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Value of: Robby Fabbri at the TDL
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WingsMJN2965
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Not seeing much of a Maroon comparison at all.
Fabbri put up .5 PPG as a 19 year old before he got derailed by injuries. Maroon didn't even break into the NHL until he was 25, and only came close to Fabbri's 19 year old production when he was thrown on a line with two guys currently on pace for 150+ points each.
Fabbri's currently at 6 points in 5 games with the worst team in the league. He almost certainly doesn't maintain that pace, but even a half PPG pace for Fabbri playing with Athanasiou and Filppula is significantly better than a half PPG pace for Maroon playing with McDavid and Draisaitl.
Not to mention Maroon was a pending UFA when traded.
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No reason for Detroit to trade good young players unless you want to rebuild forever. I feel like some people here would be happier winning the draft lottery than the stanley cup.
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The other guy was right. He's worth about a 3rd.
Lots of guys can be given time on bad teams and put up 35 pts. I mean, it's not like it's worth nothing.
But deep down you probably know that's what about he's worth and that if he was some actual solution for a team, then you'd want to keep him yourself. No team can use secondary scoring more than DET. Not sure what you were expecting to hear, but I can't see anyone giving much more than what's been stated.
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Detroit is still loaded on young wingers. Realistically next years top 6 wingers will likely be Mantha, Bertuzzi, Zadina, and AA.
Wings desperately need secondary scoring and since Fabbri and Perlini were added to the team you can see the difference. Fabbri has the potential to be a 50 point player if he can find a way to stay healthy. Perlini doesn't have the hands or finesse of Fabbri but has speed and great size to be an effective third liner. Good pickups by Stevie and hopefully they can contribute to the rebuild instead of being pawns at the TDL.
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The issue wasn't his suggestion that Fabbri was worth a 3rd.
... It was in comparing him to Maroon, who isn't even close to the same situation.
He’s not the sort of player that contenders would view as the missing piece for their playoff run; as a 23yo impending RFA there’s no reason he has to be traded at the TDL; and with the Wings having plenty of cap space and being short on talent and secondary scoring there’s no reason he has to be traded at all. Given all of the above, if the Wings try to flip him at the TDL it’s for one reason and one reason only: they don’t think he can stay healthy and productive going forward and are hoping that a borderline team desperate to improve will be stupid enough to overpay for him before anyone finds that out.
That being the case, it’s a bit disingenuous to argue that his youth and RFA status make him worth more as a deadline acquisition than Maroon. If he’s really that valuable then the Wings are better off keeping him, or at least trading him in the offseason for an upgrade in another area, but trying to flip him at the TDL because you don’t like his future potential while at the same time arguing that he should be worth more because of it seems incongruous.
That being the case, it’s a bit disingenuous to argue that his youth and RFA status make him worth more as a deadline acquisition than Maroon. If he’s really that valuable then the Wings are better off keeping him, or at least trading him in the offseason for an upgrade in another area, but trying to flip him at the TDL because you don’t like his future potential while at the same time arguing that he should be worth more because of it seems incongruous.
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We could easily put Zadina, AA, or Fabbri on the third line for extra scoring.
Zero reason for Detroit to trade Fabbri. Let’s give him consistent playing time and see where he is after the year. He has been flashing a lot of promise and had a great showing last night
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The thread wasn't started for a collection of posts on why Detroit shouldn't trade him, it was started to question what his value would be.
well he just got traded for De la Rose, so that is the ballpark for you
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That trade was generally considered a landslide for Detroit even before Fabbri put up as many points in his first 5 games with Detroit as he did in his last 40 with St. Louis.
And the post clearly outlines that it would be what is his value based on him putting up 35-40 points by the TDL.
This isn't that tough of a concept.
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The problem with the thread is there are too many hypotheticals and not enough sample size. It would require too much for to Detroit to consider it and other teams are going to be wary based on previous injuries.
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He's a pending RFA with 3-4 years left of team control. He's also only 23. He's the kind of player a rebuilding team would grab and hold on to. Probably not a trade deadline day possibility - unless a team really overpays for him but I can't see that happening.
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