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Red Wings Sign Dan Cleary, Stupidly Waste Roster/Cap/Contract Space

Happy Friday afternoon before Labor Day, everybody! You know what it means when you get to late Friday on a holiday weekend.

That's right, kiddos... we've got a signing the organization knows the fans will hate that they're going to sneak in!

Smile away, Dan.

I've fairly well covered how I feel about the concept of an illegal, unenforceable promise made to a guy who's taking up a currently-unkown cap hit, a current (waiver-eligible) roster spot, and a spot against the 50-man contract limit, but here's a quick reminder for you:

For one, Dan Cleary is not a valuable player and that the "loyalty" aspect of bringing him back should really have an opposite effect in showing potential free agents that you'll never be as loved as success story reclamation projects who have been with the team for a long time.