Dallas Stars goalie Anton Khudobin (35) watches as Vegas Golden Knights' Nicolas Roy (10), Paul Stastny (26) and Max Pacioretty (67) celebrate a goal during the second period of Game 2 of the NHL hockey Western Conference final, Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2020, in Edmonton, Alberta.

Vegas has reportedly traded center (and former Blue) Paul Stastny to Winnipeg, a move that is likely being done to open up salary cap space for Vegas to pursue Blues defenseman Alex Pietrangelo if he hits the free agent market today.

Vegas was already about $3 million over the cap (teams can be up to 10 percent over it in the offseason), and moving his contract, and trading goalie Marc-Andre Fleury, would give them enough space to sign Pietrangelo.

The Blues traded him there at the deadline in 2017-18 there and he was on the team that reached the Western Conference finals.

The Golden Knights are getting a fourth-round pick in 2022 and defenseman Carl Dahlstrom, who makes $850,000 a year, in return.

Teammate and close friend David Perron has spoken highly of his experience during his one season in Las Vegas.