SAN JOSE — After losing out in the John Tavares sweepstakes, general manager Doug Wilson locked down another elite center for years to come.
Logan Couture signed an eight-year contract extension with the Sharks Sunday, joining Brent Burns, Marc-Edouard Vlasic and Martin Jones on the list of players who’ve made longterm commitments to the franchise over the last couple of years. According to multiple reports, the deal is worth $64 million with an average-annual salary of $8 million, making Couture the highest-paid player on the Sharks roster alongside Burns, who signed an identical eight-year contract with the team in November 2016.