""As soon as he steps on the ice, there's a certain presence - what we were missing the last few days," Sturm said. "But it was good energy, especially coming from him. ... We have those pieces on the power play. Now, we just have to click.""
""I played with it the whole year last year," Pastrnak said. "So I wouldn't be too worried about it. Obviously spent a lot of time in the summer to make it better, and it did get much better than it was last year. Obviously it wasn't perfect. It's not perfect yet. But it was perfect timing to try to get it even better ... so nothing too concerning, it's just something that's nagging me for a very long time.""
David Pastrnak missed the first days of training camp because of knee tendinitis but practiced fully Monday in an extended session focused on the power play. Marco Sturm noted Pastrnak’s return restored a presence and energy the team had been missing, emphasizing that the power play now has complementary pieces and needs to click. Pastrnak said the tendinitis is chronic, played through it last season, and has improved after summer work but is not perfect. He adjusted offseason conditioning to favor biking over running to reduce knee stress. Pastrnak skated with Morgan Geekie and Elias Lindholm and has played all 82 games each of the last three seasons.
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