After months of waiting, we finally know the number. Adam Fantilli agreed to a six-year contract extension with the Blue Jackets this afternoon, putting pen to paper to the tune of $82.5 million dollars.
The Columbus Blue Jackets have needed good news in the worst kind of way. On Thursday afternoon, they were able to provide some to their fans. The Blue Jackets and Adam Fantilli agreed to a 6-year, $82.5 million contract that sees the talented forward tied to Columbus until the 2031-32 season.
Kirill Marchenko’s future in Columbus is becoming one of the NHL’s most interesting trade stories. In his latest Sportsnet trade board, Nick Kypreos wrote that Marchenko “desperately wants out” and identified the Toronto Maple Leafs, Montreal Canadiens and Edmonton Oilers as teams poised to try to make a deal.
The NHL has had an interesting new millennium. It was a league sans a salary cap when the 2000s started… and then the owners locked the players out for an entire season.
Elliotte Friedman is the first to report that Adam Fantilli has signed his extension with the Columbus Blue Jackets. The deal is six years and comes with an AAV of $13.75 million.
The Columbus Blue Jackets have locked up one of their most important young pieces. The Blue Jackets announced that they have signed center Adam Fantilli to a six-year contract with an annual average value of $13.75 million.
The Kirill Marchenko drama in Columbus hasn’t quieted down. Many feel he’s unlikely to stay with the Blue Jackets long-term, despite being at training camp and working hard.
The Blue Jackets have their final home game of the preseason, as they host the Pittsburgh Penguins tonight at Nationwide Arena. For two defense prospects, this is their last opportunity to make an impact during in-game action.
People will talk about the “Mount Rushmore” for a franchise, which is to say the four people, usually four players, that most define the franchise. Not always the four-best players, but the four that evoke the essence of the franchise.
Negotiations between the Columbus Blue Jackets and Adam Fantilli‘s camp continued Thursday. There’s a sense of progress, but nothing is finished. The money may no longer be the main obstacle.
Along with the news of some player reassignments this afternoon, the Blue Jackets have announced a couple of injuries on their blue line. With Carson Soucy already in training camp on a PTO, the solution to their problems may be right in front of them.
As part of their desperate desire to win a Stanley Cup with Connor McDavid, the Edmonton Oilers have made a lot of controversial decisions over the past few years.
We mentioned the possibility of more cuts from the Blue Jackets' training camp roster in the near future, and a few became clear today. This afternoon, the team reportedly placed three players on waivers in an attempt to send them to the Cleveland Monsters.
The Columbus Blue Jackets opened the preseason on Monday night with a 1-0 shootout win over the Detroit Red Wings, in a game that featured more American Hockey League players than National Hockey League players.
Columbus Blue Jackets’ head coach Rick Bowness caught the full attention of the hockey world at the end of last season when he went on a tirade about his players not caring about losing enough.
It's hard to believe, but we are now halfway through the preseason. Last night, the Blue Jackets played their second of four exhibition games, losing a 5-1 game against an NHL-heavy Buffalo Sabres roster.
While the Columbus Blue Jackets have wrapped up Training Camp and played their first exhibition contest, one player who has not reported is, unfortunately, one of their most important forwards.
After a rocky offseason, we are ready for some Blue Jackets hockey. Before that can take place, however, there are still some pieces of business for GM Don Waddell to get done.
The Columbus Blue Jackets are gearing up for a big season in which they will look to snap the second-longest active Stanley Cup Playoff drought in the Eastern Conference, and they may be down a man heading into the regular season after an injury during a preseason game Monday night.
There was a ton of noise around the Columbus Blue Jackets’ two best players, Zach Werenski and Kirill Marchenko, this offseason, and that will continue to be the case until either or both sign extensions to stick around.
The Columbus Blue Jackets opened training camp on Thursday in what the organization hoped would quietly calm a tumultuous offseason. While things were said to bring order from the chaos, some things have lingered.
The Columbus Blue Jackets had a publicly dramatic ending to the 2025-26 NHL season. The Blue Jackets were close to making the Stanley Cup Playoffs last year.