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NHL Rate Metrics. NHL Miscellaneous. NHL Playoffs. NHL 82 7 20 27 66 He captained three Boston teams that went to the Stanley Cup Final, winning the championship in The 6-foot-9 defenseman was a finalist for the Norris Trophy five times with the Bruins, winning it in He played 68 regular-season games last season and 13 more in the playoffs, but Chara said he didn't know he'd return for his 23rd NHL season until he began training for the campaign in September.

That time was when I decided that if I started skating, going back to training, I would be quickly honest with myself about whether there was any hesitation about going back to the ice. That never appeared," he said in a news conference Thursday. That's my motivation: Still proving that I can play. Boston general manager Don Sweeney said the Bruins had "multiple" discussions with Chara during the year and had offered him a contract "months ago. Chara said as those conversations with the Bruins progressed, it became clear to him that he "would not be in the starting lineup for the season, not starting some games and not playing some back-to-back games.

I would be more a reserve type of player. Chara reiterated that Sweeney "negotiated in good faith" but that ultimately Chara felt he could still play consistent minutes in the NHL on another team. Nearly two dozen teams in the NHL showed interest in Chara.

He said Washington's curiosity intensified recently. It was a good fit for me and my family," Chara said. The defenseman said there have been no promises made by the Capitals with regard to his ice time or games played.

The Capitals have roughly 10 defensemen in the mix heading into the game regular season. Chara showed he still had gas in the tank by averaging more than 18 minutes a night and playing 55 of the 56 games on the condensed, shortened schedule.

By continuing his career, Chara could play in the Olympics for the fourth time, but he said training camp and the NHL season are his focus, not the chance to go to Beijing. Those are the things you need.

I think you don't need to say much besides having love for the game and having passion for it and wanting to win. Far removed from winning the Norris Trophy in , Chara gives New York valuable veteran depth on the left side of the blue line. The Islanders reached the semifinals each of the past two seasons, losing both times to eventual champion Tampa Bay.

Chara still has a few jerseys from his first stint with the Islanders, a different era under previous ownership, and knows the franchise has taken major steps since. The feats of the Bruins captain have been well documented. He is the recipient of the Norris Trophy as the best defenseman in the NHL in , and won the Stanley Cup with Boston in , becoming only the second European born-and-trained captain to lift the Cup, after Nicklas Lidstrom of the Detroit Red Wings, and the first from a country behind the Iron Curtain Czechoslovakia.

Chara was also a flag bearer for Slovakia during the Sochi Olympics. After four seasons with the Islanders, he was traded to the Ottawa Senators on June 23, His point totals rose in each of his four seasons with the Senators 23, 39, 41, 43 , but Ottawa decided it couldn't afford to keep both Chara and Wade Redden, and in the summer of , they re-signed Redden and let Chara become a free agent. The Bruins quickly signed Chara to a five-year contract on July 1, , and named him captain that October.

In , Chara led the NHL in plus-minus rating plus and finished with 44 points 14 goals, 30 assists , helping the Bruins win the Stanley Cup for the first time since