{"id":130120,"date":"2025-09-09T11:45:09","date_gmt":"2025-09-09T11:45:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/130120\/"},"modified":"2025-09-09T11:45:09","modified_gmt":"2025-09-09T11:45:09","slug":"marco-sturm-explains-standard-hes-setting-for-bruins-camp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/130120\/","title":{"rendered":"Marco Sturm explains standard he\u2019s setting for Bruins\u2019 camp"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\t\t\t\t\t“We need all the players \u2014 and there will be a lot of opportunities.”<\/p>\n

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\n\tMarco Sturm is set to run his first training camp as Bruins head coach later this month. AP Photo\/Mary Schwalm\t<\/p>\n

HANOVER, Mass.\u00a0 \u2014 Marco Sturm only has a few more weeks to go before he can conduct his first full-squad practice with the Bruins at Warrior Ice Arena.<\/p>\n

For the first-year bench boss, Sept. 17 can\u2019t come soon enough.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cNow it becomes real. You feel it. Players are coming in. They\u2019re skating. They\u2019re stopping by at the office. So that\u2019s what it\u2019s all about,\u201d Sturm said Friday at the Bruins\u2019 fan-fest event in Hanover. \u201cYou\u2019re probably getting sick of me just talking. For me personally, I just want to work.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

After months of anticipation and prep work, Sturm and his coaching staff are looking forward to getting back on the frozen sheet and helping right the ship for a retooling Bruins roster than went 33-39-10 last season.\u00a0<\/p>\n

So far, Sturm hasn\u2019t tipped his hand as far as the added wrinkles, system tweaks, and lineup reshuffles<\/a> in place that he hopes will lead to stronger results for his club this winter.\u00a0<\/p>\n

But, before the X\u2019s and O\u2019s can be implemented and the depth chart augmented, Sturm is already set to instill a new set of principles for a Bruins team that might have to rely more on effort than outright skill in order to re-assert themselves as a club on the rise in the Eastern Conference.\u00a0<\/p>\n

For Sturm, some of the key messages shared during the upcoming three-week training camp will revolve around intensity, accountability, and setting a new standard at the practice rink.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cI think that will feel my energy, they will feel the coaching staff\u2019s excitement and energy as well, right from day one,\u201d Sturm said of what\u2019s in store for his players. \u201cThey want to practice, and that\u2019s where we\u2019re going for. We have a lot of work to do with schedule this year.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s challenging for everyone with the Olympic year coming up. So it\u2019s going to be a lot of games in a short amount of time. And that means we need all of them. We need all the players \u2014 and there will be a lot of opportunities. So it\u2019s a good challenge for a lot of kids. So that\u2019ll be nice to see.\u201d<\/p>\n

Sturm\u2019s history of delivering a candid and demanding message seems to be welcomed in a dressing room filled with players looking to atone for last year\u2019s missteps.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cHe had Darryl Sutter his first [three] years in the league, and Darryl Sutter was my favorite coach I ever had in my life,\u201d Nikita Zadorov said of Sturm last week.<\/a> \u201cSo I feel like we have a lot of mutual interest in that. I like old-school coaches. I like direct coaches. I like hard coaches, not afraid to take the heat from them when I deserve it, so long as you tell it to my face, so long as you are fair with me.\u201d<\/p>\n

For Sturm, that ability to communicate frankly wth players \u2014 both seasoned veterans and younger players tying to find their footing at hockey\u2019s highest level \u2014 stands as one of his greatest strengths as he takes the reins of an Original Six franchise.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cThe guys who know me, that\u2019s who I am, and you know that\u2019s what I learned from my best coaches,\u201d Sturm said of his communication style. \u201cWe\u2019ve talked about being direct and being honest and having an open relationship \u2014\u00a0even if you don\u2019t like it. A<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd again, there will be some tough times, for sure, this year. But that\u2019s I think that\u2019s what brings teams and players and players and coaches together.\u201d<\/p>\n

It will take some time for both Sturm and the Bruins to get a full grasp of the squad they have in place for the 2025 season.<\/p>\n

But, even after last year\u2019s sizable step back, Sturm believes the Bruins have plenty of upside already in place \u2014 especially if the team regains its form both on defense and the power play.\u00a0<\/p>\n

A bounce-back season from Jeremy Swayman (.892 save percentage) and a D corps that played a majority of last season without Charlie McAvoy and Hampus Lindholm would reverse Boston\u2019s fortunes, while the Bruins aren\u2019t banking on another year where the team\u2019s power play ranks 29th in the league with a 15.2 percent success rate.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cGoing back to our identity, playing good defense, that\u2019s our biggest thing,\u201d Sturm said. \u201cBut also we want to score some goals. We\u2019re pretty good defensively, I think, if you look at the roster. Offensively, yeah, no, we need everyone, and that includes our special teams. \u2026Power play for sure has to step up.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd then somehow, I always say you have to meet in the middle. So if you do that and meet in the middle, I think we\u2019re definitely in a better spot.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Conor Ryan is a staff writer covering the Bruins, Celtics, Patriots, and Red Sox for Boston.com, a role he has held since 2023.<\/p>\n

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