Zdeno Chara spoke to reporters on Thursday for the first time since announcing that he was leaving Boston to sign in Washington D.C. with the Capitals.
The 43-year-old outgoing captain of the Bruins admitted it wasn’t an easy decision to leave the team he’d spent 14 seasons with, and helped win a Stanley Cup for.
“Obviously it’s been a long process since September,” Chara said in the virtual press conference. “I’ve been going through some difficult decisions and different options that were presented to me. It was never clear what would be the best fit. A lot of things were happening during free agency.