Confirmed with Link: Granlund + Ceci to DAL

[MrHeiskanen]

We don't desperately want a cup as evidence by such pathetic moves to try for one.

Ceci isn't a player a team wanting a cup brings on. Same could be said of signing Dumba and Lyubushkin. Lyubushkin had been fine enough at least, but a roster with all 3 is about as unserious as a team can get. It's basically a dcore you'd roll out of you were trying to tank not compete


I don't care about the 1st in and of itself. It's that it was pissed away on nothing, much like the Nils trade.

Yet he was on the Oilers in the SCF and now he is on the Stars who want another deep run.

Your analysis seems off.

 

[starsfan86]

Yet he was on the Oilers in the SCF and now he is on the Stars who want another deep run.

Your analysis seems off.

Looking at his basic stats, he’s been a plus player the past several season besides this year (and -9 isn’t terrible considering who he played for). I’m not a fan of him whatsoever, however, I’m willing to see what he can bring to the team.

 

[Satan]

Yet he was on the Oilers in the SCF and now he is on the Stars who want another deep run.

Your analysis seems off.

The same poster is saying Brock Nelson wouldn’t be an impact addition. Im not sure he watches hockey

 

[MrHeiskanen]

Now I ain't saying he is some amazing player, but holy people need to stop hating I am getting Lyubushkin flash backs about how horrid this guy is going to be and our D is ruined, etc. etc... yet he has made basically no mistakes all year and played solid.

 

[starsfan86]

The same poster is saying Brock Nelson wouldn’t be an impact addition. Im not sure he watches hockey

Nelson might not even get dealt if NYI continues to win.

 

[Frozen Failure]

I'm pretty sure Cody Ceci wouldn't get 20+ minutes ATOI if he was that bad.

Overexposed in his time in Ottawa, basically put back into #4 role everywhere else...

He's a #4 Dman who has been asked to be overexposed consistently at the NHL level. He won't set the world on fire, and his world won't be set on fire here. He will play 19-20 reliable minutes a night and thats all we can ask for right now.

Getting a 20 minute a night reliable #4 when there is literally /nothing/ else available and a top 9 slot anywhere forward for a first that has a very slim chance of even sniffing the NHL and a pick we don't care about... going to a team that's not going to be competing for 5-7 years...

Not a terrible deal, but the rental market is basically nonexistent given how tight the East is and the very limited amount of UFAs there are.

 

[M88K]

Yet he was on the Oilers in the SCF and now he is on the Stars who want another deep run.

Your analysis seems off.

The oilers who have 2 generational forwards that are able to outscore their defensive issues, that's your basis?

There's a reason that every fanbase that suffer through his play wants him gone. There's also a reason they dumped him this off-season.(some of it cap related)
He sucks, he's somewhere between Dumba and Suter.

Good god we are looking at a trifecta of shit defensemen in a 2yr period, Nill needs to retire before he gives any more term to another trash blueliner

Joel Hanley also was on a team in the SCF, and he sucks too.

 

[Magic Mittens]

Some people just can't be pleased.

There doesn't seem to be a lot of top 4 RHD available this year, and come deadline day, the price isn't going to be pretty.

Nill made a move to improve the forwards and strengthen the D. May not be exactly who everyone wanted, but he made the team better imo

 

[Arkham32]

The oilers who have 2 generational forwards that are able to outscore their defensive issues, that's your basis?

There's a reason that every fanbase that suffer through his play wants him gone. There's also a reason they dumped him this off-season.(some of it cap related)
He sucks, he's somewhere between Dumba and Suter.

Good god we are looking at a trifecta of shit defensemen in a 2yr period, Nill needs to retire before he gives any more term to another trash blueliner

Joel Hanley also was on a team in the SCF, and he sucks too.

Oilers rode one of the best pk to the final and ceci was a big part of that if you want to stop those two generational talents ceci is going to help with that.