I would trade Fantilli. There I said it.

This is almost certainly not going to happen but if it were me it would. It was reported by Elliott Friedman that negotiations are on going with Columbus and Fantillis camp with the Blue Jackets offering around 12.5 million while Fantilli is looking more towards 15 million. Fantilli is looking for shorter term, probably in the 5 year range which would bring hin to free agency and Columbus is looking for 8 years for more cost certainty. If it were me I would do none of it. 

Fantilli is a player that I have taken a lot of interest in since he was drafted as I wanted to see how his game away from the puck would progress. It did not. Fantilli looks lost out there a lot of the time when the puck is not on his stick. He over commits in the offensive zone still quite a bit and his positioning defensively in all three zones is pretty much non existent. When he does get the puck in the slot he is lethal for sure and I imagine he will score his share because of it, but I would not want to take up 13 to 14 mil in cap space for a player that has to rely on his teammates as much as he does to get in those positions. If it were me I would be calling up some obvious weak analytically minded teams that are wooed by his speed and shot to see if I could get prime return now before I invest heavy into him. 

I wonder if the L.A. Kings might take the bait. They seem to have no interest in analytic models and need a center and scoring. Byfield and Trevor Moore , something like that. I would even add a player if I were Columbus if they pushed it, but Holland would probably just spe all over the place for Fantilli.