“I knew the next day we played Sweden and I wasn’t playing, they were like, ‘Give it time’,” Charlie McAvoy remembers how his national teammates consoled him after his nightmare 4 Nations Face-Off fumble. However, turned out that giving time wasn’t going to help. Not really. As the Boston Bruins limp to the finish of the 2024-25 NHL regular season, the 27-year-old defenseman has had hardly any role to play to help the team at least lean on his shoulders.
The Bruins’ alternate captain incurred a rare staph infection on his shoulder during the inaugural international tournament earlier his year. Many would argue that it left a gaping hole in Boston’s blue line ever since. With a shambolic 33-39-10 record, Joe Sacco’s boys are at the bottom of the Atlantic Division, behind even the Sabres. Naturally, with his squad having one of its worst seasons, Charlie McAvoy can’t help but feel the frustration oozing out.
Bruins’ reporter Joe Haggerty posted on X on April 17, sharing the American hockey celebrity’s draining feelings after Boston’s latest defeat to the Devils. “Mentally, emotionally, physically, I’ve gone through so much because of that damn [4 Nations] experience,” McAvoy’s words would make any hockey star feel the blues. The Long Beach, New York, native went on to note how the past few months have taken an immense toll on him, both mentally and physically.
“It cost me my season. It cost me my sanity in a lot of ways. None of this has been easy, and I get emotional when I talk about it,” Haggerty’s social media update reads further. McAvoy’s last competitive game on the ice was on February 15, when the US took on and defeated Canada at the 4 Nations’ round-robin stage. Naturally, being decommissioned ever since was bound to make its impacts felt, and Charlie McAvoy as more troubles to tend to than just accepting the Bruins’ fate.
Charlie McAvoy: “Mentally, emotionally, physically, I’ve gone through so much because of that damn [4 Nations] experience. It cost me my season. It cost me my sanity in a lot of ways. None of this has been easy, and I get emotional when I talk about it”
— Joe Haggerty (@HackswithHaggs) April 17, 2025
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