Coming off a career high of 34 goals in the 2017-2018 season, San Jose Sharks centre Logan Couture is expected to sign a eight-year extension with the only NHL club he has ever know on Sunday, according to TSN Hockey Insider Pierre LeBrun.

LeBrun spoke about Couture in Wednesday's Insider Trading.

"And as the Sharks mostly await word on John Tavares, they’re going to take care of some of their own. Logan Couture is expected on Sunday to sign an eight-year extension. That is par for the course for Doug Wilson and the San Jose Sharks," explained LeBrun. "Remember a year ago Marc-Edouard Vlasic and Martin Jones signed eight-year extensions one year out from being UFAs. Logan Couture would be a in a year and all signs point to that deal being announced Sunday or Monday with their number two centre." 

Couture had a breakthrough season for the Sharks, tallying 34 goals which beat his career best 32 in the 2010-11 season. He also notched 27 assists to add to a 61 point total.

Couture's extension would take him through the 2025-26 season and he would joine Brent Burns, Evander Kane, Vlasic and Jones as Sharks signed through at least 2023-24.

The 29-year old was picked in the first round, ninth overall, by the Sharks in the 2007 NHL Draft. He has spent his entire nine year career with San Jose, recording 213 goals and 224 assists in 582 games.

The native of Guelph is entering the final season of a five-year, $30 million contract and will be a free agent at the end of next season if not signed to an extension.