Zdeno Chara thought he was in trouble with Boston Bruins team president Cam Neely when Neely called Chara into a meeting last week.

That couldn’t have been further from the truth.

Instead, Neely met with Chara to show him where his jersey would hang at TD Garden after the Bruins retire his No. 33 on Jan. 15 before the Bruins face off against the Seattle Kraken.

The Bruins announced Tuesday that the team will retire Chara’s number this season, and sharing the news with Chara last week made for a heartwarming moment between “Big Zee” and Neely.

Neely took Chara to TD Garden under the guise of needing him for a photoshoot, but as soon as they got into the main arena, Neely changed his tune.

“Actually, Z, I’m full of crap,” Neely said to Chara in a social media video posted by the Brui

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