Now multiple reports have surfaced connecting the Edmonton Oilers and Nashville Predators in a trade. The Predators could take on Ceci and other assets in exchange for multiple players from the Predators. Ceci's owed just $3.5M in salary annually, but that space can be used in plenty of ways at the trade deadline. According to Jeff Marek, it could happen sooner rather than later.
Jonathan Willis of the Athletic recently explained that the Oilers could move Ceci to the Predators, along with draft picks and prospects, to acquire defenceman Alexandre Carrier and forward Gustav Nyquist. This trade would be compliant with the salary cap, give the Oilers an upgrade on Cody Ceci, and add a scoring veteran centreman to the bottom six in Nyquist.
With these reports surfacing more often and from several sources, there's definitely credence to these rumours. In the coming weeks before the deadline, Oilers fans will closely be watching the Predators and checking for trades.
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FEVRIER 29 | 389 ANSWERS Oilers defenceman Cody Ceci connected in trade with western conference team Would you trade Ceci and assets for Carrier and Nyquist? | ||
Yes, that's a good trade and good deadline | 229 | 58.9 % |
No, it's a bad trade | 99 | 25.4 % |
Yes, but underwhelming deadline from Oilers | 61 | 15.7 % |
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