Just filling in a roster spot. They do have about 31 more players to sign. This gives them 59 players on the current roster. 12 which are reserves / futures contracts. Which means as the sign FA's and the draft, some of those will be replaced.
Figure that we have 7 draft picks and they typically bring in 10 to 12 UDFA. And we have 16 FA's, and they most likely sign 6 to 8 of them back.
That leaves about 5 spots or so for FA's. Well 5 to 12 as some of those reserves / futures players may be replaced.
OK, back to the melt downs.