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Marco Sturm

current status: Unrestricted Free Agent (Group III)

LW | 6'0", 196 lbs. |

Birth Date:September 8, 1978 (34 years old)
Place of Birth:Dingolfing, GER
Shoots:L

Experience:14 years
Drafted:Drafted by San Jose in 1996 (1/21).

Scouting Report

Assets:	Has excellent speed and puck-handling skills. Possesses good hockey sense and sees the ice very well. His speed makes him a special-teams weapon. Plays well in all three zones.
Flaws:	Isn't overly big and can get pushed around. Hasn't put up the numbers expected of him in his NHL career. Doesn't show a lot of offensive consistency. Is quite injury-prone and aging.
Career Potential:	Speedy, yet fragile veteran winger in decline.

Career Honors & Awards

League	Honor	Description
NHL	Named to play in the NHL All-Star Game	1998-99

Movements & Injuries

2012
3/01/2012	Missed 13 games (lower body injury).
2/03/2012	Lower body injury, injured reserve.
2/01/2012	Missed 14 games (head injury).
2011
12/27/2011	Head injury, injured reserve.
12/22/2011	Head injury, day-to-day.
10/22/2011	Acquired from the Vancouver Canucks.
7/01/2011	Signed as an unrestricted free agent by the Vancouver Canucks to a one-year contract.
2/26/2011	Claimed off waivers from the Los Angeles Kings.
2/25/2011	Placed on waivers by the Los Angeles Kings.
2/23/2011	Missed 13 games (left knee injury).
1/20/2011	Left knee injury, injured reserve.
2010
12/21/2010	Missed 32 games (torn acl and mcl).
12/11/2010	Acquired from the Boston Bruins.
9/17/2010	Torn ACL and MCL, injured reserve.
5/14/2010	Missed the last 6 playoff games (torn acl and mcl).
5/02/2010	Torn ACL and MCL, remainder of the playoffs.
1/30/2010	Missed 6 games (leg injury).
1/16/2010	Leg injury, day-to-day.
2009
1/19/2009	Left knee surgery, remainder of the playoffs.
2008
12/20/2008	Lower body injury, day-to-day.
12/18/2008	Missed 12 games (post concussion).
11/19/2008	Post concussion, sidelined indefinitely.
2/02/2008	Missed 1 game (flu).
1/31/2008	Flu, day-to-day.
2007
12/13/2007	Missed 1 game (eye injury).
12/12/2007	Eye injury, day-to-day.
2/24/2007	Signed by the Boston Bruins to a four-year contract extension.
2/08/2007	Missed 2 games (head injury).
2/03/2007	Head injury, day-to-day.
2006
11/02/2006	Missed 4 games (thigh injury).
10/19/2006	Thigh injury, day-to-day.
4/01/2006	Missed 1 game (flu).
3/29/2006	Flu, day-to-day.
3/01/2006	Missed 4 games (upper body injury).
2/05/2006	Upper body injury, day-to-day.
2005
11/30/2005	Acquired from the San Jose Sharks.
8/15/2005	Re-signed as a restricted free agent by the San Jose Sharks to a two-year contract.
2004
8/08/2004	NHL lockout: Signed with the ERC Ingolstadt of the Deutsche Liga (Germany).
5/19/2004	Missed the last 15 games of the regular season and all 17 games of the playoffs (broken left leg).
3/05/2004	Broken left leg, sidelined indefinitely.
1/22/2004	Missed 1 game (personal reasons).
1/21/2004	Personal reasons, day-to-day.
1/19/2004	Missed 2 games (chest injury).
1/15/2004	Chest injury, day-to-day.
2003
7/16/2003	Re-signed by the San Jose Sharks.
6/30/2003	San Jose Sharks tendered a qualifying offer.
2002
7/01/2002	Re-signed by the San Jose Sharks.
3/26/2002	Missed 2 games (hand injury).
3/21/2002	Hand injury, day-to-day.
1/29/2002	Missed 1 game (flu).
1/27/2002	Flu, day-to-day.
1/09/2002	Missed 2 games (shoulder injury).
1/05/2002	Shoulder injury, day-to-day.

Career Transactions

2011
10/22/2011	Vancouver Canucks traded Marco Sturm and Mikael Samuelsson to the Florida Panthers for David Booth, Steve Reinprecht and a third-round draft-pick in 2013.
7/01/2011	Signed as an unrestricted free agent by the Vancouver Canucks.
2/26/2011	Claimed off waivers by the Washington Capitals from the Los Angeles Kings.
2010
12/11/2010	Boston Bruins traded Marco Sturm to the Los Angeles Kings for future considerations.
2005
11/30/2005	Boston Bruins traded Joe Thornton to the San Jose Sharks for Marco Sturm, Brad Stuart and Wayne Primeau.
1996
6/22/1996	Drafted by the San Jose Sharks in the 1st round (21st overall) in 1996.

