DETROIT, MICH -- The Red Wings have signed restricted free agent defenseman Brendan Smith on a two-year, $5.5 million deal. Smith will make $2.75 million AAV.
Wings have signed defenseman Brendan Smith to a two-year deal worth $2.75 million per season.
— Ansar Khan (@AnsarKhanMLive) June 30, 2015
Detroit will now have Xavier Ouellet, and Alexey Marchenko as the odd men out.. So if they are meaning to get them into the lineup, it will have to happen via trade or a player going on waivers.