Martin Marincin is not the Maple Leafs’ Charlie McAvoy

Geoff Burke-USA TODAY SportsOn Wednesday night, in the first game of the playoffs, the Boston Bruins beat the Ottawa Senators 2-1 just as the game was heading to overtime. Charlie McAvoy played 19:13 of five-on-five minutes in that game, second only to Zdeno Chara.

It was his first ever NHL game. He had the highest Corsi For percentage of any defender who played the whole game.

When Boston chose to take their first rounder from last summer, burn a year of his ELC, and use him in the playoffs to replace the injured Torey Krug, that was a bold move. When the coach put him out there is a top four role, that was even bolder. When Colin Miller left the game with an injury and McAvoy became the…