Say it with me, Cody Ceci is not a good defenceman.
Let's take a look at the numbers. Lets start with his HDCF% last year during the regular season. He was literally the worst on the team 5v5 when it came to High Danger chances.
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He only got worse in the playoffs. He is not someone that you want on the ice when you have a lead with the bad reads and plays.
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You might say, McDoused that's just one metric. Here is his CF% 5v5 which was 7th worst on the team (only slightly better than the 1 game Kemp played and the 12 games Broberg played).
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What about the playoffs? Once again, he was worse in the playoffs than the regular season with a 42.42 CF%.
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You might not be a fan of corsi, so lets take a look at a few more metrics.
During the regular season he was 8th among dmen for SF% 5v5. This means that on a team that usually played in the offensive zone, he struggled to break even.
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As you can imagine this only got worse in the playoffs where his SF% went down to 44.31. He was hemmed in his own zone too often compared to the test of the defence. As a leader and a guy getting paid more, he should have better numbers.
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Still not convinved? Of the 9 defenceman that played for us last year, guess who had the team worst xGF% 5v5? Thats right, Cody Ceci with 52.88%.
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How about the playoffs? Much worse at 37.36%.
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Finally, he also was 6th among dmen for SCF% 5v5 with 52.10% during the regular season.
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Once again he was even worse in the playoffs with 38.14%.
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I'm all for acquiring a guy who can help bring down our goals against. Ceci has been a massive hole defensively this year. I actually think that whoever comes in will need to be better at transitioning the puck and spend less time in their own zone..