Zdeno Chara vs Chris Neil

Never been much of a Neil fan,
but in this case...you can't accuse him of picking his spots.

Here he, admirably, banks on the longshot,
that his superior fighting skills will be enough
to overcome the sheer, troll-size of his opponent.

This time out, a draw is a win for, a gambling, Neil.

W-Chara for the two smacks. You gotta be crazy to fight that 6'9" monster. Then again, Neil is a bit crazy.

But fortunate for Chara he didn't tear his ACL on the tumble to the ice.

Surprised Neil fought him and more surprised he hung in there and didn't get killed. You would think Neil would have picked one of the other 10-12 Bruins willing to fight if he thought he had do for what may be the clean hit of the year. Edge to Chara of course but for all the Neil haters on here that say he never fights anyone, well he just did.

didn't think anyone took this one -- as not a homer for either going draw

Slight Edge to Chara for the upper-cut.
Too bad he couldn't stay up on his skates,
Props to Neil for hanging in there nicely and a little respect at the end when Z was down.

Chara, drawing on his Eastern Block boxing training courtesy of Ivan Drago, is clearly not a skilled fighter, nor should he have to be. Chara is obviously too valuable and his absence led to the Senators getting back into the game. Chara with the win, as Toothless Neil did nothing except raise his hands and emit some body odor. Chara with his usual poor balance in the end, I just expect more from a man that size.

win Big Z

No, Canadian announcers, Chara DID get the better of Neil. Neil landed nothing, Chara landed a couple. When you don't land, you don't win.

Whenever he fights a heavweight of any size, even one as relatively small as Neil, Chara ends up 'falling' to end the fight.
I simply don't get the 'Scott has to fight Chara' crowd. Chara is NOT a naturally good fighter and is not in the same catagory as the McIntyres and Scotts of the world or the Boogards, Godards or Fritzs of slightly earlier times. He is a competant fighter and a very huge man. His Lucic fight may be the one exception where he ragdolled and abused a fighter, but then Lucic is only an 8 not a 9.
Easy, but by no means dominating win for Chara here.

what the hell chara thats not how you fight and you know that. then again im trying to yell at chara through text on something he will prolly never see.

despite some bias from the announcers .although not as biased as the bruin guy. CHARA wins .falling down is quite different than being punched to the ice.

It appears that Chara landed the only scoring blows against a tough and always willing Chris Neil. This seemed like a "duty" fight for Chara and I appreciated Neil not throwing anything dirty once they were on the ice. While I appreciate Chara, I don' think he could ever remain standing long enough to be considered a true top heavyweight. Win Chara.

Liked it, could have loved it but didn't. These guys are still friends and it showed here....... there was no hate in this fight. Big Z with the punches, Neil with the facial blocks....

Chara was not very good in this bout, and I hope this proves that he would not be able to handle John Scott. As for Neil, good job by him to fight a bigger guy and a great hit by him.

typical chara fight, throws a couple punches that miss by a mile and he falls down. good to see him stand up for a teammate though. that's something that's been sorely lacking in the bruins lineup with the exception of thornton, who always stands up for his teammates. wish julien would bring up lane macdermid or bobby robbins from providence.