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Top 3 Players the Toronto Maple Leafs Should NOT Re-Sign

By Stephen Nixon

TORONTO, ON - OCTOBER 7: Cody Ceci #83 of the Toronto Maple Leafs chats with teammate Jason Spezza #19 during warm-up prior to action against the St. Louis Blues in an NHL game at Scotiabank Arena on October 7, 2019 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The Blues defeated the Maple Leafs 3-2. (Photo by Claus Andersen/Getty Images)
TORONTO, ON - OCTOBER 7: Cody Ceci #83 of the Toronto Maple Leafs chats with teammate Jason Spezza #19 during warm-up prior to action against the St. Louis Blues in an NHL game at Scotiabank Arena on October 7, 2019 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The Blues defeated the Maple Leafs 3-2. (Photo by Claus Andersen/Getty Images) /
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TORONTO, ON – FEBRUARY 1: Cody Ceci #83 of the Toronto Maple Leafs . (Photo by Kevin Sousa/NHLI via Getty Images) /

#3. Cody Ceci

Although he had more goals than Mitch Marner (LOL) in the playoffs, Ceci must go.

Ceci is coming off a $4.5 million cap-hit and it’s unsure what his price-tag will be in the offseason, but any dollar invested into him is not worth it.

The lights are brighter in the playoffs and when adversity hits, you want someone you can trust on your blue-line.

That player is not Ceci.

During overtime, Ceci had a great opportunity to fire the puck on net with Jason Spezza screening the goaltender in front. He had a defender near him but he still had a ton of time to shoot the puck and get something on net.

Instead, he airmailed one 80 feet sideways to give Columbus possession ruining a huge chance.

Ceci continued his ‘incredible’ play in Game 5.

Morgan Rielly set up Ceci perfectly who then had a chance for an easy five-foot pass to Kasperi Kapanen who was breaking down the middle of the ice.

Instead of executing this Peewee-level pass, he missed Kapanen completely leading to a missed chance.

Who knows if Kapanen would have been able to get the puck through, but there were two Leafs in-front screening the goaltender and it could have created a chance.

The Leafs cannot take an opportunity on re-signing Ceci, especially with Rasmus Sandin, Mikko Lehtonen and Timothy Liljegren all vowing for a spot on the blue-line next year.

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