Sturm: ‘We’re Still in the Process’ to Name Next Bruins Captain

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The Boston Bruinsgathered for what Marco Sturm called the “kickoff for everyone to have a good season.” 

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Hampus Lindholm echoed that sentiment, saying “most guys try to get [to Boston] before to make this tournament.”

The Pinehills Golf Club in Plymouth, Massachusetts, hosted the 23rd annual Boston Bruins Foundation Golf Tournament on Wednesday, bringing the current roster, alumni, and Special Olympians together for a special cause and a round on the course. 

With nearly the entire team back in Boston (David Pastrnak is in Las Vegas for the NHL’s Media Tour), the Bruins can move forward with a piece of unfinished business: naming a captain. Sturm, who has already quipped that the next captain does not need to be like Chara or Bergeron, said the team is still working it out.

“Not yet. We’re still in the process,” Sturm said on Wednesday. “It’s been a lot of chatting, a lot of communication. I think it’s always better when everyone comes back to Boston and back in the same place, and we can sit down at one table. Like I said, we’ve been communicating, but we’ll make a decision here before the season starts, and we’ll go from there.”

Sturm, Don Sweeney, and Cam Neely have all pointed to conversations they planned to have in the offseason about the leadership going forward. Sturm confirmed they have been talking, but there are still more conversations to come with a week before training camp opens. 

Those conversations are not exclusive to those three, either. 

“Yes and no. Why I say that, during the summer, like I always do, I always talk to my players. Some more than others. I kind of get a little bit of feedback on what is happening in the room,” Sturm said. “It’s an honest group, and I trust my players. They always give me good feedback. But they’re not gonna say, ‘Yeah, this guy should be the captain or not,’ but I think some of the guys give good feedback, which is good. You know, it’s not just [me], Sweens, and Cam. I think we listen to everyone, especially the guys in the room.”

The Bruins operated without a captain last season, with Charlie McAvoy, David Pastrnak, and Hampus Lindholm serving as the three alternate captains. On breakup day, Pastrnak called the leadership “a full group effort,” with multiple voices in the locker room stepping up.

Elias Lindholm was part of said group, even occasionally filling in with the third ‘A’ when injuries arose during the season. 

“I think it was good. Yeah, we’ll see what happens. I think the leadership group last year did a good job,” Elias Lindholm said. “Obviously, CMac and Dave have done some heavy lifting for sure, but we try to help them as much as possible with our routine, and a lot of us have been in the league for a while. So we’ve seen different teams and leaders and so on, so [we] try to help them as much as possible. Then we’ll see what happens.”

The Bruins have not had a captain since March 7, 2025, which is the second-longest span without a captain in franchise history. They are currently one of nine NHL teams without a captain.

With training camp opening on September 16 and the season opener following 13 days later, the Bruins have less than three weeks to make a call. The ball is rolling, and now that the group is back in Boston, those conversations can expand and continue in person. 

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