Faced with a cap crunch brought on by the impending return of Zach Hyman, the Toronto Maple Leafs have no choice but to try and send a few players to the Marlies in order to fit him in under the cap.
Unfortunately, they seem to value Cody Ceci more than they value having spare players around.
Then again, maybe not.
Perhaps a trade is being worked on. Perhaps they see something in Ceci that I do not. Perhaps teams are low-balling them instead of helping them with their biggest problem.
You just don’t know, and they aren’t talking.