Zolak & Bertrand: Maybe Charlie McAvoy isn’t who we thought he was
On Thursday’s edition of Zolak & Bertrand, Marc “Beetle” Bertrand questioned if Charlie McAvoy isn’t who we thought he was after a brutal start to the postseason.
McAvoy is hurting this team…
Scott Zolak: What is going on with Charlie McAvoy?
Marc Bertrand: Well, that’s my big takeaway.
Scott Zolak: That’s my biggest takeaway too.
Marc Bertrand: Charlie McAvoy is hurting his team right now. Simply put, he is hurting his team. He’s not helping them. He’s making the situation worse for them and he is supposed to be their franchise cornerstone, very best defenseman. He is supposed to be one of these guys that has sort of inherited a role that has been a big part of this Bruins franchise for a long time. Before Charlie McAvoy, it was Zdeno Chara. Before Zdeno Chara there was a gap, but I would say the guy before him was Ray Bourque. If you want to go all the way back, you want to go back to the 1970s, you want to throw Bobby Orr’s name around. Go ahead, do whatever you please. But Charlie McAvoy is supposed to be the guy defensively for the Bruins, and right now he is hurting their team. He has hurt this team the entire playoffs and maybe Charlie McAvoy just isn’t what we thought he was, or what he should be, or doesn’t live up to what his paycheck tells him he is every two weeks. Maybe all those things are true about Charlie McAvoy. I’ve always been sort of a McAvoy fan.
Scott Zolak: Me too.
Marc Bertrand: And I never really understood the haters, man are the haters celebrating what they’ve said about Charlie McAvoy for a long time.
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