Boston Bruins to Retire Former Captain’s Number
On Monday morning, the Boston Bruins announced that they would be retiring Zdeno Chara‘s number 33 to the rafters of TD Garden. The number retirement ceremony will take place prior to the team’s January 15th game against the Seattle Kraken.
Bruins to Retire Chara’s Number
This will be the first time the Bruins have retired a number since 2022. Willie O’Ree‘s number 22 was retired then. Now, it is Chara’s turn.
Chara Joins Elite Company
Chara has a big role in the Bruins’ history. That is saying something considering the Bruins are an Original Six team.
Chara joined the Bruins for the 2006-07 season. The defenceman would play 1,023 games for the Bruins. Furthermore, he would eventually become the Bruins’ captain. Under Chara’s captaincy, the Bruins reached the Stanley Cup Final three times, winning it all in 2011.
Once his number is joins the rafters, Chara will join elite company from Bruins’ history. He will be the 13th Bruin to have his number retired by the team. He will join:
- 22 (Willie O’Ree, 2022)
- 16 (Rick Middleton, 2018)
- 8 (Cam Neely, 2004)
- 24 (Terry O’Reilly, 2002)
- 77 (Ray Bourque, 2001)
- 7 (Phil Esposito, 1987)
- 9 (Johnny Bucyk, 1980)
- 4 (Bobby Orr, 1979)
- 15 (Milt Schmidt, 1956)
- 2 (Eddie Shore, 1947)
- 5 (Aubrey Clapper, 1947)
- 3 (Lionel Hitchman, 1934)
Bruin Honour Follows Hockey HOF Honour
Earlier in the year, Chara was named part of the 2025 Hockey Hall of Fame induction class. The induction ceremony will occur in November. Needless to say, it will be a busy time for Chara. However, it will be a time filled with honours, all of them deserved.
Chara’s Statement
“It is truly beyond words to see my jersey, number 33, raised to the rafters at TD Garden,” Chara said in a statement released by the team. “This honor is greater than anything I could have imagined when I first came to Boston. I am forever grateful to the Bruins organization for trusting me to lead, to all my teammates past and present, to the fans whose passion and energy made Boston feel like home, and to my family who made everything possible. This moment is not just mine – it belongs to all of us.”
Social media erupts over ex-Lions DC Aaron Glenn’s team being the last remaining winless squad
The New York Jets are the last winless team standing through the first five weeks of the 2025 NFL season.
The previously winless squads, the Tennessee Titans and New Orleans Saints, got off the schneid in Week 5.
Aaron Glenn is the first first-time head coach in Jets history to start his career with a 0-5 record. Social media erupted in response.
ESPN radio host Jake Asman said, “The New York Jets are the only winless team in the NFL. Pathetic.”
Top Social Media Reactions to Jets’ Futility
“[They] can’t stop making history,” Barstool Sports joked on X previously Twitter.
KFC said, “[the] Jets played so bad everyone universally agreed 0-17 is a very real possibility and the consensus is this is the worst team in franchise history… and yet they didn’t have the worst game of the day for New York sports.”
“There are winnable games upcoming for the Jets, but they look like a poorly coached, poorly prepared team right now. Players don’t respond well after making a negative play, and it cascades into a collapse each and every week. Sunday’s loss to Dallas is a microcosm of all the major mistakes they have made in the first month,” beat reporter Nick Faria of Jets X-Factor said on social media.
“While there’s no feasible way that AG is on the hot seat in Year 1, the #Jets are in a spot we haven’t seen since the Kotite era. And it’s simply inexcusable with the talent they have on the roster,” Faria added.
Taking a Look at the Worst Seasons in Team History
The green and white have never gone winless during a season in franchise history.
However, their two worst seasons came in 1996 and 2020.
The Jets went 2-14 in Adam Gase’s final season with the team in 2020. Rich Kotite went 1-15 in his final campaign in 1996.
The Light at the End of the Tunnel…
No NFL team has ever overcome a 0-5 deficit to make the playoffs. The Jets are 0-5.
Fans may not like it, but it might be time to take a gander at the 2026 NFL draft order. According to Tankathon, the Jets would hold the No. 1 overall pick in the first round of next year’s draft.
We didn’t necessarily require Tankathon to reveal that information, considering the Jets are the only winless team remaining in football.
However, in a draft that is projected to have multiple quarterbacks go in the first round, this might be exactly what the doctor ordered.
There are plenty of reasons why the Jets haven’t won a game this season. If you look at the stats, you wouldn’t say quarterback is one of them.
Justin Fields hasn’t thrown an interception through the first five weeks of the season, but he has struggled.
He holds onto the ball forever, which leads to additional pressure. Fields is struggling to read the defenses in front of him, which is why he continues to hold onto the ball.
The Jets‘ offensive line allowed 32 pressures to the Cowboys (PFF). This included six sacks, 10 hits, & 16 hurries. The Cowboys hit Justin Fields 14x and sacked him 5 [times], per NFL GSIS. [Dallas] hadn’t had more than 25 pressures in any game this year,” NFL Insider Connor Hughes of SNY posted.
