from Elliotte Friedman of Sportsnet,

LONE-STAR JOE

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.

The Stars were determined to add scoring, and it looks like they have. Curious to see if San Jose tries someone like Jason Spezza on a one-year deal to help fill the spot.

WILL FLORIDA PULL IT OFF?

The Panthers took one more run at moving James Reimer on Saturday. A buyout is possible if that doesn’t work. That led to increased speculation Florida will land Sergei Bobrovsky, and we wait to see if that package is opened and out falls Artemi Panarin, too.

Unless the New York teams (Islanders/Rangers) outbid the Panthers for the winger, the state tax advantage is huge for Florida.

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