The San Jose Sharks aren't panicking.
The Stanley Cup will be at the Consol Energy Center on Thursday, but only the Pittsburgh Penguins will have a chance to touch it. Staring the end of their season and their Cup dreams in the face, the Sharks are a relaxed group.
"We're going to the dance with the girl we brought to the dance," head coach Peter DeBoer said. "This is our group."
DeBoer was in fine form Wednesday, as evidenced by his quip about injured Tomas Hertl:
DeBoer said Hertl remains "day to day. In Czech, that means, what? Out for the season. I've heard that means out for the season."
— Tom Gulitti (@TomGulittiNHL) June 8, 2016
As for practice, the Sharks didn't stray from their routine:
DeBoer said he would've been worried if #sjsharks weren't loose at practice today. "Burnsy was an ass out there, it was business as usual."
— Frank Seravalli (@frank_seravalli) June 8, 2016
"I think the results are closer than it feels right now, I really do," DeBoer said when asked about his team's deficit.
"This isn't easy. It's a really hard thing to do. It's going to be hard for them to close us out. It's going to be hard for us to show up here tomorrow and win a game in this environment," he added. "I think our guys are up for some heavy lifting. We feel we can get it done."
The lifting won't get much heavier for the Sharks.
