#zdeno chara

[loverjareau]

a hockey player bleeding sluttily can be so personal...

in order: calle jarnkrök, zdeno chara, yanni gourde, evgeni malkin, travis konecny, tye kartye, ryan lindgren (x2), jack drury, tom wilson, john marino, nathan mackinnon, matt rempe, jamie drysdale, nicolas deslauriers, trent frederic, anders lee, patrice bergeron, morgan rielly, anders lee, connor mcdavid, tyson jost, kris letang

#calle jarnkrök #zdeno chara #yanni gourde #evgeni malkin #travis konecny #tye kartye #ryan lindgren #jack drury #tom wilson #john marino #nathan mackinnon #matt rempe #jamie drysdale #nicolas deslauriers #trent frederic #anders lee #patrice bergeron #morgan rielly #connor mcdavid #tyson jost #kris letang #sluts! all of them!

[mattpoitrass6thgoal]

“Good Job? You abused me for 15 seconds”

#patrice bergeron #zdeno chara #bruins #boston bruins

[hauntedppgpaints]

what does anger feel like to you?

something else. 3.9%

source.

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#nick seeler #dustin byfuglien #evander kane #tom wilson #arber xhekaj #ryan reaves #zdeno chara #evgeni malkin #brad marchand #brady tkachuk #hockey poetry #warden edits #i loooove when bitches are messy!!!

[loserdudes]

Cheesin’ with Chara

#boston bruins #bruins #hockey #nhl #zdeno chara #bruins lb

[intoafandom]

These comments are sending me😂😂😂😂😂

#boston bruins #bruins #zdeno chara

[patrice-bergerons]

this means so much to me actually

#zdeno chara #boston bruins #also marchy calling him a beast in one breath in todays interview #and tjen saying haha absolutely not when asked if he would like to run the Boston marathon when he retires was hilarious

[specificallybruins]

An overworked proud father and his 4 chaos children

#boston bruins #nhl bruins #brad marchand #bruins #zdeno chara #patrice bergeron #i can't tell who the other 2 are #found it #charlie mcavoy #noel acciari

[bqstqnbruin]

The NHL account posting this with the caption “End of an era. 🖤💛” shut the FUCK up

#Patrice Bergeron #zdeno chara #david krejci #Boston bruins #bruins

[thenhlteaissuperhot]

not disagreeing with you, just want to know how exactly is the bruins cabin the healthiest or what has chara done so revolutionary

Chara has banned the word "rookie" from the locker room because he believes that everyone on the roster is a part of the team in the same exact way, no matter whether someone has played hundreds of games with the Bruins and is going to be a hall of Famer with a retired jersey or is yet to experience his debut in the league and the team. Because of that, they have also banned the rookie lap tradition.

He has also made all the European guys, who don't have English as their first language, talk in English in both the locker room and on the ice so everyone would understand each other and there wouldn't be any language barrier or fragmentation among the guys, saying that they can talk in their native languages with their countrymen when hanging out with each other, but not when it comes to matters that involve the entire team - mind you, Chara himself comes from Europe, he is Slovakian, so this wasn't a case of an American being annoyed by the guys speaking Swedish, Czech, and so on around him.

To make the foreign guys feel welcome, he has also learned how to greet each player individually in their native language - a small gesture, but one that definitely is heart-warming in your eyes if you come to the NHL without confidence in your English language skills and homesick, hundreds of miles away from where you come from.

Back in 2021, Bergeron made the entire team sit down and watch the 25-minute TSN interview with Kyle Beach, saying that while it was hard for everyone, it was crucial to go through it together as a team to showcase that there is a safe space in Boston to come out with this sort of stuff and ask for help or counseling if anything similar happens to anyone of the team.

Brad Marchand has come forward on numerous occasions, standing up for and supporting the LGBT community:

"I want to stand up for what I believe in, and I don't think it's right when people say things or bash people because of their sexual orientation. I have friends who are in gay relationships, and I don't think it's right for people to be against that. Everyone is allowed to find love whatever way that is."

When he was asked if the Bruins would accept a player that has come out, he responded:

"Guys would accept that, no question. We're a team in the [dressing] room and a family. It doesn't matter what different beliefs guys have, or where they come from, or whatever the case may be. Guys would accept it. Again, in the room, we're a family."

Charlie McAvoy has also been vocally supporting the matter, even attending the Pride Parades in Boston, despite all the backlash many fans sent his way after seeing the photos.

You can hate Boston for how they sometimes act on the ice and how their fans act on social media, I don't deny that Brad is a bloody rat more than often, whom I would have detested wholeheartedly if he wasn't on my team, but you have to admit that Bruins have the healthiest environment in the cabin and the most mature and considerate core in the league.

Plus they play good hockey too and Boston as a city is gorgeous, so if I found myself being a professional hockey player in another life, the Bruins would definitely be my dream destination.

#boston bruins #zdeno chara #patrice bergeron #brad marchand #david pastrnak #nhl #nhl players #nhl gossip #ice hockey

[dracanthropic]

I hadn't quite noticed just how tall Kaladin is supposed to be until it was mentioned here. I'm noticing it now that I'm looking for it in this read through. [Redacted] in The Sunlit Man is tall compared to the people on Canticle, but short compared to the Alethi. How fuckin tall is Kaladin? Is he a Chara sized 20 year old?

More importantly...is he taller than Rock? Rock is bulky and overall bigger, but IS HE TALLER?? I DO NOT KNOW!?

