There are times when Bruins defenseman Brandon Carlo will sit across from Zdeno Chara at a meal and just start asking questions. He has a future Hall of Famer in front of him while eating and next to him on the ice, and the 19-year-old Colorado native wants to take full advantage of this access.

“It’s crazy,” Carlo said. “I just talk to him about when he was in my position.”

That seems like a long time ago.

At 19 years old, Chara was playing for the Prince George Cougars in the Western Hockey League after being a third-round pick of the New York Islanders.

That may seem like an eternity ago to a teenager, but to Chara it doesn’t feel like it was all that long ago.