Yeah they seem to be setting him up to become a major player this year. Whether that means he'll be killed or perhaps take the place of someone higher up then him who may be killed, we'll have to find out.

I really like Joe Gannascoli, and I always liked his character, and it will be really interesting to see how they deal with the whole gay thing. He seems like he could become a very central character very early.

This news of his character having to flee to New Hampshire for some reason makes me think one of three things will happen...

A. Tony will put out a contract on his head and he'll somehow find out
B. Phil Leotardo and NY will put out a contract on his head and he'll be forced to lam it
C. He'll face indictment on the Jackie Aprile Jr murder charges and so he'll have to lam it