The highest the Stanley cup has ever been raised by an NHL player. Chara - “if you slash again I’m going to drop gloves.”

He has Slovak nationality btw. I can always see NHL commenters/graphics displaying Czech separately and Slovaks as Czechoslovaks and its a bit frustrating... :D

The NHL has kept track of Ice Time since 1997-98, and from '97-'98 to today Chara is still the leader in total Ice Time with 39,485 minutes, the leader in Shifts with 45,702 (the second player on the most Shifts list is Joe Thornton with about six thousand less shifts at 39,944. Chara is also the leader in most Shifts in the playoffs (also since '97-'98 when the NHL started counting them, with 6,235.

@DropthePuckHockey

5 ай бұрын

That is wild

I remember in the 90's seeing him in a photo against Ziggy Pallfy and thinking "Wow that guy is huge" he was clumsy, useless and garbage in the beginning but Chara grew and grew himself into a better hockey player and became a legend! He worked hard and proved he was not just a big goon in the NHL that he could become an amazing Defender. Always loved his career!

@DropthePuckHockey

6 ай бұрын

Yeah his career truly was fascinating, he had to grind to become one of the best defenders in his time in the nhl

@classic.cameras

6 ай бұрын

he is a inspiration to any to NEVER GIVE UP. Love this guy. @@DropthePuckHockey

@mmdoof

6 ай бұрын

He's a great example to big players in all sports that you're not doomed to be slow and clumsy just because youre tall, you just need to work harder on your mobility and handles. He's still in amazing shape and probably would do well in a European league.

@teemuholopainen4745

6 ай бұрын

Ziggy palffy was also czechoslovenian

@scottinnh88

6 ай бұрын

Would you guys rather have prime Raymond Bourque or prime Chara on the 2011 Bruins cup team? For me it’s Ray because I’m biased. I’m a child of the 80s and 90s Bourque was my dude. Bourque won the Norris 5xs , Chara once. I love them both but of my lifetime Bourque is the best Bruins defender. Obviously nobody can touch Orr. By the way all three of the defenders I mentioned are on the Bruins all century team so you can’t go wrong either way. Unless you don’t think Orr was the best defender of all time.

Even in his last years with the Bruins, he showed up at the beginning of the year in better shape than everyone else. Doing more pull ups than guys 50-100lbs lighter, and 20 years younger than him.

@xxtestyxx

6 ай бұрын

Dudes an animal

@viliamgajdos5917

6 ай бұрын

@@xxtestyxx as well as pretty slim so he looks bizarre in casual clothing.

Hall of famer

@robinrobbins69

6 ай бұрын

Without question.

I remember the 2004-2005 season when he was in my favorite team! Färjestad BK!

i miss him all ready playing for the Boston Bruin he was my favorite player

You made a great tribute to a fantastic player and. Job well done.

@DropthePuckHockey

5 ай бұрын

Thanks so much, appreciate it!

As a Canucks fan even though I believe Van shoulda have won in 2011, Chara absolutely deserved the cup as well. That whole team was a force at that time. I have a lot of respect for the big guy

Chara was my favourite player when he played

You forgot to mention too that Z signed a one day with Boston to retire a Bruin

Excellent video. Big thanks for making it available to us.

@DropthePuckHockey

5 ай бұрын

Thanks so much, glad you enjoyed it!

His father made him take a gymnast class so he could coordinate his body well.

My favourite player of all time

2:51 2004-05 A season to remember, Zdeno Chara and Sheldon Souray won the sheriffs of my team that year.

Over 16 hundred games, need I say more ?

Back at NHL 07 game dynasty mode where you could draft your own roster while cap limit and positions were important I always drafted Zdeno as first pick. Made him in 5v5, powerplay and shorthanded lineups so, that he'd be able to make a shot straight from face off won. As far as I remember best season for him, me controlling the play not simulation, was when Zdeno scored 98 goals and "just 40" assists

@DropthePuckHockey

5 ай бұрын

Hahaha that’s amazing, he was so good in the nhl games

Thank you for the Cup in 2011 kid you're still historic

Great vid!

@DropthePuckHockey

5 ай бұрын

Thanks so much!

There will never be another Dale Earnhardt. Another great video

Nice video bud, but if you ever call our Slovak lad a “Czechoslovak native” then you will start a war with a very passionate country 😂

@Marutsero

6 ай бұрын

Well, he was, like many of us, born in Czechoslovakia :)

@TheDr12345

6 ай бұрын

his dad is Czech and his mother Slovak, so he's truly Czechoslovak :D

@WhiteenViewer

6 ай бұрын

But that still doesnt make him Czechoslovak, U dont call Ovi a "Soviet native" either 😅@@Marutsero

@Easterneuropehockeycards

5 ай бұрын

I just opened that video and heard the “czechoslovakia native” line and i almost dropped out of a chair, he always will be slovakian guy 😅😅

@mayo1273

5 ай бұрын

"passionate" su mozno ti "prasloviansky" narodovci... normalnemu cloveku toto oslovenie vobec nevadi. A zrovna Zdeno ma Ceske aj Slovenske geny takze majitel videa ma v principe pravdu. Moje nervy...

Too bad he played at the same time as the GOAT Lidstrom, he would have gotten more Norries trophies.. Also, too bad you didnt show his ballerina goal 😄 anyway great video

@DropthePuckHockey

5 ай бұрын

Fair point , I definitely should have had that spin arama goal in the vid haha, thanks for watching !

