Cody Ceci wants 6M per year for his next contract. Let that sink in. He wants to get paid as much as Matt Dumba and more than Jacob Trouba. Luckily, Ottawa aren't as insane as Ceci offering 3.35M. Let me break this down.
Cody Ceci, a defenseman that does this (graph below), wants to get paid more than 2/3 defenseman such as Manson, Trouba, McDonagh, Skjei, Leddy, etc.
Getting paid 6M will make him tied for the 17th highest paid defenseman behind Yandle, Pietrangelo, and Karlsson and tied with Boychuk, Green, and Johnson. He would also get paid more than Hamilton, Keith and Niskanen.
For even more of a comparison, his contract would take about 7.5% of the cap space which is around the same as Dumba, Parayko, and Jones. Yes, a guy that puts up horrible Corsi and Fenwick, drags his team down offensively and defensively and not being able to supress shots if his life depended on it wants as much as the previously mentioned players who have proven themselves both offensively by racking up points and putting up solid defensive numbers.
Brayden Coburn at 3.7M is starting to sound good....