The Boston Bruins have a new head coach in Marco Sturm, but the team will not have a captain to start the 2025-26 NHL season.

Boston has been looking to stitch a "C" on someone's sweater since last March, when captain Brad Marchand was dealt to the Florida Panthers on trade deadline day. Veteran Bruins David Pastrnak or Charlie McAvoy were the likeliest of candidates to become to team's new captain, after they rocked the "A" as alternate captains throughout last season. The duo ran the team's "Captains' practices" at Warrior Ice Arena in Brighton last week, despite neither of them being the team's captain.

They won't be the captain to start the season, either. Boston general manager Don Sweeney said the Bruins will go into the 2025-26 campaign without someone holding the title of team ca

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