The Vancouver Canucks have gone to work with their restricted free agents, as they have qualified forwards Alex Grenier and Mike Zalewski as well as defenseman Andrey Pedan. The three have predominantly spent their 2015-16 seasons as the AHL Utica Comets’ top players.
Two of the RFAs the most familiar to Canucks fans were not qualified. Forwards Emerson Etem and Linden Vey have not been qualified, and while the Canucks have told Etem’s agent to simply wait until draft day, Vey’s agent does not expect a qualifying offer from the Canucks.