Editor's note: This article is part of an ongoing series in which Kevin Kurz will highlight a different Sharks player every day leading up to the start of training camp.
Name/Position: Marc-Edouard Vlasic, D
Age: 28
2015-16 cap hit/contract: $4.25 million, signed through 2017-18
2014-15 year in review: In 70 games, Marc-Edouard Vlasic tallied 9 goals and 23 points while his +12 rating was tied with Joe Pavelski for the team lead. He missed four games in February with an unspecified upper body injury (not a concussion), and the final seven games of the season with a lower body injury.