It's a huge deal. Larkin will be making less when his deal is up in all likelihood, which will naturally open room for Seider to get his big pay day should all things be going well. Meanwhile, we stagger the negotiations for Raymond and Seider and won't have to balance them against each other and make roster moves to open up cap space (which is what the Walman deal achieved, ultimately). Our long term cap structure is great, the current UFA sins (Copp, Chiarot, Holl and to a lesser extent Compher) will be long gone and our current crop of young players will be ready to be signed.