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Coach Marco Sturm already familiar with Bruins fans' passion

BOSTON -- Marco Sturm got his first taste of the passionate Bruins fans when he was traded to Boston for No. 1 overall draft pick -- and soon-to-be NHL MVP -- Joe Thornton.

"I mean, it wasn't my fault, right?" the former Bruins forward told chuckling reporters Tuesday at a news conference to introduce him as the team's coach. "I got here, and it was difficult. I'm not going to lie. You read the paper or social media or even you go on the street, people will let you know, right?

"But also it pushes you. And I saw it in the positive way," Sturm said.