Honeslty thought both of them would get identical deals at $ 9 million at 8 years (similar to Stu and Sandy) but more since the cap's gone up since our guys signed.Why on earth would you figure Raymond would get more than Seider? Raymond, while a good player, is a smallish winger, Stu set the cap for him by being a better player in a more important position. If Raymond somehow got close to 9 then Yzerman should have gotten fired.
Seider is a big skilled RHD, I could see him pushing 9 mil, 8.5 would be a solid deal for him.
Seider positionally is more important to that team, but Raymond is their equivalent of Stu. Smallish winger who carried the offensive load when their captain went down.