6 takeaways from Marco Sturm’s first practice as Bruins head coach

Marco Sturm held his first practice as Bruins head coach on Thursday. John Tlumacki/Boston GlobeMarco Sturm and the 2025-26 Bruins took to the ice at Warrior Ice Arena for the first time as a group on Thursday — with Boston holding two on-ice session as part of their first day of practices during training camp.

For Boston’s new bench boss, Thursday represented an opportunity for a reshaped Boston roster to start building some chemistry, as well as the first chance to map out some of the changes that Sturm is looking to implement for a team in transition.

Here are six takeaways from Boston’s first training-camp practice:

Preaching speed, simplicity

If there were one or two overarching themes…