The Boston Bruins have one major piece of work left to complete this summer, namely getting future franchise defenseman, Charlie McAvoy signed to a new deal.
There are many scenarios that could realistically play out when it comes to the Boston Bruins coming to terms with their young defensemen, not just Charlie McAvoy but also Brandon Carlo. Every day the pair remain without new contracts, the fan base gets a little more tense and a little louder in questioning why’s it’s not done yet.
Don’t get us wrong, we trust that the team is getting it done, but the waiting game isn’t fun for fans of any team with unsigned free agents. In the case of Charlie McAvoy, the Boston Bruins can’t even ask a favour of the Montreal Canadiens in offer-sheeting him (McAvoy isn’t offer-sheet eligible). After all, we all saw how spectacularly that failed with Sebastian Aho.
Work is being done though and progress is no doubt slowly being made. The Boston Bruins’ team president, Cam Neely has been quoted saying the following in an exclusive interview with NBC Sports Boston:
"“We have five, six weeks hopefully to get something done. We feel like we should be able to get something done with both of these guys at numbers that make sense for us, and hopefully makes sense for them. I think we’ve done a really good job of kind of managing the cap and making sure that we’re OK to get these guys done.” – NBC Sports Boston"
As such, you have to imagine that the team will make an announcement pre-training camp (hopefully) to tell us that all is good in the world and that Charlie McAvoy will be in a Boston Bruins uniform once more on opening night.