Late Saturday evening, Elliotte Frieman released a report that indicated Joe Pavelski signing with Dallas is all but a done deal. He confirmed that the Lightning explored their options to make space for the veteran forward but that ultimately, Pavelski is likely to join the Stars when free agency officially begins on Monday.
Over the last 24 hours, there were plenty of rumours Tampa Bay was seeing what it needed to do to move space for Joe Pavelski. But, word late Saturday afternoon was Pavelski initiated talks with Dallas to be his second NHL home.