SAN JOSE — Doug Wilson knocked a major item off his to-do list Saturday, ensuring that the Sharks top defenseman will be patrolling the blue line at the SAP Center well into the next decade.
According to TSN’s Pierre LeBrun, Marc-Edouard Vlasic, who’s widely considered the top-defensive defenseman in hockey, signed an eight-year, $56 million contract extension with the Sharks Saturday, waiving his ability to enter unrestricted free agency for the first time in his 11-year career next summer.
Vlasic’s contract comes on the heels of the eight-year, $64 million extension that fellow blue liner Brent Burns signed with the club in November.