Yep, Datsyuk and Sedins are older than Phaneuf, with their decline coming quickly. I would say the Sedins is fair and Datsyuk is probably a bargain. Tough comparable because of they're Fwds too.
Pietro you're right on, 4 yrs UFA but also 3 yrs RFA that brings it down.
If you look at Suter and Letang... Suter is 13 years at 7.7 mill hit... Letang at a 7.25 hit and those are old era deals where you could tack on low salary yrs... Sutter makes 2,1,1 in his final 3 years.
I'd take Dions at 7x7 over that deal, even though Suter is a better dman
Sorry, I have to correct you, Letang signed under these rules, the new rules. He is being paid 7.25m per across the board for all 8 years, now if we are going to put age into the argument, Pitt is buying 2 more prime years from Tang, he is 2 years younger then Dion.
As for the age of Dats,Sedins
Dats inked for only 3 years, the way he is playing, it sure looks like they are buying prime hockey
Sedins for only 4 years, once again looks like purchasing prime years. All those team leaders could have hit the open market and got more $ and term if they wanted to.