With free agency less than 36 hours away, the Capitals took care of some business with the pending restricted free agents, qualifying eight players and allowing four to hit the open market.
The Caps qualified the five RFAs who spent the bulk of their time in Washington this past season, Eric Fehr, Boyd Gordon, Milan Jurcina, Shaone Morrisonn and Jeff Schultz, as well as Chris Bourque, Kyle Wilson and Steve Pinizzotto who spent most of their season in Hershey.
This means while another team can sign these players, the Caps will have the right to match the offer and retain the skater, or collect compensation in the form of a draft pick if they don't.
And, all but Bourque and Schultz have arbitration rights, meaning they can file by July 5 in case they feel they can't come to terms with Washington.
As for Andrew Joudrey, Daren Machesney, Travis Morin and Sasha Pokulok, they weren't given qualifying offers, meaning they are free to sign with any other franchise.
Pokulok's release is the disappointing end to the team's 2005 first-round choice, who was selected 14th overall out of Cornell, but played only eight games with the Bears this past year, and 23 with the Stingrays.
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