Marc-Edouard Vlasic sustained head and knee injuries on a hit delivered by Jarret Stoll of the Los Angeles Kings in Game 5 of their first-round playoff series, but the San Jose Sharks defenseman told the Mercury News he should be good to go when the team gathers for training camp in September.

“It’s a question of time - it’s the exact same injury I had two years ago a the world championships (MCL sprain) and it takes six to eight weeks to heal,” Vlasic said. “If I take care of it now, I should be 100 percent come training camp.”

While Vlasic wishes he could have helped his team finish off the Kings when they were up 3-0 in the opening round of the Stanley Cup playoffs, he doesn't believe his absence was the difference.

"That’s not the reason why we lost, though I think I could have helped the team just being there, a calm presence, getting the guys going, just playing my game,” he said. “But it’s not the reason we lost or why were were 0-for-6 on the power play in Game 7, or why we scored three goals in three games. I’m not going to score five goals in three games."

“It just sucked for me personally sitting on the sidelines, knowing that I could have helped the team if I was in the lineup,” he added. “But it’s not the reason why we lost at all.”

A healthy Vlasic will no doubt help the Sharks' chances in 2014-15.