Sharks Opening Day Roster

Barabanov should be w/ Couture, they had great chem last season
Zadina should be in top 9, only way he can try to reach potential
Mukh should start w/ Barracuda and Thrun should be in the lineup

Vlasic has a NMC which means in addition to not being able to be traded, he also can't be sent to the minors. He also had a good season with Benning. He'll be in the lineup until the young guys REALLY show that they're able to be full time NHLers.

I don't think they'll buy him out unless the team is competitive faster than anticipated (like Seattle or Minnesota from a couple years back) and need to re-sign guys to bigger contracts

I agree, I thought Vlasic had a good season last year. Maybe it was Boughner? I was surprised.
Or maybe he was dealing with something we don't know about.

I mean he was injured a lot of the 2019 run and hasn't looked the same since. They also won all 4 games he played in in the Vegas series and lost the 3 games he was out for.
It sucks that he gets so much hate now. People forget just how important he was

Fell off after Braun was traded and never found a good partner since imo.
Plus the system changes.

Did not know that Vegas series stat.