- Editor's note: Sheng Peng will be a regular contributor to NBC Sports California's Sharks coverage for the 2021-22 season. You can read more of his coverage on San Jose Hockey Now, listen to him on the San Jose Hockey Now Podcast, and follow him on Twitter at @Sheng_Peng.
There aren’t a lot of people who want to talk — on the record — about Evander Kane’s troubled tenure with the San Jose Sharks.
So why didn’t it work out for the now-Edmonton Oilers star in San Jose? Captain Logan Couture wasn’t saying, on the eve of Kane’s return to the Tank tonight.
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Brent Burns declined to comment.
“It’s something that we’ve moved on from,” acting San Jose Sharks GM Joe Will offered on Thursday. “The team has responded. And they play a really hard team game right now.”
So credit the usually-candid Bob Boughner for stepping up to the plate once again.
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“There wasn’t one incident or a certain thing that happened,” Boughner acknowledged. “I think it was just a combination of a lot of things.”