NHL: San Jose Sharks defenseman Marc-Edouard Vlasic needed a fresh start, and he’s getting one this season under David Quinn
David Quinn went to Montreal this summer to meet with Marc-Edouard Vlasic, part of the first-year Sharks coach’s mini-tour of Eastern Canada to personally introduce himself to some of the team’s veteran players.“I said, ‘Listen, you’re part of the solution here,’” Quinn said last week. “I don’t know what’s gone on before I got here, but you’re a guy we’re going to lean on. You’re going to play against up lines, you’re going to kill penalties.
With Vlasic’s increased role, he already eclipsed 20 minutes in ice time two times in his first four games, something that happened only three times in 75 games last season. “I never had it, not even from the start. If you give me that opportunity, I’ll take it. But if you never give it to me I can never take it.”
Vlasic was a third-pair defenseman throughout much of last season, and his ice time dipped to an average of 13:39 per game last December. Then, for one of the few times in his NHL career, Vlasic was a healthy scratch, sitting for a Jan. 4 game in Detroit against the Red Wings.
“He’s got a long track record in this league of being a really good player, and I want to give him every opportunity to be the player that he’s capable of being still. I think he’s got a lot of good hockey ahead of him.”
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