Confirmed Trade: [ANA/DET] Robby Fabbri and 2025 4th round pick for Gage Alexander

[sxvnert]

Solid dump for the Wings.

 

[Mrfenn92]

Good

 

[ZDH]

Solid dump for the Wings.

Feels good.

 

[norrisnick]

He shot at 18.6%. I’d hardly call that snake bitten.

He was at 31.7% through Jan 17th and then at 8.9% the rest of the year.

 

[5 14 6 1]

Making room for Evander Kane
Very wise

 

[Petes2424]

Detroit upgrades a player today for basically the same money. Anaheim gets a hell of a great story, and a player nobody will ever say a bad thing about.

The only thing about Fabbri is, you just can’t trust him to stay on the ice.

I’ve never seen a player not care about his own welfare like Fabbri does. The dude just keep going like the Energizer Bunny, knee after knee replacement. I’ve also never seen someone on their 5th knee, still have the speed he does.

Anaheim will love him this year and flip him for a 3rd Rd pick at the deadline.

 

[OgeeOgelthorpe]

i didn't realize that fabbri was that bad.

He sucks defensively. Solid 3rd line scoring and a good dude in the room but he’s a liability in his own zone.

 

[WingsToPick4th]

Goodbye Bobby Eyebrows <3

 

[LuGBuG]

Both teams happy with a trade. An HF unicorn.

 

[Marc the Habs Fan]

Out curiosity, does this mean they're not allowed to trade either of those?

They actually traded the lesser of those 2 picks to Montreal in the Jeff Petry trade last summer, so that's why the conditions are listed like that.

 

[Ciao]

I was just thinking that Detroit needs another minor league goaltender.

With only four goalies on their NHL roster, you never know when you might need another warm body.

Couldn't they have just accepted a bag of pucks they might actually use?

 

[Oddbob]

i didn't realize that fabbri was that bad.

He isn't, he is just hurt all the time. He competes hard every shift when in the lineup eventhough he is no good at all in his own end. Easy player to root for.

Did Fabbri play LW or RW in Detroit?

Both.

 

[Oddbob]

Out curiosity, does this mean they're not allowed to trade either of those?

You can trade them, the conditions go with in a trade.

 

[Oddbob]

I was just thinking that Detroit needs another minor league goaltender.

With only four goalies on their NHL roster, you never know when you might need another warm body.

Couldn't they have just accepted a bag of pucks they might actually use?

Anaheim likely wanted to move the contract slot by giving a player back. Teams like to keep the number of contracts coming and going out close to even. You only get 50.

 

[jani]

This is so much better for the Ducks than "E. Kane to ANA to reach the floor", which was thrown out there by some.

 

[Henkka]

Quite a good trade:

Tarasenko + Alexander <> 4th + Fabbri

Using the UFA positive gain to make a negative trade.

 

[crashthenet]

amazing - salary out!!

I don't think Verbeek has this figured out. This and the Dumoulin trade should have yielded some type of asset. Both teams looking to move salary.

 

[BelovedIsles]

Gets another chance with another rebuilding team.

 

[KirkAlbuquerque]

Fabbri keeps getting traded for crap lol

 

[BKarchitect]

This version of Anaheim somehow feels like the perfect spot for Fabbri. He will have a couple of really hot months where he is pacing for 30 goals and 60 points, then he will stop scoring entirely and then he will likely miss 20 games. But…the Ducks needed a temp depth solution with a bit of scoring pop on the wing so he will serve a purpose.

Detroit is further ahead in its process and the dumping of guys like Fabbri and Sprong - while useful on the scoresheet in stretches - shows an awareness that it’s time to move on from band-aid solutions.

 

[Jersey Fan 12]

Seven goalies under contract. More to come.

 

[MMC]

It's funny because I've been thinking this entire offseason that PV would probably love to dump Alexander off somewhere as the Ducks had 7 goalies under contract and he was by the worst one with the lowest upside, didn't think Detroit who also had 6 goalies signed would be the taker though

 

[Hobnobs]

It's funny because I've been thinking this entire offseason that PV would probably love to dump Alexander off somewhere as the Ducks had 7 goalies under contract and he was by the worst one with the lowest upside, didn't think Detroit who also had 6 goalies signed would be the taker though

Most likely to place in Toledo in case Bednar moves up a level. Don't see him (Alexander) as one of our goalies in the A.

 

[Jersey Fan 12]

It's funny because I've been thinking this entire offseason that PV would probably love to dump Alexander off somewhere as the Ducks had 7 goalies under contract and he was by the worst one with the lowest upside, didn't think Detroit who also had 6 goalies signed would be the taker though

Imagine that's a paperwork transition to make the roster/cap numbers work.

Don't see him actually playing unless one (or two) of the vets are moved and Cossa ends up in Detroit.

 

[The Duck Knight]

I don't think Verbeek has this figured out. This and the Dumoulin trade should have yielded some type of asset. Both teams looking to move salary.

Detroit paid Anaheim a 4th to take Fabbri.