I personally wasn’t sold on Dante Fabbro slotting right into the top four on defense for the Nashville Predators.
What we’d seen in a limited sample size was promising, but as anyone who evaluates players knows, sample size is pretty crucial in accuracy. While P.K. Subban had clearly lost a step physically, I felt that the Predators choosing to ship him out for a minimal return and then not adding another defender in the offseason was a bit of a flawed process, sacrificing some logic in the never-ending pursuit of Matt Duchene.
In spite of this relatively harsh criticism, I wanted Fabbro to succeed, and his flashes of early potential had me excited for what he could become with a great partner like Mattias Ekholm, who was coming off of a career year.