fans may feel different, but I really wanted to see him finally hoist the cup
johnnypie
Joined: 12.22.2015

Jun 16 @ 6:54 PM ET
Sucks that sometimes players dont get the ending they might deserve. For me being an obsessed bruin follower since the 60's the
Final painfully ironic part of this loss is that a player named Oreilly wins the MVP and skates the cup around the Garden and its not Taz.
Talk about someone who deserved better.
mrniftee
New York Islanders
Location: Mandan, ND
Joined: 02.27.2015

Jun 16 @ 8:00 PM ET
Islanders fan here. Thank you Mike Milbury for trading Big Z and the rights to Jason Spezza for Yashin back in 2001. One of dozens of brilliant moves by Mad Mike!
Queenie_5_hole
New Jersey Devils
Joined: 05.01.2015

Jun 16 @ 9:27 PM ET
You have to respect Chara and his incredible effort and career. Yes it would have been a nice ending to retire on but the reality is there is a slew of truly great players who never hoisted the cup. I’m sure plenty who never even made the finals.

The old saying is hockey is a cruel mistress is true. It’s a heartbreaker for everyone. Except for the Blues this year. First time in like 52 years.
DrunkenCanuck
Vancouver Canucks
Location: Check your PM, ON
Joined: 07.14.2009

Jun 17 @ 1:11 AM ET

Chara gets traded at the Deadline to the Leafs.

Wins Cup. Drops Mic.
BluemanGuruu
St Louis Blues
Location: trustinjarmo knows nothing, MO
Joined: 06.28.2007

Jun 17 @ 7:25 AM ET
It's pretty amazing he played through that. His intestinal fortitude is incredible.
bcallaway
St Louis Blues
Location: The Clown may be the source of mirth - but who shall make the clown laugh?
Joined: 03.29.2006

Jun 17 @ 9:27 AM ET

Even when the rumors came out that he possibly had a broken jaw - I didn't expect for a minute that would keep him out of the line up.

Dude is old school warrior. I have so much respect for that. That's a captain right there.

Zezel
Toronto Maple Leafs
Location: God Leafs Satan The Oneness, ON
Joined: 02.28.2011

Jun 17 @ 10:17 AM ET
Just a freak beast.
Leniwm1
Location: Los Angeles, CA
Joined: 02.24.2015

Jun 17 @ 10:21 AM ET
Usually big men dont play sports as long because of the toll on the knees and such. But this Chara is something else. What a career he had.

Good for him and the Boston fans.
glove_was_stuck
Boston Bruins
Location: Yeah well that's like your opinion man, MA
Joined: 04.27.2011

Jun 17 @ 10:22 AM ET
I know he's not the captain, but that's how I felt about Jumbo Joe. Obviously bruins fans may feel different, but I really wanted to see him finally hoist the cup
- jcragcrumple


Log time B's fan. I was never mad a Thornton. He had a horrendous front office that put trash teams around him, an angry, idiot fanbase and piece of poop reporters like Kevin Paul DOUCHEpont dogging him at every turn. He deserved better.
glove_was_stuck
Boston Bruins
Location: Yeah well that's like your opinion man, MA
Joined: 04.27.2011

Jun 17 @ 10:23 AM ET
Chara gets traded at the Deadline to the Leafs.

Wins Cup. Drops Mic.

- DrunkenCanuck


Only (frank) boys who've never purchased a mic, drop the mic.
77emac77
Boston Bruins
Location: Duct tape cant fix stupid but it can muffle the sound, MA
Joined: 04.22.2010

Jun 17 @ 12:25 PM ET
thorton was a great player but we wanted him to be cam neely not adam oates.
Still pooped a brick when I went out of the country for a week, and came back to having no Joe or Samsonov, back before this internet became a "thing"

edit: never liked Dupont, always came across as a knowitall douche.
Deeps27
Toronto Maple Leafs
Location: Canada, ON
Joined: 07.08.2007

Jun 17 @ 12:27 PM ET
Anthony Travalgia: A tough ending for a deserving captain
Zdeno Chara confirmed on Friday what we all knew, he suffered a fractured jaw in Game 4 of the Stanley Cup Final.

- Anthony Travalgia

Full marks to Chara for playing through a very painful injury.

In terms of raising the cup as high as 2011...the 2019 version of Chara would have resorted to hooking it on the way by (without a call)...
77emac77
Boston Bruins
Location: Duct tape cant fix stupid but it can muffle the sound, MA
Joined: 04.22.2010

Jun 17 @ 12:28 PM ET
Full marks to Chara for playing through a very painful injury.

In terms of raising the cup as high as 2011...the 2019 version of Chara would have resorted to hooking it on the way by (without a call)...

- Deeps27


let it go man, your team always loses, not the Bruins fault.
glove_was_stuck
Boston Bruins
Location: Yeah well that's like your opinion man, MA
Joined: 04.27.2011

Jun 17 @ 1:33 PM ET
thorton was a great player but we wanted him to be cam neely not adam oates.
Still pooped a brick when I went out of the country for a week, and came back to having no Joe or Samsonov, back before this internet became a "thing"

edit: never liked Dupont, always came across as a knowitall douche.

- 77emac77


I'd be OK if KPD and Kirk Minahane got into a head on high speed collision.
glove_was_stuck
Boston Bruins
Location: Yeah well that's like your opinion man, MA
Joined: 04.27.2011

Jun 17 @ 1:34 PM ET
let it go man, your team always loses, not the Bruins fault.
- 77emac77


It's all Leafs fans have. Even the Basketball team left them behind. (frank)ing losers.
Rang
Toronto Maple Leafs
Joined: 08.21.2006

Jun 18 @ 8:46 AM ET
Veteran guys like Chara, Bergeron, Krejci, Rask, and a lot of good young players make the Bruins a team that is respected around the league as winners and a team that will always play hard and for each other.
Unfortunately Brad Marchand and his gutless cheap shots detract from the reputation the rest of the team has earned.
There are too many to list but his punch to the back of the head on Harrington tells it all. Scurrying away afterwards like a rat.
Byfuglien Ate Me
Toronto Maple Leafs
Location: Burger King
Joined: 09.24.2010

Jun 18 @ 7:58 PM ET
Chara gets traded at the Deadline to the Leafs.

Wins Cup. Drops Mic.

- DrunkenCanuck



I hate Chara.

I respect the (frank) out of what he’s done though. A first ballot HOFer.

I bet he’d retire before reporting to the Leafs.

But if we are bringing back Dion, what a pairing! Phaneuf with a chip on his shoulder crushing guys like the Calgary days, paired with Chara, equally as pissed off for being traded to the Leafs.

Yes, my dealer provides quality poop.
glove_was_stuck
Boston Bruins
Location: Yeah well that's like your opinion man, MA
Joined: 04.27.2011

Jun 19 @ 8:29 AM ET
I hate Chara.

I respect the (frank) out of what he’s done though. A first ballot HOFer.

I bet he’d retire before reporting to the Leafs.

But if we are bringing back Dion, what a pairing! Phaneuf with a chip on his shoulder crushing guys like the Calgary days, paired with Chara, equally as pissed off for being traded to the Leafs.

Yes, my dealer provides quality poop.

- Byfuglien Ate Me


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