John Buccigross

So, you know, I just really think he's having a hard time now.

He's not scoring goals, which they kind of need him to score goals.

And he's only got, what, one, I think, since the Olympic break.

But, you know, Marchenko was very good last night.

He could have had a hat trick.

But, yeah, I think Fantilli, I just don't know if he's going to get to that superstar.

His contract's very interesting to me as an RFA.

Like, what's his play?

Do the Blue Jackets kind of tempt him with a Matt Boldy seven times seven and then hope he becomes a $12 million player like Matt Boldy is now?

Or do they kind of go, let's go two or three?

Let's go three times something.

Maybe his side, same thing.

Like, well, let's go two or three.

But I don't know.

I just wonder if he has the elite...

maybe hockey sense to make others better.

I wonder if he's just a really goal scoring phenom, but he's a ball.

He's a great kid.

He's slowly getting better.

So maybe, you know, when he's 26, 27, 28, he's going to turn into this 50 goal, 30 assist point per game guy, but he hasn't quite shown you.