Adam Fantilli will be entering his third NHL campaign this fall. This will burn off the last year of his entry level contract, which means the Blue Jackets need to figure out which direction they want to go with their budding young star's next deal.
It's hard to believe we are already at this point. The Jackets picked Fantilli third overall at the 2023 NHL Draft, after one of the worst seasons in franchise history. In a rare stroke of luck, they saw the player they may have coveted the most fall into their laps with the third pick, and thus far he has been everything we hoped he would be.