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Dante Fabbro contract

DefenseAge 28Columbus Blue Jackets
Cap hit 2026-27
$4.13M$4,125,000
CBJColumbus Blue Jackets · Jun 2025 – present

4 years · $16.5M total

Year 2 of 4 · expires after 2028-29 as a UFA at age 31

Contract timeline

UFA 2029 · age 31

2026-27 · CBJ · Cap hit $4.13M · Salary $4.13M

Annual pay vs. cap hit

25/26: pay $4,125,000, cap hit $4,125,000$4.13M25/2626/27: pay $4,125,000, cap hit $4,125,000$4.13M26/2727/28: pay $4,125,000, cap hit $4,125,000$4.13M27/2828/29: pay $4,125,000, cap hit $4,125,000$4.13M28/29
Total pay Cap hit

Year-by-year pay not confirmed; shown as an even split of the AAV.

Year by year

Dante Fabbro contract by season
Season2025-262026-272027-282028-29
TeamCBJCBJCBJCBJ
Cap hit$4.13M$4.13M$4.13M$4.13M
% of cap4.3%4.0%3.6%*cap not set yet
Total salary$4.13M$4.13M$4.13M$4.13M
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* Based on the projected salary cap for that season.

Signed Jun 29, 2025 with CBJ. Source announcement

Contract history

NSHStandard · 2024-251 year · $2.50M AAV · signed Mar 8, 2024
Contract 2024-25 to 2024-25 by season
Season2024-25
TeamCBJ
Cap hit$2.50M
% of cap2.8%
Total salary$2.50M
Base salary$2.50M
Signing bonus$0K
Perf. bonus$0K
Minors salary$2.50M
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Signed Mar 8, 2024 with NSH. Source announcement

NSHStandard · 2023-241 year · $2.50M AAV · signed Mar 3, 2023
Contract 2023-24 to 2023-24 by season
Season2023-24
TeamNSH
Cap hit$2.50M
% of cap3.0%
Total salary$2.50M
Base salary$2.50M
Signing bonus$0K
Perf. bonus$0K
Minors salary$2.50M
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Signed Mar 3, 2023 with NSH. Source announcement

NSHStandard · 2021-22 to 2022-232 years · $2.40M AAV · signed Aug 5, 2021
Contract 2021-22 to 2022-23 by season
Season2021-222022-23
TeamNSHNSH
Cap hit$2.40M$2.40M
% of cap2.9%2.9%
Total salary$2.40M$2.40M
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Signed Aug 5, 2021 with NSH. Source announcement

NSHEntry-level · 2018-19 to 2020-213 years · $925K AAV · signed Mar 27, 2019
Contract 2018-19 to 2020-21 by season
Season2018-192019-202020-21
TeamNSHNSHNSH
Cap hit$925K$925K$925K
% of cap1.2%1.1%1.1%
Total salary$925K$925K$925K
Base salary$833K$833K$833K
Signing bonus$93K$93K$93K
Perf. bonus$0K$850K$850K
Minors salary$70K$70K$70K
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Signed Mar 27, 2019 with NSH. Source announcement