Boston’s Bruins defender Charlie McAvoy will quickly want to forget the 2024-2025 season.
Injured in the shoulder during the confrontation of the 4 nations, he then had to deal with an infection when he was treated by medical staff in the United States.
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He was never able to resume action later, looking at his bruins flowing quietly in the classification in what will remain one of the worst campaigns in the club’s recent history. He patinated this spring to try a return to the game, in vain. His last match of the season will remain the 3 to 1 victory of the United States against Canada at the Bell Center in February.
“Mentally, emotionally, physically, I drooled because of this damn experience,” he admitted, Thursday, two days after the conclusion of the Bruins season.
“It cost me my season,” he continued. It also cost me my mental health in several ways. ”
-The Bruins did not like the way the American team managed the McAvoy file during the tournament. The defender was then treated for his infection and he should be able to train normally during the dead season.
“None of this was easy and I become emotional when I talk about it,” said the 27 -year -old athlete.
“It was first an incredible experience, I had waited all my life to be part of something like that,” he added. But with the way it ended and the subsequent problems I had to face, it cost me more than what I was ready to give and it is unhappy. “
Now the American wants to put it all behind him.
“I don’t want to talk about it anymore, because it cost me very dear,” he said.
As for the Bruins season, McAvoy did not want to walk out either, evoking some good times before concluding that it was “a year to forget with an unhappy end for me”.
“You look at your friends, your teammates, in full difficulty,” he said. You try to be there to help them and you can’t. It’s frustrating. It is also motivation in order to never relive that. ”
