When the Los Angeles Kings signed defender Cody Ceci to a four-year contract this offseason, fans around the league were quick to question what the Kings’ front office was thinking.
A well-balanced squad of 13 forwards, eight defensemen and two goaltenders, the Kings look to climb further than last year’s first round defeat at the hands of the Edmonton Oilers.
Is it more valuable to have one dominant goaltender or two very good ones? It depends on the time of year. Come the postseason, there’s a correlation between trusting one bellcow starter and winning the Stanley Cup.
How many of the players with at least 80 points in the 2024-25 NHL season can you name in five minutes?
Eric Stephens of The Athletic: (mailbag) Anaheim Ducks defensemen Jacob Trouba and Radko Gudas are entering the final years of their contract. If the Ducks are in playoff contention, it’s unlikely that they would move either, unless either player wants to be moved.
NHL head coaches have to hire good assistants. They have to set an overarching philosophy, juggle lineup configurations, and do the kind of “man management” that is impossible to track statistically.
It almost sounds made up, but it's completely true. By the end of his current contract, veteran defenseman Cody Ceci will have earned more total money in the NHL than Wayne Gretzky.
It's not the kind of headline you want to see just months after leaving a team, but Cody Ceci is now getting attention for all the wrong reasons. In The Athletic's annual list of the ten worst contracts in the NHL, Ceci was ranked ninth overall for the upcoming season.
There is still time for these teams to change their offseason, and one big trade can still impact things, but through the first week, these teams have dropped the ball. So far.
NHL free agency opened on Tuesday, and, so far, 181 contracts have been signed worth almost $800,000,000 total. Which contracts will age well, and which had fans shaking their heads at the numbers?
The Los Angeles Kings have announced that they have signed defenseman Cody Ceci to a four-year, $18 million contract, which carries an average annual value (AAV) of $4.5 million.
The NHL's free-agent signing period opened on Tuesday, and while there were some very good contracts handed out, there were also some very questionable deals.
The Los Angeles Kings have agreed to terms on multi-year deals with defensemen Cody Ceci and Brian Dumoulin, as well as goaltender Anton Forsberg, the club announced Tuesday morning.
The Los Angeles Kings have confirmed they have signed defenseman Cody Ceci to a four-year contract with an average annual value (AAV) of $4,500,000 through the 2028-29 season.
The Kings aren't afraid to spend in free agency.
The Stars don’t have many restricted free agents.
The Dallas Stars are on the brink of elimination as they trail the Edmonton Oilers, who have a 3-1 series lead after four games, and are hoping for a miracle as they try to get to the Stanley Cup Final.
This time last year, Cody Ceci faced off against the Dallas Stars in the Western Conference Final with the Edmonton Oilers. This time, he finds himself on the other end of the ice as a member of the Stars, looking to defeat his former Oilers teammates for a spot in the Stanley Cup Final.
The Sharks nearly dealt pending unrestricted free agent defenseman Cody Ceci to the Canucks before sending him to the Stars along with Mikael Granlund over the weekend, David Pagnotta of The Fourth Period said Tuesday.
The Edmonton Oilers have recently been connected to two defenders from a rebuilding team, and one of them, they should try to avoid at all costs. David
The San Jose Sharks traded for Cody Ceci during the offseason to bolster their blueline. At the time, Ceci felt unsettled after leaving the Edmonton Oilers.
Former Oilers defenceman Cody Ceci is playing his first season with the rebuilding San Jose Sharks, and he's producing the worst results in the NHL by some advanced stats.
This post is a correction post from a post I originally published a few days ago. In that post, I suggested that the Edmonton Oilers look at the idea of bringing back Cody Ceci at 50% retained because a report by Chris Johnston of TSN and The Athletic suggested the San Jose Sharks might be open to moving him.
ANAHEIM — How to stop the San Jose Sharks’ parade to the penalty box? Cody Ceci offered a new idea, after the Sharks dropped a 3-1 decision to the Anaheim Ducks.
The Edmonton Oilers are trying to save on the margins.
The Edmonton Oilers are going to need to clear some salary cap space ahead of next season, and there will be limited ways for them to do so. Salary resource site PuckPedia has the club $354k over the upper limit, and the team still has to sign restricted free agents Dylan Holloway and Philip Broberg to extensions.
Few players have taken more heat in Edmonton over the last year or two than Cody Ceci. Some of it has been justified and may have been harsh, but the truth is he’s often found himself playing above where he should in the Oilers lineup.
The Florida Panthers were able to take Game 1 of the Stanley Cup Final on Saturday night, earning a 3-0 win over the Edmonton Oilers to take an early 1-0 series lead.
The idea of adding a top-pairing, right-shot defenceman ahead of the trade deadline is a divisive topic among Nation Citizens right now.
With the NHL trade deadline only weeks away, the Oilers are actively exploring options to free up cap space and strengthen their roster for a deep playoff run.
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