FILE - Boston Bruins’ David Pastrnak (88) watches during the first period of an NHL hockey game against the Carolina Hurricanes in Raleigh, N.C., Thursday, March 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Karl DeBlaker, File)
FILE - Boston Bruins new head coach Marco Sturm smiles as he speaks during an NHL hockey news conference, Tuesday, June 10, 2025, in Boston. (AP Photo/Mary Schwalm, File)
Bruins will be start training camp without leading scorer David Pastrnak (tendinitis)
BOSTON (AP) 鈥 Boston Bruins leading scorer David Pastrnak will miss the first few practices of training camp because of tendinitis, general manager Don Sweeney said Wednesday.
FILE - Boston Bruins’ David Pastrnak (88) watches during the first period of an NHL hockey game against the Carolina Hurricanes in Raleigh, N.C., Thursday, March 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Karl DeBlaker, File)
BOSTON (AP) 鈥 Boston Bruins leading scorer David Pastrnak will miss the first few practices of training camp because of tendinitis, general manager Don Sweeney said Wednesday.
Pastrnak 鈥渨on鈥檛 skate for the first couple of days,鈥 Sweeney said, clarifying that the four-time All-Star will be on the ice but not practicing with the team. Sweeney did not elaborate on where the tendinitis was located but said it came up during his last training period.
鈥淗e鈥檚 still on the ice but he鈥檒l be in full practice next week,鈥 Sweeney said. 鈥淪o, that鈥檚 the only surprise we have. Everybody else is fully up and running.鈥
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Pastrnak led Boston with 43 goals and 63 assists last season, and his 106 points were nearly twice as many as his next most prolific teammate. He played in all 82 games for the third straight season.
But the Bruins missed the playoffs for the first time since 2016. Former Bruins player Marco Sturm was brought in to replace interim coach Joe Sacco, who filled in after Jim Montgomery was fired in November.
Sturm said at the opening of training camp on Wednesday that Pastrnak鈥檚 absence will create an opportunity for other players.
鈥淯sually there鈥檚 always one surprise in training camp. And hopefully we have at least one or two,鈥 Sturm said. 鈥淭here will be opportunities, and that鈥檚 what I鈥檓 all excited about. I worked with all the young kids the last three years, so I want them to have success. And I鈥檓 going to do everything I can to put them in a good spot.鈥
Pastrnak and Charlie McAvoy were the alternates last season under captain Brad Marchand, who was dealt to the Florida Panthers at the trade deadline. The two returning alternates ran the offseason 鈥渃aptain’s practices,鈥 but Sweeney said last week that the Bruins have decided not to elevate anyone to captain right away.
鈥淓verything’s on the table right now,鈥 Sweeney said at the Bruins Foundation golf outing. “We鈥檝e got a leadership group that鈥檚 been meeting amongst themselves, and I think eventually somebody will emerge as the guy that should be the next captain.鈥
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