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Zaitsev and Brown traded to Ottawa

CarltonTheBear

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https://twitter.com/reporterchris/status/1145084200510459904

This would be weird, very weird. But hey why not.

Full official trade:

https://twitter.com/TSN_Sports/status/1145669264554242049
 
CarltonTheBear said:
https://twitter.com/reporterchris/status/1145084200510459904

This would be weird, very weird. But hey why not.
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Ceci is an unsigned RFA. He probably remains that way with the Leafs.
 
CarltonTheBear said:
https://twitter.com/reporterchris/status/1145084200510459904

This would be weird, very weird. But hey why not.
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Ceci is an RFA, qualified at 4.3M, what would his contract actually look like though?

We know the term will definitley be shorter and if the AAV is significantly lower than Zaitsev, then it makes sense for us I think.
 
Zee said:
Ceci is an unsigned RFA. He probably remains that way with the Leafs.
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He's already been given a qualifying offer. The Leafs wouldn't just let him walk anyway. He's not a top pair guy, probably not even a top-4 guy, but I'd wouldn't mind seeing what he can do outside of Ottawa. If they can't flip him for something valuable, I'd give him a 1-year deal.
 
CarltonTheBear said:
Zee said:
Ceci is an unsigned RFA. He probably remains that way with the Leafs.
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He's already been given a qualifying offer. The Leafs wouldn't just let him walk anyway. He's not a top pair guy, probably not even a top-4 guy, but I'd wouldn't mind seeing what he can do outside of Ottawa. If they can't flip him for something valuable, I'd give him a 1-year deal.
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If he walks away from his QO and goes to arbitration Leafs can walk away from the contract if he's awarded too much
 
From his perspective, accepting his QO is probably the way to go.

If he goes to arbitration and awaraded more, then the Leafs walk and he goes to unrestricted free agency and I doubt anyone is offering him 4.3M.
 
Zee said:
If he walks away from his QO and goes to arbitration Leafs can walk away from the contract if he's awarded too much
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Yeah, that's fair. I'd imagine at most he'd get $5mil through arbitration because of his minutes. He got $4.3mil in last years arbitration and his stats seem pretty much the same (very slightly better offensive numbers). I gotta think as long as he doesn't have big term there's somebody out there that would give up a 2nd rounder or something for Ceci.
 
McKenzie saying it's essentially done, just waiting for Toronto to pay the July 1st signing bonus:

https://twitter.com/TSNBobMcKenzie/status/1145126102245007361
https://twitter.com/TSNBobMcKenzie/status/1145129347805847552
 
I have a feeling the Leafs are hoping he goes to arbitration and they can walk away.  His underlying numbers are a bit weird...he's better offensively, but worse defensively, than Zaitsev.  I don't think he's exactly what the Leafs want/need.
 
Ceci's stats are terrible. This may be a good deal in a year, but it doesn't seem to be doing much for the Leafs this year. Wonder what the sweatener will be.
 
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