He may have had the quietest boxscore debut of the three newest Capitals, but before two weeks had passed, veteran Marco Sturm had already received an on-air compliment from one team leader: Brooks Laich.
“Marco was the first one here, and it seemed the first day, I told Brads [Matt Bradley] – Brads had played with him — and I said, “Geez, it seems like he’s been here for two years already,’” Laich said during an interview with the Sports Junkies on 106.7 The Fan. “And he says, ‘Yeah, Marco’s a great guy, you’ll love him.’”
Bradley and Sturm were, of course, teammates for three years back on the West Coast for the San Jose Sharks. Sturm played there for almost 8 seasons before going to the Boston Bruins, where he stayed until moving to the Kings during the middle of the current season.
Sturm’s history with Bradley begs the question: has Matt Bradley gotten more or less funny as he’s grown older?
“Probably the same,” Sturm said. “The only thing that changed: when he ...
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