Marco Sturm makes direct comments about David Pastrnak being named captain of the Boston Bruins

«Going into this year, we're both going to have A's. That's what I know. I don't think there's any fire under them to do anything with that. And guess what? That's totally fine,» McAvoy told Steve Conroy of the Boston Herald. «Me and Pasta are spending the time together, which I've found incredible, learning about him a little bit more, about him as a leader. Just what I'll say on that front is I love that we're going to be able to take this on together. And regardless of letters, we know that this is our team, me and him. And for however many years we get to be here, it's going to be us two, along with a lot of other guys, right? But this is our baby now, me and him, and there's nobody else that I'd rather do it with, and I know we're going to make each other better, on and off the ice.»

«As soon as he steps on the ice, there's a certain presence we were missing the last few days,» head coach Marco Sturm said, per Fraser's report. «It was good energy, especially coming from him.»