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.
Wayne Gretzky is considered by many to be the greatest hockey player of all time. He enjoyed an illustrious 20 seasons in the NHL, playing 1,487 games in the process.
How many of the 18 NHL players since the 2000 Stanley Cup Playoffs to score 10 goals in multiple postseason runs can you name in five minutes?
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 2025 Stanley Cup playoffs are going to be exciting. There’ll be a ton of great matchups. The Edmonton Oilers and Los Angeles Kings meet for the fourth postseason in a row.
Multiple reports indicate the Hurricanes and Stars have agreed on the framework of a deal to send star winger Mikko Rantanen to Dallas just weeks after Carolina paid a premium to acquire him from the Avalanche, but it’s contingent on Rantanen and the Stars being in agreement on an extension to keep the pending UFA around past this season.
As the trade deadline approaches on March 7, everyone is wondering about the plans of the Montreal Canadiens' management. Will Jeff Gorton and Kent Hughes lean more toward selling or buying?
Imagine a world where Mikko Rantanen gets traded for a second time in one season. The first time was when he was traded from the Colorado Avalanche to the Carolina Hurricanes.
Darren Brown of Sound of Hockey: Trade tiers for the Seattle Kraken. No-doubt trade candidates – Yanni Gourde, and Brandon Tanev Could stay, but a trade wouldn’t be shocking – Josh Mahura, Oliver Bjorkstrand, and Andre Burakovsky.
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
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.
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