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Red Wings general manager Ken Holland has more money now to sign his own restricted free agents. (Mike Mulholland | MLive.com)

DENVER - The Detroit Red Wings cleared a decent amount of salary-cap space by dealing defenseman Jakub Kindl to Florida on Saturday.

But general manager Ken Holland said the move doesn't make him any more liable to make a trade before Monday's 3 p.m. deadline. It frees up cap space for next season.

"The biggest thing is it clears $2 million of cap space heading into the summer, when I got a number of restricted free agents to sign," Holland said. "We'll see where the cap is and how active we can be (with unrestricted free agency)."

The list of restricted free agents the Red Wings need to sign in the off-season includes goaltender Petr Mrazek, defensemen Danny DeKeyser and Alexey Marchenko and forwards Riley Sheahan and Teemu Pulkkinen.

The Red Wings received a sixth-round pick in 2017 and retained 15 percent of Kindl's salary (he has a $2.4 million cap hit through 2016-17).

Asked if the move at least gives the team more flexibility heading into Monday's trade deadline, Holland said "Not in the least."

"If you want to make a deal, there's always ways to make a deal," Holland said. "My thinking as we head into Monday is cap space nothing to do with whether we make a deal. It has to do with where the Detroit Red Wings are.

"Given the age of some of the key players on our team we took a run at it last year (trading prospects and picks for Erik Cole and Marek Zidlicky). Right now, do I anticipate us doing anything? I don't know. I don't anticipate trading any top prospects or high draft picks."

Kindl cleared waivers twice this season, including earlier in the week, after attempts to trade him were unsuccessful.

"(Panthers GM) Dale Tallon called me when he was on waivers this week and said they had interest but wasn't going to claim him," Holland said. "We talked over the last couple of days.

"I think Jakub is an NHL defenseman, he's done a nice job on the second power-play unit when we put him in. He just hasn't been able to establish himself."

The Red Wings signed Kindl to a four-year, $9.6 million contract in 2013.

"When we signed him it looked like he was going to take the next step for us," Holland said. "It never really happened. Florida is loading up, they're in first place, they're looking to make a run; they think Kindl can help their cause."

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