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Could he still be a top pair guy? His numbers only dropped with Hines. Got better again last year. Dmen take a while to develop and he’s still very young…. What do you think?
Fabbro's issue with this coaching staff is he's too passive and sometimes when he rushes he panicks. Brunnette would rather you make a mistake being aggressive than to panick and turn it over, which has haunted Fabbro his entire young career.Could he still be a top pair guy? His numbers only dropped with Hines. Got better again last year. Dmen take a while to develop and he’s still very young…. What do you think?
It's entirely possible that as stated before he is walking (skating) on eggshells not to panic in fear of making a mistake. I agree that for some reason he is constantly relegated to the pressbox when I believe he needs to be on the ice. For him to gain confidence I believe is a two way street and management needs to show confidence in him. Give him a fair shot and if that doesn't work let him go elsewhere.Fabbro's issue with this coaching staff is he's too passive and sometimes when he rushes he panicks. Brunnette would rather you make a mistake being aggressive than to panick and turn it over, which has haunted Fabbro his entire young career.
If he settles and reduces the panick maybe learn to play more aggressive but controlled, he'll be outstanding. As he is now, he's average.
And it would be different if we had 6 better D and none of them made mistakes. (Or even 3 better on the right side). I don't believe in free lunches. But I also don't believe in double standards.It's entirely possible that as stated before he is walking (skating) on eggshells not to panic in fear of making a mistake. I agree that for some reason he is constantly relegated to the pressbox when I believe he needs to be on the ice. For him to gain confidence I believe is a two way street and management needs to show confidence in him. Give him a fair shot and if that doesn't work let him go elsewhere.
TBH, I'd rather NOT pay something to get them to retain on Gudas, or for us to take him back in the deal at all. We already have Schenn who plays the same game. It's not a great game that we really need more of.I'm in the mind of this:
Fabbro + Glass + TBL 2nd
for
Radko Gudas at 50%
Takes care of the cap crunch, gives Nashville a beefy RHD, and Anaheim gets young players.
TBH, I'd rather not pay something to get them to retain on Gudas, or to take him back in the deal at all. We already have Schenn who plays the same game. It's not a great game that we really need more of.
We may have to pay to dump Glass, we shouldn't have to pay anything to dump Fabbro. Put those two things together, we shouldn't have to give up anything, net. Then we can just sign Justin Schultz or Adam Boqvist or whoever on a cheap deal if we want another crappy RD to backfill the roster spot.
What makes him a solid fit with the freelance heavy "I wanna be a center" game of Josi is precisely the thing that makes him useless in this coach's system: a game suited to defending the blue line, defense first, and not taking chances.Fabbro's issue with this coaching staff is he's too passive and sometimes when he rushes he panicks. Brunnette would rather you make a mistake being aggressive than to panick and turn it over, which has haunted Fabbro his entire young career.
If he settles and reduces the panick maybe learn to play more aggressive but controlled, he'll be outstanding. As he is now, he's average.
I'm saying I don't even want Gudas, at all. Not at $2M, not at $775k. So I don't want to pay ANYTHING for that player.I have the pick to pay the Ducks to eat 2 mil of Gudas' contract
Someone can correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe Fabbro was more about assists in college while Farrance was the offensive defenseman. In the super brief time Farrance was here, he clearly had some skill running a powerplay. Given how fast he flamed out, I guess it was like everything else about his game wasn't good.Fabbro is such a curious case. He had that 1st round pedigree for a while that's completely worn off by now. I can't remember if he was projected to be more offensive or not when we grabbed him, but his point totals seem lower than what they should be. He passes the eye test, but doesn't really excel at anything on the ice. I think he's a dependable #4 that most teams would like to have, but as others have said, multiple coaching staffs have soured on him
The 2016 draft is kindof weird. Several players picked right after Fabbro failed harder then him: Logan Stanley, Keifer Bellows, etc. Then there are a couple absolute homeruns taken later: Tage Thompson, Alex DeBrincat, Jordan Kyrou, Samuel Girard, Filip Hronek, Adam Fox, etc.He was also a 17th overall. That draft was pretty good but turning into a competent #4ish defenseman is a perfectly good result at 17.