San Jose Sharks success depends on Logan Couture confidence
Coach of the San Jose Sharks, Todd McLellan, is one of the many members in the San Jose Sharks team, who seems to be glad to talk about Logan Couture.
McLellan told how he felt about Couture after the team lost the game to the Vancouver Canucks 3-2 and took a 1-0 lead in the series.
"I think Logan's personality reflects his play and you guys get an opportunity to deal with him, so you can see it", McLellan said. "It comes out when you speak to him. He's vibrant, pretty intelligent, he's got an energy about him and he's excited about
being here. All of those things happen when he's dealing with you off the ice and he carries that onto the ice as well".
He is one of those players in the team, who is calm when it comes to answering questions, and, also has a lot of followers. Unlike some players in the team, such as, Joe Thornton, and, Patrick Marleau, who are rash at times, young Logan is amazingly calm
and his polite nature has won him many fans.
He was in the team that lost the Western Conference Finals to the Chicago Blackhawks last year and this year he hopes that his performances pay off and they win the Finals to make it into the big Stanley Cup Finals.
Couture has been one of the decent performers during the course of the season, who has been able to emerge as a strong candidate for the Calder Trophy (given to the best rookie during the course of the season). His teammates also appreciate the player for
his confidence and say that whatever he says, he says it from the heart and not out of frustration or ego.
"He's not arrogant, or, cocky by any means, but very confident in his ability", said Ryane Clowe.
"He's a sharp kid, a witty guy", Heatley said.
Both these players play alongside Couture in the team’s central line and since they have a relationship of mutual respect for each other, this makes their game even better. Not only has Couture shown that he has the ability to score regular goals but he
is also among one of the best defenders in the National Hockey League.
His performances in the regular season saw him bagging 32 goals and 24 assists out of the 79 games that he played in. The postseason hasn’t seen a lot of him but still he has scored six goals and six assists out of the 14 games that he has played so far.
Couture wasn’t able to score in game 1 of the series against the Canucks and readily admitted that his performance was surely one of the reasons, as to why the Sharks lost.
However, he added that he will be trying to come up with his best in the second game and win it to level the series.
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