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I agree outside of the question of what caused infection.I'm not sure what being independent or not has to do with it. The fact of the US doctor being the Wild's man could only be a problem if you were accusing him of bias. Which is a big call because you're then basically calling someone not just unprofessional but unethical. To me the basic need is to have someone who is as qualified and competent as possible. If that's an independent person, great, if it's an existing team doctor, equally great.
Doctors miss things all the time. Nature of the game, it happens. I'm also aware that Charlie was desperate to play for his country on home ice, understandably, so I highly doubt he was going around making a big fuss over his shoulder, quite the opposite, until the pain flared to unbearable levels once he was back in Boston.
That the Bruins are upset I get. But they have to just suck it up. Their medical team makes errors too. Shit happens.
That said, your point about players going through walls to play in dead right. I’m sure McAvoy did little to no advocating for himself outside of “let me play”.