Speculation: [LeBrun]: "Couture's gonna sign a big extension, they're gonna announce it July 1st"

[Jozay]

48 points in his last 40 playoff games.

Matthews and the rest of the Leafs should take notes

they should tbh

 

[KingsFan7824]

Couture is not the type of guy I would give an 8 year deal to. Sharks will regret it if they do. He’s one hell of a player but that term should be reserved for the absolute elite.

That's not how things work though. The demand for freely available quality talent is far greater than the supply of freely available quality talent. GM's are almost forced to give out long term deals to even average UFA's.

It’s really cute how concerned you all are over our cap situation. Really, it’s sweet. But Logan Couture is the last long-term contract on our team that I’m concerned about. He’s going to be a damn good player late into his thirties.

It’s funny how fans of teams who can only dream of a center as good as Logan are calling him overrated.

Even if he's not a good player at 36 or 37, it doesn't matter, the Sharks are going to give him some huge contract either way. Not to mention that there's no actual way of knowing how good a player will be late into their 30's. They're all different. Anyway, all teams care about are the first couple years when we're talking about 30 year old free agents. Anything beyond that is gravy. Teams just have to add the last 3 or 4 years to the contract, otherwise they don't get the player for the first couple.

 

[exporta]

Teams always find ways to get out from under these deals in the later years.

 

[jmichael7753]

Every contract between now and Marner and Matthews contract negotiations scares me.

Seeing how Matthews is destined to sign with AZ once he hits UFA status, I don't think you need to worry about that.

 

[SlimCharles]

Makes sense, Couts is a great player. As soon as I found out Couture was a Bills fan I went from hating him to liking him.

 

[Leafs87]

He never struck me as a special player tbh. Now after Kane they have to give him more than 7 but to me it’s just not worth it

 

[Seventyx7]

If only the other teams didn't realize that they could sick their huge contract anchor and send them off trying to injure the other players in their division it would have worked out so much better. (Dustin brown)

 

[HydroF]

I would be satisfied by an 8x8 contract

 

[KevinRedkey]

8 million seems like a lot, but he is pretty damn good in the playoffs. You're looking at a premium of at least 1.000 for that alone. Factor that in, and you have yourself a fair contract at 8x8 IF he continues to be a great playoff performer.

 

[Seventyx7]

Couture is a great player. $8M/8 is worth it for him .

 

[danyhabsfan]

60M over 8 years

 

[olli]

Couture is like a 60pt player, how is he getting 8 mill year? Lol

Johansen set the bar at 8 mill for 60 point Cs last summer. And as others have mentioned he raises his game substantially in the playoffs (similar to Johansen).

 

[KarlssonsGroin]

ideally 50m/7 years.

 

[koyvoo]

Yikes

 

[Ghetty Green]

Couture getting massively underrated in this thread. He deserves 9m per

 

[HawkeyTalkMan]

Couture getting massively underrated in this thread. He deserves 9m per

Lol he absolutely does not

 

[Duck Off]

I have a feeling it’s going to be less than most think. I’ll go with 8 years 55 million total.

 

[Quid Pro Clowe]

Johansen set the bar at 8 mill for 60 point Cs last summer. And as others have mentioned he raises his game substantially in the playoffs (similar to Johansen).

And Couture probably deserves more than him for the fact that a 60 pt player that usually scores half of those in goals is more valuable that a 60 point player who gets about 15 of those in goals.

 

[olli]

And Couture probably deserves more than him for the fact that a 60 pt player that usually scores half of those in goals is more valuable that a 60 point player who gets about 15 of those in goals.

I'd say he's the better player, too.

 

[WSS11]

8x8 is fair for couture. Considering the cap will continue to go up and he has proven to be a big time player in the playoffs, Plays a great defensive game and doesn’t play type of game that will wear his body down.

 

[tiburon12]

In other news, water is wet.

yea, but water isnt wet.....

 

[KPower]

Shark retirement home in 5 years.

 

[darcyRegier]

Couture's camp will use Johansen as comparable. Good for Logan, he's a fantastic player and a great teammate

 

[Steve Zissou]

When The Sharks stripped Joe Thornton of the captaincy, I was hoping to see Couture with the 'C' instead of little Joe.

Like Doughty, Couture plays big in big games. He's worth every penny.

 

[Halla]

thisa has to be 7.5 at the minimum.
I wouldnt be surprised if its 8x8

Kane (one 30g/ two 50pt seasons in 9 years) just got 7x7

Couture has hit both cats 3x more than Kane....