Stars closing on extension with pending UFA Pavelski

The Dallas Stars are closing on a contract extension with Joe Pavelski.

The 37-year-old, who is a pending unrestricted free agent, has 22 goals and 59 points in 56 games this season, his third with Dallas.

As @TheFourthPeriod has reported, the Dallas Stars and Joe Pavelski are closing in on a 1 year extension.

A seventh-round pick (205th overall) by the San Jose Sharks at the 2003 NHL Draft, Pavelski spent 13 seasons in San Jose before signing as a free agent with the Stars in July 2019.

A four-time NHL All-Star (2016, 2017, 2019, 2022), the Plover, Wisc. native earned Olympic silver with the United States at the 2010 Vancouver Games.

He is playing out the final season of a three-year, $21 million contract with an AAV of $7 million.