the Kings today acquired veteran left winger Marco Sturm
B's Trade Sturm to LA for Future Considerations
Saturday, 12.11.2010 / 5:24 PM / News Boston BruinsBOSTON, MA
– Bruins General Manager Peter Chiarelli announced today that Boston has traded forward Marco Sturm to the Los Angeles Kings for future considerations. The trade is contingent upon Sturm passing a physical conducted by Los Angeles’ medical staff.
2010-11 marked Sturm’s 14th NHL season and sixth with the Bruins. The Dingolfing, Germany native is a veteran of 855 NHL games with 234 goals, 232 assists and 466 points and is the NHL’s all-time leader in those categories for German-born players.
In his Bruins career, the 32-year-old skated in 302 games with 106 goals and 87 assists for 193 points. He began this season on injured reserve after suffering a knee injury in Game One of the Bruins/Flyers Eastern Conference Semifinal series on Saturday, May 1, 2010.
The 21st overall pick in the 1996 NHL Entry Draft, Sturm was acquired by the Bruins from San Jose with Wayne Primeau and Brad Stuart for Joe Thornton on November 30, 2005.
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Marco Sturm’s full salary for this season is $3.5 million, but given that the season is approximately one-third finished, the Kings’ responsibility is roughly $2.34 million. This is the final year of Sturm’s contract. Still in recovery from his May knee surgery, Sturm is expected to be ready to play in approximately 10 days, although the Kings will learn more about that when he joins the team. That’s expected to happen sometime early in the upcoming road trip. Dean Lombardi will be available for comment during the first intermission tonight, so I’ll have his comments after that.
Career statistics Regular season
Season ---- Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
1995–96 EV Landshut DEL 47 12 20 32 50 11 1 3 4 18
1996–97 EV Landshut DEL 46 16 27 43 40 7 1 4 5 6
1997–98 San Jose Sharks NHL 74 10 20 30 40 2 0 0 0 0
1998–99 San Jose Sharks NHL 78 16 22 38 52 6 2 2 4 4
1999–00 San Jose Sharks NHL 74 12 15 27 22 12 1 3 4 6
2000–01 San Jose Sharks NHL 81 14 18 32 28 6 0 2 2 0
2001–02 San Jose Sharks NHL 77 21 20 41 32 12 3 2 5 2
2002–03 San Jose Sharks NHL 82 28 20 48 16 — — — — —
2003–04 San Jose Sharks NHL 64 21 20 41 36 — — — — —
2004–05 ERC Ingolstadt DEL 45 22 16 38 56 11 3 4 7 12
he scored 29 goals in 05-06
2005–06 San Jose Sharks NHL 23 6 10 16 16 — — — — —
2005–06 Boston Bruins NHL - 51 23 20 43 32 — — — — —
2006–07 Boston Bruins NHL 76 27 17 44 46 — — — — —
2007–08 Boston Bruins NHL 80 27 29 56 40 7 2 2 4 6
2008–09 Boston Bruins NHL 19 7 6 13 8 — — — — —
2009–10 Boston Bruins NHL 76 22 15 37 30 7 0 0 0 4
NHL totals 855 234 232 466 398 52 8 11 19 22 |
