The Toronto Maple Leafs Should Not Re-Sign Cody Ceci

With younger, cheaper, and frankly, better options available, let’s explore why Cody Ceci’s time with the Toronto Maple Leafs should come to an end.

The Toronto Maple Leafs acquired Ceci from the Ottawa Senators on July 1, 2019. He was the centerpiece return of a trade that saw fan-favorite Connor Brown and the much-lambasted Nikita Zaitsev (and all of his horrendous contract) head the other way.

It was a price worth paying at the time; a versatile forward who was pushed down the depth chart into a fourth-liner and Zaitsev, who had simply become a contract the Leafs could not afford to keep, in exchange for a former first-round pick who could perhaps go through a bit of a career resurrection…