YOU NEVER MENTIONED THE STORY OF ZEE'S HOCKEY STICKS

0:01 Nice

Remember Pete Mahovalich ? Mike Liut ? Ken Dryden ?

Anton Silayev has a chance but that's lofty expectations

It's not Czechoslovakia man, it's Slovakia. We have been separated since 1992. It's weird when u say that, but we are not the same nation for 30 years. Just detail no offense.

never say never 😉

Im not even 40 and feel like old

he actually ended his career in boston by signing a 1 day contract to play his last game

Fr

I still remember is insanly crazy hit on a player into the metal thingy of the boards... Havent thought of him the same way since

@SatansPooper

6 ай бұрын

Max Pacioretty and it was the corner glass near the bench. Its why that glass is now curved there in every rink. Max is still playing today with the Caps. Despite what Montreal citizens think there is no bad blood between the two.

@rduke325

6 ай бұрын

Yeah, the Pacioretty pannel was installed in every rink to prevent it happening again. Though Montreal was one of the last teams without it.

Ottawa still sucks after all these years not taking the big guy over Redden. Just ask Don Cherry 🍒.

@canehdianbehcon

4 ай бұрын

That Heatley-Spezza-Alfie lineup was the peak. Big Z on defense was a brick wall!

Why did the islanders ever trade him

@foggygray

6 ай бұрын

Mike Milbury was not a good GM

its Chára not Čára xdd

Zadorov is new Big Z

@rduke325

6 ай бұрын

In his dreams and apparently yours

Zdeno Chara is from Slovakia not czechoslovakia

Never? How can you see future?

nerd alert btw, but as a slovak, hearing the "Ch" in his name being pronounced like that just rubs me the wrong way lol (it's pronounced kinda same as spanish people pronounce "X" in "Mexico") also, there's an acute accent on the first "a"... (Chára), which means it's pronounced "Chaara" Sorry to be nitpicking/pain in the ***

@DropthePuckHockey

5 ай бұрын

My bad, I’ve only ever heard North American announcers pronounce it the way I did, but I can see how that would be pretty annoying, hopefully you enjoyed anyways !

@user-gp8zo7rp7x

5 ай бұрын

yes I did, in fact :) @@DropthePuckHockey Big Z is a legend

He was a mental case who's lucky he never injured someone for life. Too bad he was he was too much of a coward to fight Laraque.

First

Slovakian

I wish people would take time and learn how to pronounce his name correctly. He's been in NHL for 25 years and not once did I hear his name pronounced correctly.

@mezamezz

6 ай бұрын

Chaira

@Phobos_Nyx

6 ай бұрын

​@@mezamezzNonsense.

@Alex-ff1mk

6 ай бұрын

I mean as a finn seeing them butcher some of the finnish players name is funny but its understandble since english speaking people cant really pronounce foreing names

@mmdoof

6 ай бұрын

Slavic names and words are extra tricky because the Latin alphabet generally doesn't portray them very well and most languages have a unique translitteration system. Finnish at least is pronounced pretty much the way it's written@@Alex-ff1mk

@PROVOCATEURSK

6 ай бұрын

@@mmdoof The slovak language was created to be read exactly as it is written, unlike the germanic english. It is very easy to read once you learn it.

He is not 7-2 on skates

@Meowface.

6 ай бұрын

He’s 6’9 You don’t think skates add 2-3 inches ?

@DropthePuckHockey

5 ай бұрын

Maybe more like 7’ haha, that’s my bad

There will never be another Zdeno Chara .. I hope so 🤞 I hate the guy

Listen bro why are u repeating about Czech or Czech Republic he is Slovakian not Czech! He played and learned to play hockey in Trencin Slovakia not Czechia! He has nothing to do with Czech hockey he was only born in Czechoslovakia but there was a divorce and those are two different countries now since 1993!

Dirty hits. A thug on skates. But he's a handsome young man

There will most definitely be more defensemen who stand at 7 foot on skates with an over 100 mph slapshot. He's great, but he's not a unicorn.

@VFTC

6 ай бұрын

I mean the game has been going for 100 years and he is the only one. Even if there is someone else, you think they are going to be as effective and good? Sounds like a unicorn.

@facoba9332

6 ай бұрын

Arizona has a 6’9 center who’s 22 in the farm system

@jockejocke1

6 ай бұрын

@@facoba9332 How come Curtis Douglas isn't getting the numbers he got in 2021-22? Is he playing injured?

@mmdoof

6 ай бұрын

It's always hardest to be the first one. Now that he's shown what's possible, I'm sure someone will follow.@@VFTC

@rduke325

6 ай бұрын

Yeah ok

I stopped watching NHL hockey when he attacked Pacioretty.

@DropthePuckHockey

5 ай бұрын

Didn’t like that hit either, but no one’s perfect

he also tried to kill max pacioretty that one time

"LEgEnDaRy CaReEr" gimme a break. Zed is and was overrated and over-hyped. There are a few hundred *better* players playing now, and none of them use the kind of cheap play he relied on. Good riddance to mediocrity.

Always hated chara. Just a big bully

There Will Never Be Another Zdeno Chara. One is one too many. A brutal piece of $#!+

He was also a dirty player

meh. we're unlucky that Watt's family didn't have money for hockey. if JJ Watt had continued played hockey, we'd be having a conversation about the most dominant player ever discussion.