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Longtime Bruins captain Zdeno Chara leaves for Capitals

by Stephen Whyno
| December 30, 2020 3:30 PM

WASHINGTON (AP) — Longtime Boston captain Zdeno Chara signed with the Washington Capitals on Wednesday, saying his former team had decided to move on from the towering defenseman who helped the Bruins climb back into the top echelon of the NHL and win the Stanley Cup in 2011.

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