SAN JOSE – For the first time since Todd McLellan and the Sharks parted ways last April, the coach will face his former team on Wednesday night in Edmonton at Rexall Place.
Logan Couture was as vocal a supporter as McLellan had, even after the dysfunction of last season. When asked if the team was behind McLellan on locker clean out day last April, Couture replied: “I am. You’re going to have to ask 20 other guys. For me, I definitely wouldn’t be the player I am without Todd and this whole coaching staff.”
Perhaps that’s why Couture has stayed in touch with the man who was the bench boss for the first six seasons of his NHL career.