Veteran Sharks defenseman recalls moment when he realized injury “was pretty bad”

SAN JOSE – San Jose Sharks defenseman Marc-Edouard Vlasic said Saturday that the upper-body injury that kept him out all of training camp and the start of the regular season is improving and that he hopes to be available to play again before the end of the month.

Vlasic, now in his 19th NHL season, said the injury is “a lot of the upper back, actually.”

Vlasic couldn’t pinpoint when exactly he started to feel discomfort, but he said, “The plane ride (to the Bay Area) didn’t help...