Although the Blue Jackets are focused on this season right now, and trying to make it back into the playoffs for the first time since 2020, there is still plenty of potential to look forward to in the next few years. A key piece of that potential is Adam Fantilli, and he's already showing it this season.
How Adam Fantilli became a Blue Jacket
Adam Fantilli's NHL story begins in 2019. He took a bit of an unorthodox route for Canadian hockey players by moving to the United States, where he played high school hockey to prepare for the United States Hockey League (USHL), deciding he liked that path better than playing in Canadian juniors.