Derrick Pouliot signed a one-year, $1.1 million contract with the Vancouver Canucks on Tuesday.
The 24-year-old defenseman could have become a restricted free agent July 1. He was not among the Canucks' pending RFAs to receive a qualifying offer by the 5 p.m. ET deadline Monday.
Pouliot signs one-year contract with Canucks
Defenseman gets $1.1 million to stay with Vancouver, could have been RFA
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