My immediate reaction to the Pittsburgh Penguins signing of Cody Ceci was to be a little underwhelmed, especially in the wake of the Jack Johnson buyout. Based on everything I had been led to believe from his time in Ottawa and Toronto it seemed like a mostly lateral move that might be a slight upgrade to the defense. Nothing major. Nothing to be overly excited about.
But, sometimes you swing and miss. In this case the person taking the big whiff was me, because not only has Ceci exceeded whatever low expectations existed for him at the start of the season, he has actually been really good.