BOSTON -- On the day of the 2025 NHL trade deadline, one of the most transformative days for the Boston Bruins in recent memory, Charlie McAvoy was stuck on his couch.

The Boston defenseman was still recovering from an injury he sustained at the 4 Nations Face-Off that landed him in the hospital. The Bruins were in Tampa on a two-game trip.

McAvoy and his wife watched the minutes tick down to the 3 p.m. ET deadline and breathed a sigh of relief. Despite rumors his team might tear it all down, the damage wasn't as bad as they had feared.

"And then things started coming in after the deadline, 3:10, 3:15," McAvoy recalls. "And it's just tough. It's the nature of hockey. It's the business of the game. But there's human beings behind it all, great friends, great friends of my wife's. And

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