Monday, June 29, 2015

Pool Worthy RFAs Not Qualified

This list is going to be short, no matter how you slice it. Most players that are pool worthy, should be considered as regulars. The Vancouver Canucks did think otherwise on defenseman Yannick Weber, who was 81st among all defensemen in scoring, with 11 goals and 21 points.  He'll go to the free market, starting on Wednesday, open to sign with anyone who would care for his services.

Reports in the evening suggest that the Canucks will be trying to re-sign the 26-year old rearguard, but there is likely a chance that he'll explore the free agent market as well.

Later on, Monday evening, it was announced that the Arizona Coyotes were not going to qualify forward Mark Arcobello, who finished 184th in pool scoring among forwards, barely making the cut as pool worthy last season. He finished with 17 goals and 31 points in 77 games between Edmonton, Nashville, Pittsburgh and Arizona.  He was often on the move last season, so I would have to think that any new deal he would get would give him some stability, but who knows?

The undrafted 26-year old has made quite a few stops already, what's one more?  He would need to get on a pretty decent team for anyone to really consider him pool worthy, unless you're in a really deep draft.


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