Canucks ink Derrick Pouliot to 1-year, $1.1M deal

The Vancouver Canucks signed defenseman Derrick Pouliot to a one-year, one-way, $1.1-million contract, the team announced Tuesday.

Pouliot was a restricted free agent but did not receive a qualifying offer before Monday's 5 p.m. deadline, which gave him unrestricted status and freed him to sign with any team on July 1.

The Canucks likely non-tendered him in fear that an arbitrator would reward him with more than $1.1 million.

A former eighth overall pick of the Pittsburgh Penguins in 2012, the 24-year-old collected 22 points in 71 games with the Canucks this past season.