The Columbus Blue Jackets wrapped up their first week of training camp, and the one of the biggest puzzle pieces still waiting to fall in place is the signing of Adam Fantilli.
In today’s NHL rumors rundown, Sergei Bobrovsky is already making a significant impression inside the Toronto Maple Leafs’ locker room. Meanwhile, the Columbus Blue Jackets and Adam Fantilli remain stuck in contract negotiations.
NHL insider Frank Seravalli recently discussed the situation in Columbus, where the Blue Jackets are dealing with more than a few internal roster issues.
Adam Fantilli is holding back the Columbus Blue Jackets from making other roster decisions, according to Elliotte Friedman on the 32 Thoughts Podcast. Columbus wants to know what number Fantilli is looking for in terms of annual value on his next deal, but the overall number Fantilli is asking for doesn’t help the Jackets’ payroll.
The long summer is finally coming to an end. Tonight, the Blue Jackets will take the ice for the first time since April 14, with their first game of the preseason coming at home against the Detroit Red Wings.
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.
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.
Earlier this summer, Dan Millstein of Gold Star Hockey shared with ESPN’s Kevin Weekes that Kirill Marchenko wasn’t interested in extending with the Columbus Blue Jackets.
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.
The Columbus Blue Jackets have spent the entire offseason in the headlines — and not for the right reasons. Kirill Marchenko’s situation has been loud, messy, and increasingly public.
Columbus Blue Jackets forward Kirill Marchenko kept things vague when the media pressed him on his long-term future with the team, repeatedly steering the conversation back to hockey.
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.
Kirill Marchenko was at the center of the hockey news cycle at the 2026 NHL Draft when a report from ESPN’s Kevin Weekes came out indicating the forward was not willing to sign an extension with the Blue Jackets.
With just two weeks to prepare, and only four preseason games to sort out their roster; the Blue Jackets have not wasted any time at training camp. If their day one lines are any indication, the roster is mostly set, and it gives us some insight into their strategy this year.
To say last season ended in disastrous fashion for the Columbus Blue Jackets would be putting it moderately. After being in the thick of the playoff race
One of the strongest parts of the Columbus Blue Jackets roster last season was the defense, and the top four of the defense was one solidified unit. Until the end of the season where injuries, specifically to Damon Severson, caused a shake up, and one the team struggled to come back from.
TSN: The Columbus Blue Jackets and Adam Fantilli weren’t looking at eight-year deals, so the Tuesday deadline didn’t really apply to them, according to Pierre LeBrun.
Mike Priest, president and alternate governor of the Columbus Blue Jackets since 2007, will retire effective September 30, the team announced. Priest has spent the past 30 years with JMAC, Inc., the private family holding company of John P.
As expected, one of the masked men in Ohio is going to be out for the foreseeable future. When speaking to the media on Wednesday, Columbus Blue Jackets general manager Don Waddell revealed that goaltender Elvis Merzlikins failed his preseason physical, meaning he will miss the start of the 2026-27 regular season.
After a summer full of trade speculation, Zach Werenski is still a Columbus Blue Jacket, for now at least. Many around the hockey world believe the Werenski trade talk will reemerge sooner rather than later, especially if the Columbus Blue Jackets aren’t competing for a playoff spot.