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Logan Couture might use Jeff Skinner’s contract in future talks

NHL Award Nominee Media Availability

at the 2011 NHL Awards nominee media availability at the Palms Casino Resort on June 21, 2011 in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Bruce Bennett

Logan Couture followed Jeff Skinner in the 2011 Calder Trophy voting and has produced similar stats in his career.

CSNBayArea.com’s Kevin Kurz believes that Couture should (eventually) try to parallel Skinner’s earnings the next time he discusses a contract with the San Jose Sharks, then.

Logan Couture’s eyes must have lit up when he saw the deal that Skinner, who edged out Couture for the Calder Trophy as NHL Rookie of the Year after the 2010-11 season, inked with the Hurricanes. The left winger will earn slightly more than $34 million over the six-year term of the deal, which averages out to a salary cap hit of $5.725 a year beginning with the 2013-14 season. ... The numbers that Skinner and Couture have put up in their first two full NHL seasons are eerily similar. In 159 games, the 23-year-old Couture has 121 points, or .76 points per game. Skinner, 20, has 107 points in 146 games in his first two seasons, for an average of .73 points per game.

Luckily for the Sharks, they wrapped up Couture to a bargain two-year, $5.75 million deal that begins next season, so they won’t have to worry about throwing Skinner-type cash his way for a while.

Couture’s reps might make note of the comparison when contract talks roll around again, though.