Different players different situations smaller cap hit. One player is past their prime the other had an injury riddled season.
The sens really dont need to dump Joseph yet either. Even if they sign pinto they are less than 10% over the cap and we dont know what injuries they have. I have heard one player likely wont even be able to start the season. The entire premise of this thread isnt necessary to begin with at this point. But to see other teams fans salivating over it its interesting. People used to not care about the sens in general, guessing the perception has changed.