Kevin Paul Dupont: What is not known is if the Boston Bruins made Zdeno Chara a contract offer but with a reduced role in game situations and ice-time.
If they did make an offer but Chara was looking for a bigger role, then it’s his choice. If they didn’t make an offer “his ending here will be seen as a forced, inglorious, even callous ending to what truly was a magnificent run, one in which Big Z helped transfuse new life into the franchise and also reserved himself a spot in the Hockey Hall of Fame.