#1: Dante Fabbro
Remaining Contract: RFA in 2023
Dante Fabbro is at the top of my list of players that the Predators are most likely to trade before March 3. He has improved his trade value over the course of the season and being just 24 really helps his value even more.
Fabbro isn’t going to get you some massive haul in return, but he is a player you can move on from potentially even if the Predators remain in the same spot in the standings over the next 10 games.
It’s going to be tricky to retain Fabbro in the upcoming offseason, so why not unload him now? I’m just not confident that Fabbro’s ceiling is much higher than it is at right now. A quality defenseman who has a place in this league, but not on most teams’ top two pairings. Perhaps a few, and maybe there’s a team out there who really sees something in him. That’s what you need to be looking into if you’re Poile.
Fabbro has now played over 500 games for the Nashville Predators and is just 24-years-old. He has a ton of NHL experience for being so young. It would be difficult to let him go knowing he still has a long career ahead of him, but if the right deal comes along you take it and run.