This injury is absolutely brutal.

Before we get into things, at the end of this, I’m going to talk about a new podcast episode featuring Paul Bissed, some never-before-seen content. But let’s talk Charlie Makavoy. God, this was an ugly injury Charlie Makavoy suffered. And we finally got to hear from him today as he rejoined the Bruins to talk to the media and of course see the boys as well. And I got to admit, I didn’t actually see his injury a couple of weeks ago live. And I heard about it after he got hit by a puck. And you know that does happen sometime, but when you actually see it, especially in slow motion, how hard his jaw is impacted by that slapshot, it’s brutal. And he says when talking to the press today that he knew right away that it was a bad injury. He gave some more details about his injury and the recovery, saying that it wasn’t a shattered jaw, rather, it was a pretty clean fracture right down one side of his face. And you can tell watching the video that he’s got two different jaw lines now. It’s it’s pretty gnarly. and he busted up a bunch of his teeth. Of course, can only imagine what his mouth looked like directly after. But unfortunately, and to no surprise, he cannot eat. So, he says he’s lost nearly 20 lb, which I mean makes sense, especially as an athlete with a body who’s used to a lot of calories and a lot of calories out. And he still has some recovery time after which presumably he will come back wearing a cage for at least a while. He said it’s 6 weeks recovery from time of surgery. He was injured November 15th. That means realistically he’ll probably be coming back early January. You got to imagine it’s nice to be around the boys though. And I bet some of the nutrition guys on the team can probably get him some high protein shakes going. But again, the 6 weeks is also just a baseline. If he doesn’t get his strength back up, you know, his legs back, if he doesn’t heal correctly, he could be out for longer. So, best of luck, Makavoy. The Bruins have five losses in the nine games since he’s been gone, which I mean makes sense. He’s one of the league’s best defenseman and he plays the most minutes for the team. I do wonder, you know, after an injury like this, does Makavoy sort of lose some of his shot blocking he’s known for? Not to say that he would do so purposefully, but something in the back of your lizard mind has to be frightened after that happens. But man, jaw injuries are tough. I remember Crosby after he got his his jaw was gnarly. It was hard to look at. It really was one of the scariest situations like this that I ever watched. And I remember watching this game with my girlfriend at the time, Mark Stall, getting hit by that slap shot right above the eye. He missed the rest of that season and I don’t think his eye ever actually fully recovered. You know what’s crazy about this is both the injuries I just mentioned were off to flections. Makavoy, he ate the slapshot directly. So, it’s bad, but thank God it’s not worse. Now, one thing I was thinking about while watching this interview is right now in the NHL, it’s illegal to wear a cage or a visor unless you’re recovering from an injury. I do wonder now that every player in the NHL has a piss missile in their back pocket and sticks are the way they are. Could that ever change? I don’t think players will ever have mandated cages, but I can definitely see it becoming an allowed thing at some point. Anyway, that’s all for me. Before I go, as I mentioned a couple times, I’ve been helping the Clearing the Crease podcast with some of their content. It’s going through the old archive, and they have an interview with Paul Besonette, which YouTube took down. So, I’ve been finding parts of it. Right now, I’ve got an upload I just put up where he tells stories about some of his I’ll just say most inappropriate tweets. It’s good. And honestly, the channel needs a lot of work to get right. The people, you know, doing my job before me, they didn’t know much about YouTube. So, if you can check that out and help out, I’d really appreciate it. Help your man keep a job, but it’s also really great content. I had a call with uh Andrew Ray Croft, and we’re going to talk to Mike Commodore later. Very exciting stuff. Anyway, bye-bye. My phone My phone is blowing up at 7:45 the next morning after this. She’s on local radio blowing me up. I got a small horn. Bad is dead.

We now know more about Charlie McAvoy’s injury and wow was it bad! We’ll talk about that, and his recoery, after he gave an interview with the Boston Bruins Media! That and more on today’s NHL hockey video!

Biz Explains Tweets which almost ended his career: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dbknMYWtsec

27 comments

  2. I think the oddity as a Bruins fan, how Zadorov stepped into McAvoy's footsteps. Zaddy did all the Thanksgiving regalia with Mayor Wu and Senator Markey; since McAvoy couldn't. Zadorov is now the Bruins' NHLPA rep; so the players obviously trust him. It's been one of the more amusing transformations as a Bruins fan.

  4. Im certainly not a pro but i will never stop wearing my fishbowl. However people say that when you wear one, you play like you have one on. (more high sticks/riskier playstyle) which could get more people hurt. I personally think they should be able to choose. I like my face.

  10. As much as they do protect players, it's also a risk due to how physical the game is. I can imagine there would be a lot of head on visor collisions, especially in puck battles or scrums. It's not a big deal now cause the amount of players wearing them at one time is very very small, but if they were allowed to be chosen freely, majority of players would choose to use them, especially the young guys.

  13. Glad you look out for guys like this. They shrug it off, but there are plenty of third tier guys suffering injuries like this that can be career defining.

  15. God I am so old. I started watching hockey when about half of all players didn't wear helmets but helmets became the style for all very quickly.
    Let's hope larger Shields catch on quickly also.

  17. Charlie was dealing with his face being broken AND I believe his young son was also in a children’s hospital dealing with his own issue. What a stressful period for the young family. Hoping Charlie and his son make full recoveries! I think we are at the time to consider some level of masks to properly protect players. The game continues to increase in speed and players are able to get shots off quickly at higher speeds with deflections becoming more common as well.

  20. Even after millions of years every now and then I remember that scene were the puck was deflected by Ray Bourques stick and it went up 90 degrees straight into his face. He lost tons of teeth.

    I saw it as a child and this particular scene never left my brain since then.

  21. I'm a goalie so I'm used to a cage.. no way I'd ever play oput of the net without one… I've seen too many guys loose teeth even in beer league.. Can't imagine how much pain taking a shot from an NHL player in the face would be.

  22. Erm… McAvoy’s injury was also a deflection, Eck. Look at the trajectory on Dobson’s shot. It definitely deflected off of Kastelic’s pants.

  24. Is it time players wear a full bubble. I know I'm going to get shat all over for suggesting that, but someone is going to die. There was already a lad in Russian juniors who died after getting hit in an artery. But players and composite sticks mean guys are shooting the puck a bazillion miles faster than guys with wooden sticks (barring Al Macinnis who'd probably have to be banned with a composite stick).

  26. Look up Darren Lockyer's interview after he took a knee to the jaw from a teammate. He does the whole thing through clenched teeth. It wasn't as gnarly looking as others but it made you realise how much pain he was in during the last part of the game.

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