SAN JOSE – San Jose Sharks general manager Mike Grier does not have any regrets about how he handled Marc-Edouard Vlasic’s contract buyout, saying Thursday that he was upfront with the longtime NHL defenseman at the end of last season about the possibility of a change.

Vlasic said last month in Quebec City that he came away from his exit interview with Grier and the Sharks in April with a positive feeling and was under the impression at the time that he would be back for a 20th season in San Jose.

“I still have a residence in San Jose,” Vlasic told reporters in August. “It would have been honest of them to tell me right after the season, ‘By the way, we may (buy out your contract), so prepare your house.’ Instead, they did it (in late June).

“Now, I have a lot of things to think about.”

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