​The ripple effects of Leo Carlsson’s massive raise after the Anaheim Ducks matched the Philadelphia Flyers’ $90 million offer sheet are fanning out across all NHL markets.More: Will Columbus Blue Jackets’ Adam Fantilli sign an offer sheet?That includes Columbus, where the Blue Jackets must re-sign three key restricted free agents led by top center Adam Fantilli, who mirrors Carlsson statistically.Getting Fantilli’s signature on a contract with an average annual value between $10-12 million, even short term, no longer feels realistic thanks to the Flyers hurling a giant boulder into what used to be a pristine summer lake for NHL GMs. Now, it’s anyone’s guess how much it might take to keep him.Carlsson, whom the Ducks retained by matching a heavily front-loaded offer worth $18 million annually, is now the NHL’s highest-paid player. Selected second overall in 2023, one spot ahead of Fantilli, Carlsson has a career scoring line of 61 goals, 80 assists and 141 points.Fantilli, selected third by the Blue Jackets, has 67-73-140 over 213 games in his first three NHL seasons, including a career-high 31 goals in 2024-25, to almost match Carlsson point-for-point, although Fantilli has a significantly lower plus/minus rating of -30 to -1 for Anaheim’s top center.The two play the same position with different styles, but the results are almost carbon copies. Fantilli’s asking price has almost certainly shot up since Carlsson’s offer sheet, which could put the Blue Jackets in a bind despite the team sitting on what PuckPedia, an NHL salary tracking site, calculates as $23.3 million in cap space.”That’s fair to say,” Blue Jackets president/general manager Don Waddell said. “The price of RFAs went up, and now it’s up to us to find a fair deal for all our RFAs.”Here’s how things could get sticky for the Blue Jackets:Columbus Blue Jackets face arbitration with Cole Sillinger, Jet GreavesThe Jackets’ other two unsigned RFAs, forward Cole Sillinger and Jet Greaves, each filed for player-elected salary arbitration before the NHL’s July 5 deadline.Each now has a hearing date in Toronto. Greaves is scheduled to go there on July 23 and Sillinger on July 27, although players no longer have to attend with their agents. Waddell plans to attend, if necessary, but he’d like to re-sign all three of his RFAs and avoid arbitration.After all, the Blue Jackets haven’t been part of an arbitration hearing in 25 years. Unfortunately for the team, that might be what it takes to get things moving. Waddell said talks are happening with the agents for all three players on a regular basis, but nothing has materialized yet.Since Greaves and Sillinger elected arbitration, the Blue Jackets got to choose whether they would negotiate on one- or two-year contracts. They chose one year for each, since both players will reach unrestricted free agency in two years.According to AFP Analytics, a site that projects NHL contract values, it could cost the Blue Jackets $4.3 million t