One is a lock for the big house for the 2017-18 Boston Bruins season. Another is unlocking the necessary keys to join his former teammate on Commonwealth Avenue with new addresses on Causeway Street.
While the first game of the season at TD Garden was highlighted by David Pastrnak’s debut since signing a six-year contract at $6.67 million per, and defenseman Brandon Carlo’s returning for the first time tonight since suffering a concussion in the team’s 2016-17 regular season finale vs. Washington, the subplots were many. And mostly about the youth movement in Black and Gold.
Billed as a “can’t miss” to make the jump after just two years at Boston University, former Terrier defenseman and former first-round draft pick Charlie McAvoy, made an immediate – and lasting – impression last April when he played six playoff games as his baptism under major NHL fire.