It may have taken a couple months into the season to get there, but the Sharks are finally looking like the competitive team so many hoped they could be. That wouldn't be possible without center Logan Couture, and Tuesday’s road victory over the Minnesota Wild showed why.
Couture has long been one of the Sharks' driving forces, both on and off the ice. He’s a veteran presence, and the most vocal in pointing out the team has work to do when wins are hard to come by. But he’ll also shell out praise when the team does well, as with this last stretch where San Jose has won seven of the last eight games.