Nico Sturm drank out of the Stanley Cup with the Colorado Avalanche in June. The next month, in what had to be another unforgettable day, Sturm took the Cup to his hometown of Augsburg, Germany, where he shared it with fans, family, and friends.
Sturm couldn’t possibly be any further removed from that moment than he is right now, as he and the rest of the San Jose Sharks woke up Wednesday as the NHL’s last-place team.
“It sucks,” Sturm said Tuesday night after the Sharks’ 5-2 loss to the New York Islanders, which dropped their record to 0-5-0. “I haven’t been on a losing team, I think, since my first year in juniors. It’s not really something I’m used to.
