Ceci’s coming off a two-year bridge deal worth $2.8 million against the cap, so the Senators are basically saying he’s earned a raise of roughly 20 percent. Much like the numbers don’t really favor Rasmus Ristolainen in Buffalo — leaving his supporters to resort to a lot of “eye test” and “usage” arguments that don’t hold a lot of water when the numbers are this bad — the way in which both Ottawa’s offer and Ceci’s demand is too much money for the player is pretty clear. Just about every one of Ceci’s underlying stats are among the worst in the league and even relative to his really bad team, his possession numbers are abysmal.
