When the Red Wings made moves in free agency yesterday in an attempt to add depth in key areas to the team, they also added to a couple logjams and potentially squeezed themselves over the Salary Cap. Mike Green's and Brad Richards' combined $9M cap hit leaves them about $6M to sign their restricted free agents (including three forwards who will make the team). What's more though, the Green signing left the Wings with eight waiver-eligible defensemen going into next season.
Eight isn't exactly a bad number. Teams carry that from time-to time.