#cosmere #stormlight archive #Stormlight reread #Kaladin #kaladin stormblessed #rock #zdeno chara #also #how tiny are the people of Canticle? #Sanderson i need a height chart #Brandon Sanderson #the sunlit man

[pavelzacha]

#zdeno chara #patrice bergeron

[borderlinemediocre]

I love the random fan photos of Zee today that put his size in perspective lol

#also 😩😩😩🥵🥵🥵🥵 #bruins #hockey #zdeno chara #boston marathon

[hauntedppgpaints]

HI? FOR THE LOVE OF GOD, HELLO?

#zdeno chara #sidney crosby #bruins #penguins #warden speaks

[loserdudes]

little captain’s lunch

#boston bruins #bruins #hockey #nhl #patrice bergeron #zdeno chara

[national-hockey-lesbian]

Making an Edit for Every Team in the NHL: The Boston Bruins (10/32)

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#sorry i’m advance for emotional damages #nhl #hockey #my edits #boston bruins #bruins lb #patrice bergeron #brad marchand #david pastrnak #david krejci #linus ullmark #tyler bertuzzi #jeremy swayman #charlie mcavoy #trent frederic #charlie coyle #milan lucic #zdeno chara #every team in the league: according to me

[annieqattheperipheral]

NHLPA launches a new program to help players prepare for life outside of hockey

i.e. dad yelling at u to get a real job bc ur etsy shop aint be bumpin forever

the kids are getting a high school guidance counsellor and co-op term! what colour is ur parachute nursey

no wonder sabres on the rise oko's media hits so beautifully eloquent. they got smartypants mini gm at the helm

i just find this so interesting and wonderful ...and like if a big hockey butt wants to come hit me up for improv classes i'm not complaining🫠 imma make a union actor (nate. realistic) two time emmy winner (sid. dream on u don't have that ass) outta u

full article under cut:

Early in his time in the NHL, Darnell Nurse says he did not notice a lot of players talking about what to do after hockey. Going into his ninth season, the chatter is now normal.

“People are curious as to what there is outside the game and what you can do to prepare yourself,” Nurse said.

Plenty of players have taken it upon themselves to prepare for the future, like Zdeno Chara getting his real estate license and others finishing college degrees or exploring business opportunities. The NHL Players’ Association on Thursday launched a program that gives its members the chance to do a personality analysis and delve into real estate, business or other avenues while still in the league.

The hope is to help them develop interests outside of hockey while playing and ease the transition to life afterward.

“It’s something that’s been missing a little bit,” veteran center Lars Eller told The Associated Press. “It’s kind of well known that one of the struggles for a professional athlete is the transition on to the next thing once he’s done with his professional career. And this platform helps you with that transition, and it’s something you can start even while you’re still playing so you can sort of hit the ground running once you’re done.”

New union boss Marty Walsh made helping former players one of his top priorities. His arrival in March coincided with a process two years in the making, after player feedback indicated the desire for more assistance outside of hockey.

The result is the NHLPA UNLMT program. Retired defenseman-turned-psychologist Jay Harrison is available to do an assessment, and players can get involved with companies ranging from Money Management International to The Second City comedy and improv theater and institutions like the University of Florida and Stanford’s graduate school of business.

Former goaltender Rob Zepp, who’s spearheading the program as the union’s director of strategic initiatives, said an extensive survey provided the building blocks for something that was designed to be 1-on-1 and customized for players to figure out what might interest them.

“What we’ve seen so far it really runs the gamut: anything from enhancing one’s personal brand to starting a podcast to taking these certificate-level courses in real estate, in entrepreneurship, in business, in leadership, communication skills, networking skills,” Zepp said. “We have players that are interested in or are currently pursuing commercial real estate avenues or farming ventures or construction.”

Eller, Nurse and Buffalo captain Kyle Okposo are among the players who have tried UNLMT so far. Okposo has already graduated from Stanford’s business leadership program, while Eller has spoken with Harrison and taken some of the courses offered.

“They’re not waiting until people’s careers are over,” said Nurse, who is still in his prime at 28. “It’s something that you can dip your feet into and grab a hold of while you’re still playing and giving you resources and opportunities to kind of figure out what you want to do.”

Zepp got a degree from the University of Waterloo and an MBA from the University of Liverpool the old-school way — tapes and textbooks sent by mail and tests taken in front of a proctor — while playing mostly in the minors and Europe before before 10 games with Philadelphia in 2014-15. He felt like having something to study made him a better goalie and understood there was plenty of idle time on the road.

Eller, who is a silent partner involved with helping start-up businesses, thinks the same way.

“We, as players, we have — not a lot of freedom once the season is starting — but we do have a lot of free time,” said Eller, who scored the Stanley Cup-winning goal for Washington in 2018 and is a pending free agent at 34. “It’s a huge positive if you have something else that you can take your mind off of hockey and do something productive with that time.”

Walsh got to know several Bruins alumni when he was mayor of Boston and has since talked to other former players and come away with a mandate to protect guys beyond their time on the ice.

“When they played, they gave it their all, and a lot of them didn’t really have anything after that,” Walsh said. “They didn’t make big contracts. They really didn’t have a strong pension system. A lot of them, even going back further than that, lost stuff. We can’t let that happen again.”

#nhlpa #kyle okposo #darnell nurse #lars eller #edmonton oilers #colorado avalanche #buffalo sabres #zdeno chara #boston bruins #marty walsh #annieQ hockey thoughts