Cleary will join the Red Wings on a professional tryout agreement (PTO), Ansar Khan of MLive.com reports.

EDGE Analysis

Cleary's numbers have steadily declined since a career-best 2010-11 campaign, tallying 46, 33, 15, eight, and two points respectively in his last five seasons. Now at 37 years old and a year removed from professional hockey, it seems probably Cleary's role would merely be deep forward depth if he were to get signed longterm.