When the Nashville Predators called Dante Fabbro’s name with the seventeenth choice in the First Round of the 2016 NHL Entry Draft on Friday, he joined his favorite team. It seems that Fabbro grew up modeling his game after Shea Weber and loving the Nashville Predators.
There were several nice quotes in an article by Adam Vingan of the Tennessean:
“I looked up to Shea Weber quite a bit when I was younger,” Fabbro said. “I think that just kind of came with the territory. Weber grew on me, and so did Nashville.