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| 01/19/2013 9:00 PM

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Career Regular Season Statistics

Year	Team	League	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM	PPG	SHG	GWG	TOI	S	PtsPG
2012-13	Koln	Ger	5	0	0	0	-2	6	0	0	0	-	13	0.00
2011-12	Florida	NHL	42	3	2	5	-8	23	0	0	1	12:05	62	0.12
	Vancouver	NHL	6	0	0	0	-5	2	0	0	0	13:52	3	0.00
	Total Van/Fla	NHL	48	3	2	5	-13	25	0	0	1	12:18	65	0.10
2010-11	Washington	NHL	18	1	6	7	0	6	0	0	1	14:00	30	0.39
	Los Angeles	NHL	17	4	5	9	6	17	1	0	0	14:28	27	0.53
	Total LA/Wsh	NHL	35	5	11	16	6	23	1	0	1	14:14	57	0.46
2009-10	Boston	NHL	76	22	15	37	14	30	4	1	2	16:46	203	0.49
	Germany	Olympic	4	0	1	1	-2	0	0	0	0	16:30	9	0.25
2008-09	Boston	NHL	19	7	6	13	9	8	4	0	0	16:01	45	0.68
2007-08	Boston	NHL	80	27	29	56	11	40	10	1	5	17:59	229	0.70
	Germany	WC	6	2	1	3	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	0.50
2006-07	Boston	NHL	76	27	17	44	-24	46	10	2	1	18:35	224	0.58
2005-06	Boston	NHL	51	23	20	43	14	32	5	0	6	18:44	132	0.84
	San Jose	NHL	23	6	10	16	-8	16	3	0	0	17:28	48	0.70
	Total SJ/Bos	NHL	74	29	30	59	6	48	8	0	6	18:20	180	0.80
	Germany	Olympic	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.0
	Germany	WC-B	5	4	3	7	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	1.40
2004-05	Ingolstadt	Ger	45	22	16	38	14	56	6	1	5	-	137	0.84
	Germany	W-Cup	4	2	0	2	-2	0	-	-	-	-	-	0.50
2003-04	San Jose	NHL	64	21	20	41	0	36	10	2	6	16:24	158	0.64
2002-03	San Jose	NHL	82	28	20	48	9	16	6	0	2	16:31	208	0.59
2001-02	San Jose	NHL	77	21	20	41	23	32	4	3	5	15:39	174	0.53
	Germany	Olympic	5	0	1	1	-1	0	0	0	0	-	12	0.20
2000-01	San Jose	NHL	81	14	18	32	9	28	2	3	5	16:06	153	0.40
	Germany	WC	7	4	1	5	-	26	-	-	-	-	-	0.71
1999-00	San Jose	NHL	74	12	15	27	4	22	2	4	3	14:07	120	0.36
1998-99	San Jose	NHL	78	16	22	38	7	52	3	2	3	15:23	140	0.49
1997-98	San Jose	NHL	74	10	20	30	-2	40	2	0	3	-	118	0.41
	Germany	Olympic	2	0	0	0	-	0	-	-	-	-	-	0.00
1996-97	Landshut	Ger	46	16	27	43	-	40	-	-	-	-	-	0.93
	Germany	WC	8	1	1	2	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	0.25
1995-96	Landshut	Ger	47	12	20	32	-	50	-	-	-	-	-	0.68
	Germany	WJC	6	4	6	10	-	51	-	-	-	-	-	1.67
1994-95	Germany	WJC	7	0	0	0	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	0.00
NHL	Total	NHL	938	242	245	487	59	446	66	18	43	-	2074	0.52
Ger	Total	Ger	143	50	63	113	-	152	-	-	-	-	-	0.79
Olympic	Total	Olympic	11	0	2	2	-	0	-	-	-	-	-	0.18
W-Cup	Total	W-Cup	4	2	0	2	-2	0	-	-	-	-	-	0.50
WC	Total	WC	21	7	3	10	-	36	-	-	-	-	-	0.48
WC-B	Total	WC-B	5	4	3	7	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	1.40
WJC	Total	WJC	13	4	6	10	-	57	-	-	-	-	-	0.77

Career Playoff Statistics

Year	Team	League	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM	PPG	SHG	GWG	TOI	S	PtsPG
2012-13	Koln	Ger	12	6	3	9	2	18	2	0	0	-	24	0.75
2011-12	Florida	NHL	7	0	0	0	-3	4	0	0	0	11:33	8	0.00
2010-11	Washington	NHL	9	1	2	3	1	4	1	0	0	14:38	18	0.33
2009-10	Boston	NHL	7	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	14:14	11	0.00
2008-09	Boston	NHL	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.0
2007-08	Boston	NHL	7	2	2	4	-1	6	0	1	1	-	23	0.57
2006-07	Boston	NHL	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.0
2005-06	Boston	NHL	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.0
2004-05	Ingolstadt	Ger	11	3	4	7	-3	12	0	0	0	-	30	0.64
2003-04	San Jose	NHL	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.0
2002-03	San Jose	NHL	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.0
2001-02	San Jose	NHL	12	3	2	5	-1	2	0	0	0	-	31	0.42
2000-01	San Jose	NHL	6	0	2	2	-2	0	0	0	0	-	7	0.33
1999-00	San Jose	NHL	12	1	3	4	0	6	0	0	0	-	16	0.33
1998-99	San Jose	NHL	6	2	2	4	1	4	0	0	1	-	15	0.67
1997-98	San Jose	NHL	2	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	0	-	3	0.00
1996-97	Landshut	Ger	7	1	4	5	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	0.71
1995-96	Landshut	Ger	11	1	3	4	-	18	-	-	-	-	-	0.36
NHL	Total	NHL	68	9	13	22	-7	30	1	1	2	-	132	0.32
Ger	Total	Ger	41	11	14	25	-	54	-	-	-	-	-	0.61

Career Highs (SEASON)

	TOTAL	SEASON
Games	82	2002-03 (SJ)
Goals	29	2005-06 (SJ/Bos)
Assists	30	2005-06 (SJ/Bos)
Points	59	2005-06 (SJ/Bos)
Penalty Minutes	52	1998-99 (SJ)
Plus/Minus	+23	2001-02 (SJ)
Power Play Goals	10	3 times-last: 2007-08 (Bos)
Shorthanded Goals	4	1999-00 (SJ)
Shots	229	2007-08 (Bos)

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