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Fantilli Signs Six-Year, $82.5 Million Blue Jackets Deal

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Fantilli Signs Six-Year, $82.5 Million Blue Jackets Deal

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The Columbus Blue Jackets signed 21-year-old center Adam Fantilli to a six-year, $82.5 million extension worth $13.75 million annually through the 2031-32 season. The deal ends his holdout, which kept him out of the first week of training camp, ahead of Columbus’s season opener against Buffalo next week. The 2023 third overall pick becomes the team’s highest-paid player, surpassing defenseman Zach Werenski, after setting a career high with 59 points last season. The contract brings Columbus closer to the $104 million salary cap for 2025-26.

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Columbus is reportedly close to trading Kirill Marchenko, with terms being negotiated as the winger sits between two teams in a move that would send a top-six scorer who tallied 27 goals and 40 assists last season, while entering the final year of his contract. The Montreal Canadiens loom as a primary suitor among several others, including the Rangers, Penguins, Panthers, Oilers and Leafs, as discussions accelerate despite earlier assurances he would remain with the Blue Jackets.

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