Red Wings Free Agency Roundup

The Red Wings made some deals today, and here’s the best place to find them all!

Before the action got started, Adam broke down the top 5 UFA
left wingers:
http://wingsnation.com/2016/7/1/top-5-ufa-left-wings-to-target

The Red Wings kicked off the day by resigning Darren
Helm to a five year, $3.875 million contract, for some weird reason:
http://wingsnation.com/2016/7/1/wings-commit-to-darren-helm-for-five-years-continue-confusing-offseason

Then, they resigned Alexey Marchenko to a two year,
$1.45 million contract:
http://wingsnation.com/2016/7/1/alexey-marchenko-re-signs-with-red-wings-for-two-years-1-45-million-aav

They made their first free agent signing, giving Matt Lorito a two year, two way deal: http://wingsnation.com/2016/7/1/matt-lorito-signs-with-red-wings

They made their “big fish” signing right after,
giving Frans Nielsen a six year, $5.25 million contract:
http://wingsnation.com/2016/7/1/wings-sign-frans-nielsen-to-six-year-31-5-million-contract

They also made the annual veteran deal as well, signing Thomas Vanek to a one year, $2.6 million contract: http://wingsnation.com/2016/7/1/wings-sign-thomas-vanek-to-1-year-2-6-million-contract

And they made another one as well, signing Steve Ott to a one year, $800K contract: http://wingsnation.com/2016/7/1/wings-sign-steve-ott-to-one-year-800k-contract

Also, a couple more minor league deals were made, including Ben Street and Edward Pasquale: