The San Jose Sharks' offseason will be interesting, and with the buyout period about to begin, Marc-Edouard Vlasic's name comes to mind.

The San Jose Sharks are faced with the dilemma of possibly buying out one of their longest-tenured players, Marc-Edouard Vlasic.

Since the Vegas Golden Knights won the Stanley Cup last night, the NHL's buyout window starts 48 hours after.

Teams can buy out the rest of a player's contract but are forced to take a partial cap hit because of the buyout.

Vlasic has been subject to much scrutiny of his play declining recently. However, this season Vlasic was a sneaky solid defensive defenseman. 

Vlasic has always been known as a defensive-minded player and has only scored more than 30 points just three times in his career. 

"In 8-and-a-half games with [Erik Karlsson], I thought we played very well together. In the 8-and-a-half games we played together, we were +1. He had a bunch of points, so that’s exactly where we want it to be. Him at his best offensive game, me at my best defensive game, can only make him better defensively and me better offensively," Vlasic said during his exit interview. "And if he was +1 after 8-and-a-half games, imagine what it would be at after 82 games? Then we wouldn’t be talking about his -24."

According to CapFriendly, if Vlasic is bought out on June 16th, "[His] buyout spans six years, has a cost of $10,166,667 and savings of $5,083,333. Vlasic is 36 years of age at the time of the buyout; therefore, the buyout ratio is 2/3. With $15,250,000 in salary remaining, the cost is $10,166,667, and the savings are $5,083,333. Buyouts span twice the length of the remaining years, and because there are 3 years remaining in the contract, the buyout length is six years."

The biggest hesitation to this buyout is the overall length of it. Six years of dead cap can really hinder a team. Given where the San Jose Sharks are in the rebuild, a buyout isn't the worst idea.

Here is what Vlasic's dead cap hit would look like year to year.

23-24: $1,444,445
24-25: $4,194,445
25-26: $5,194,445
26-29: $1,694,445

Years two and three of the buyout would be the hardest to deal with for General Manager Mike Grier due to the amount. At that price of dead cap, that theoretically takes away a possible quality player that could be added to the roster.

It does not make sense to buy out Vlasic at this current time, and given what he did this past season, it looks like he still has some life to give to the San Jose Sharks.