Quoting: csick
Ceci's issue isn't minutes. The guy cant handle a puck and doesn't know what to do with it when its on his stick. He cant control it and struggles with it and ices it when a guy is running at him. Its like hes playing hot potato
Than why would a coach, whose job is to make the team win, want to play a player like that? Why not just send him to the minors? he clearly isn't any better than Ben Harpur so why even put him there year after year after year. Not just one coach either. Different coaches with the same utilization of him?
Maybe the reason he mishandles the pucks as much as he does is because he's too tired to make a better play and that he's always facing the other teams best and fastest players? I mean, he was a consensus 1st round pick in the day for something. He can't be completely useless. He obviously has some skills.
I think simply because he was a 1st rounder, he is expected to be a top pairing guy and thus is being forced into a slot he isn't able to give the team. Like trying to fit a square peg into a round hole. Maybe the coach should look into finding some squares holes to fit him in rather than the latter.
Not saying he'll be elite or anything, just saying in a reduced role where he isn't being utilized against the other teams top end players or being overused he'll be able to provide good value IMO. 18-19 minutes a night where he sees primarily 3rd and 4th line players, coupled with playing with a far superior overall team should help him show everyone what he is able to do well.