Confirmed Signing with Link: [MIN] D Brock Faber signs ELC with the Wild (3 years, $925k AAV)

[Lapa]

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[Nucker42]

Wished the Canucks made this deal with LA….

 

[57special]

Burning a year, on him? Hope I am wrong, and he is everything people say he is.

 

[Dr Jan Itor]

Burning a year, on him? Hope I am wrong, and he is everything people say he is.

It’s not as weird as you think it is.

 

[kilowatt]

Bummer that he didn't get that championship. Made it to the Quarters, Semis, and Finals, and never got it. Hope he does well with Minnesota, still think he's going to be a heck of a player.

 

[Lapa]

Any scouting reports from Gophers fans?

 

[GermanSpitfire]

One of the best prospects in the league that very few know about.

 

[Maurice of Orange]

Anyone got a pic of him signing his first NHL contract.

 

[KingPuckChoo]

Wished the Canucks made this deal with LA….

we got Fiala in return for him and Ohgren... would you have parted ways with your 1st liner (Pettersson)?

 

[Bjornar Moxnes]

we got Fiala in return for him and Ohgren... would you have parted ways with your 1st liner (Pettersson)?

Cannot even be compared.

 

[KingPuckChoo]

Cannot even be compared.

i'm just replying to his comment

i agree, a trade between LA and VAN would have been an impossibility as the only player that would have made sense from LA's pov is Pettersson

so i don't fully understand what's the point behind your reply, but most hfboard replies are always like that, all good

 

[Nucker42]

we got Fiala in return for him and Ohgren... would you have parted ways with your 1st liner (Pettersson)

Fiala and EP are same level? Lol…

 

[KingPuckChoo]

Fiala and EP are same level? Lol…

you have nobody at the same level of Fiala on the Canucks roster

therefore, keep wishing for Brock

bye

 

[crowi]

you have nobody at the same level of Fiala on the Canucks roster

therefore, keep wishing for Brock

bye

I bet someone will mention Boeser and act like he has similar value.

 

[bland]

Good for the Wild, this is going to be a special player. Exactly what every contender pays thru the nose for at every deadline. Potential captain, tremendous defensive awareness and mobility.

This Kings fan regretted that trade the second it was announced.

 

[Osakahaus]

How good is this guy supposed to be if the wild traded Fiala for him?

 

[Maurice of Orange]

How good is this guy supposed to be if the wild traded Fiala for him?

Could be a Norris Thophy winning defenseman or so I’ve been told.

Took that loss really hard last night after losing the National Championship to Quinnipiac.

 

[thestonedkoala]

How good is this guy supposed to be if the wild traded Fiala for him?

He was rumored to have value around a 1st round pick, maybe even a top 15 pick in last year's draft. When Minnesota traded Fiala, most consensus was that Minnesota got two first round picks for him.

 

[kings11]

Said this after his Fr and So seasons and his play this year confirmed it for me, the kid will step on the ice as a top 4 Dman. He’s that good!

My comp has always been a slightly less offensive Ryan Suter..

 

[ThatGuy22]

Said this after his Fr and So seasons and his play this year confirmed it for me, the kid will step on the ice as a top 4 Dman. He’s that good!

My comp has always been a slightly less offensive Ryan Suter..

Brodin-Faber gonna shut some people down next year...

 

[Herby]

Burning a year, on him? Hope I am wrong, and he is everything people say he is.

He was B10 dman of the year the last two years, we can disagree on how good he will be, but he was always going to burn a year.

 

[Obvious Fabertism]

Really excited to see him and his continued progression, I think he will become an elite shutdown and transition player in this league. He has said he models his game after Spurgeon, and he has all the makings and opportunity to round out the Wild's top 4, with Brodin available as a safety blanket for early adjustments over the next few seasons.

 

[57special]

Man, some of the comparisons on here… Suter? Seriously?

I hope I am wrong, but I saw nothing special with him in college. He probably should have been drafted in the late first rather than the second. The jump from the NCAA to the AHL is not small, nor is the jump from the AHL to the NHL, nvm to a top 4 spot, yet some here are suggesting that he will do it right away?

Fiala is an explosive, first line wing in his prime . You trade a couple of late firsts for that all day long.

A guy like Brodin was a defensive prodigy. Faber isn’t even close to where he was at a similar age.

 

[YP44]

think he will be a good player for a long time for the Wild.

 

[Prominence]

My memory may be foggy so take this with a grain of salt. I watched some minnesota games in the past as they have both knies and koster and I was more focused on those two than faber although faber does stand out.

Brock Faber has really good skating. His mobility and speed are very good. He generally makes good decisions on the ice. Good transitions as well (can exit his zone with the puck or enter the opposing zone with the puck).

He is versatile in the sense that he could be play in any pairing due to his skill set. I haven't watched him enough to conclude that he is a shutdown defenseman.

Points as a defenseman on that minnesota team is misleading because at various times, each guy got top pairing time. It switched between koster, johnson, lacombe and faber. Faber at best would be a 2nd pp guy or a guy that gets pp time as injuries pile up. What prevents him from playing on the pp is that he does not necessarily have top end tools in shooting or passing.

Suter is not a very good comparable. Suter plays a more conservative defensive game who tends to hug opposing players near the boards.

For what it's worth, i liked faber more than ryan johnson.