It’s not done, but Adam Fantilli and the Columbus Blue Jackets have had some movement in talks
Sportsnet: Elliotte Friedman, on 32 Thoughts: The Podcast – Protection, Expansion & Change episode, on Columbus Blue Jackets RFA forward Adam Fantilli, who still need to work out a contract as training camp continues. There may have been some movement over the weekend.
** NHLRumors.com transcription
“As far as I know, I think there has been some movement, but obviously it’s not done. You know, I was after our last pod, I had some interesting conversations after our last pod. You know, it’s funny. You talk about things, or we talk about things on the pod, and it kicks conversations loose, and you hear some things.
And you know, I had a couple people say to me that just the number in the Gauthier deal. Look, we talked about the great structure of the Gauthier deal. The number came in lower than I think many of us expected, 13 and a half. But you’re willing to take a little less if you get written a check for $18.6 million on a day, right? So you sacrifice structure for the number.
Are the Columbus Blue Jackets creating more problems?
But you know a couple teams said to me, the overall number didn’t, probably help Columbus more than it helped Fantilli. Like Columbus can go and say, and you know my argument on this, Kyle. My argument is a good agent and a good negotiator will say, “Well, that’s their situation, not our situation.
But I think overall, people would say Columbus would look at Fantilli and say, ‘Hey, if Gauthier is 13.5, that should be above Fantilli.’ And we’ll see where it all goes.
Like, there’s no question that Fantilli’s camp is probably using all the pressure that Columbus is feeling as a way to get the best deal they can. So it’s poker, as we talk about this a lot. It’s poker.
Now, I think that, like I said, I think there’s been some movement, but obviously they’re not there.”
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