ottawah
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- Jan 7, 2011
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Coming from Ottawa with season tickets I get to see Ceci all the time. Its nice to see him move up Buttons list. It is hard to say if its good or bad for him to not generate more talk. It may be better for him to be an after thought in the D draft for 2012, which I find sort of odd.
I still contend there are few better skaters than him at D (remember him getting back on the Swedish forward to stop the break at the U18? Made up two strides in less than half the length of the ice, penalty not withstanding.) Size wise for the top 15 d men he has the strongest build, and is only about an inch shorter than the tallest (Reinhart). Last year he was considered one of the very best defenders in the O, and took his offense to a new level in the new year and is averaging over a ppg this year. Plus he has an extra years experience, but is not much older than many of the other D men due to a very late birthday. He is perhaps (other than Murray) the most NHL ready dman in the draft due to his size, experience and style of play.
But somehow these days it seems steady with few mistakes is not worthy of draft talk.
But all in all, he will go first round, and after that it is all a crap shoot. I was talking to someone who claimed he was a scout (everyone seems to think they are these days) and his assessment was that he sees Ceci as a 3/4 dman in the NHL. the upside of a 1/2 is not really there, but he also said there is practically no downside. Considering how many first round busts there are, even in the top 10, you think a sure fire 3/4 D man would interest people, but they seem to shrug him off with "Good, but probably not great".
I still contend there are few better skaters than him at D (remember him getting back on the Swedish forward to stop the break at the U18? Made up two strides in less than half the length of the ice, penalty not withstanding.) Size wise for the top 15 d men he has the strongest build, and is only about an inch shorter than the tallest (Reinhart). Last year he was considered one of the very best defenders in the O, and took his offense to a new level in the new year and is averaging over a ppg this year. Plus he has an extra years experience, but is not much older than many of the other D men due to a very late birthday. He is perhaps (other than Murray) the most NHL ready dman in the draft due to his size, experience and style of play.
But somehow these days it seems steady with few mistakes is not worthy of draft talk.
But all in all, he will go first round, and after that it is all a crap shoot. I was talking to someone who claimed he was a scout (everyone seems to think they are these days) and his assessment was that he sees Ceci as a 3/4 dman in the NHL. the upside of a 1/2 is not really there, but he also said there is practically no downside. Considering how many first round busts there are, even in the top 10, you think a sure fire 3/4 D man would interest people, but they seem to shrug him off with "Good, but probably not great".