Overview

• The Sharks placed Vlasic on unconditional waivers to buy out the final year of his eight-year, $56 million contract.
• The move generates $2.33 million in salary-cap relief for the 2025-26 season.
• Vlasic closes his Sharks career with 1,323 regular-season games, ranking second in franchise history.
• The shutdown defenseman tallied 84 goals, 379 points and helped propel San Jose to the 2016 Stanley Cup Final.
• A Montreal native, he won Olympic gold with Canada at the 2014 Sochi Games and earned world championship silver medals in 2009 and 2017.