Each week we take an in-depth look at young members of the organization while providing an overview of Habs prospects playing at the Junior (QMJHL, OHL, WHL) and collegiate (NCAA) level.
It bears repeating: Montreal has a mould for their defencemen. They like them with some size, but most all, mobile. They want their blue-liners to have some range but not stand around like towers when the slot is under siege. Mobility translates to better defensive gaps, adaptability, and puck-moving ability — arguably the most important aspect of the modern defenceman’s game.
Enter Gianni Fairbrother, part of a lineage of similarly built blue-liners picked from the 2019 crop by Montreal.