After a long rehab from offseason surgery, Boston Bruins defenseman Charlie McAvoy will make his season debut Thursday against the Calgary Flames.
McAvoy, the Bruins' top-pairing blueliner, underwent a complex left shoulder arthroscopic stabilization procedure on June 3 and was expected to miss at least six months. Boston coach Jim Montgomery, however, said Wednesday that McAvoy was ahead of schedule and "checking a lot of boxes" that would make him available for Thursday's game.
"I'm doing well," McAvoy said after Wednesday's practice. "We're just continuing to just stack these boxes up.