Zdeno Chara

[scott99]

One of my favorite stories, I think Chara was 18 or 19, shows up hours early to practice, no players or coaches were there. But PR people were there stuffing envelopes with season ticket info to be sent out to fans. He sat down with them and stuffed envelopes with them. That is work ethic my friends. Loved Chara from that moment on.

As with others, never thought he’d become a Hall of Famer, not even an NHL All Star. Losing Spezza in the Yashin trade pissed me off more than losing Chara at the time.

 

[Doshell Propivo]

I’ve heard before he’s an insane cyclist. Probably a story from a podcast that he asked another player to go for a ride with him and the guy who was in phenomenal shape tapped out a quarter the way in lol.

He rode the entire route of the Tour de France one year. A few weeks before the actual race but he did the whole thing. That's over 2,000 miles...

 

[alko]

He rode the entire route of the Tour de France one year. A few weeks before the actual race but he did the whole thing. That's over 2,000 miles...

He climbed also Kilimanjaro. NHL version of Chuck Norris.

 

[steveat]

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