Over the next two days, the Bruins Daily staff will reveal their midseason grades for the 2015-16 Boston Bruins. In Part 1, we examined the Bruins forwards through the first 49 games of the season. Today in Part 2, we examine the Bruins defense and goaltending.
Zdeno Chara-Tim Rosenthal (TR)
To paraphrase the infamous Ted Wells’ DeflateGate report, “it’s more probable than not” that Zdeno Chara’s time as an elite defenseman in the NHL is behind him. At the age of 38, however, he’s still logging good minutes and keeping the defense afloat.