FRISCO -- For so long, Joe Pavelski envisioned his future in San Jose. It was the team who plucked him as a seventh-round draft pick in 2003 and where he spent the first 13 seasons of his NHL career blossoming into one of the league's best scorers despite checking in under six feet tall and under 200 pounds.
Then the summer approached, his contract expired and the Sharks had no cap space to retain their soon to be 35-year-old captain. The Stars offered him an alternative. On Monday, he took it.
The Stars signed Pavelski to a three-year contract on Monday averaging $7 million annually, addressing their top-six scoring issues by adding a player who scored 38 goals last year to their lineup.