Of Course Couture Says Sharks Will Make Playoffs; Boughner Talks Up Leonard

Welcome to day 6 of San Jose Sharks training camp!

It was another scrimmage day:

Teal vs White Scrimmage, Jan. 5
3-1 White, Final
White Goals: Bergmann, Hertl, Leonard
Teal Goals: Blichfeld

— San Jose Sharks PR (@SanJoseSharksPR) January 5, 2021

John Leonard starred, so naturally, we spoke with him. Logan Couture and Bob Boughner also chimed in.

Big news today, besides Leonard’s continued emergence — Radim Simek was given a maintenance day, Maxim Letunov was deemed “unfit to play” (with no timeline given for a return).

Donato was with Gregor and Nieto today, Burns paired with Ferraro, Simek was given a maintenance day (and there's a day off tomorrow). Says Chmelevski and Blichfeld popped on a line together

— Sheng Peng (@Sheng_Peng) January 5, 2021

Boughner, on today's #SJSharks scrimmage: "The line that really clicked today — caught everybody's attention — was Halbgewachs, Chmelevski, and Blichfeld."

— Sheng Peng (@Sheng_Peng) January 5, 2021

Couture talked about making the playoffs; I add my thoughts about how realistic that is. Then, Boughner talked up Leonard.

Couture Expects Sharks in Playoffs

Well, of course.

I was surprised by Twitter’s reaction to this quote:

Couture: "We have a team here that's going to make the playoffs."

— Sheng Peng (@Sheng_Peng) January 5, 2021