Ottawa Senators general manager Pierre Dorion predicted 11 days ago that a new contract with defenseman Cody Ceci would get done “within the next few weeks.”
His timeline proved to be quite accurate.
On Tuesday, the Senators announced they had re-signed the 22-year-old Ceci, a restricted free agent, to a two-year deal, worth a total value of $5.6 million.
The breakdown of the deal from the Senators states Ceci will receive $2.25 million in the first year of his new contract and $3.35 million in the second.
As per General Fanager, Ceci is slated to be a restricted free agent at the end of this deal, which means the Senators would have to match the salary Ceci made in the final season of the contract in their next qualifying offer to him two years from now.
It’s also a raise from the $1.369 million average annual value he was making with his entry-level contract. It was previously reported that the Senators offered Ceci both long and short-term deals.
The Senators put out a teaser of the news on Twitter, minutes before the announcement.
Anyone on Twitter today want some #Sens news? Just asking to see....
— Ottawa Senators (@Senators) August 23, 2016
Ceci is from Ottawa, where he also played his junior hockey, and a first-round pick of the Senators in 2012.
In his second full season with the Senators, he posted a new single-season career high in goals with 10 and points with 26.