2019-20 Predators Player Report Cards: Dante Fabbro

Photo by Derek Cain/Icon Sportswire via Getty ImagesLet’s go ahead and acknowledge that Dante Fabbro might have been in a bit of an unfair situation this season. After all, it was the young defender’s impressive stint at the end of the 2018-19 season that gave David Poile the confidence to trade away P.K. Subban, just one year after a Norris-nominated season. That was a lot of trust to put into a (then) 21-year-old who only had 10 games of professional hockey experience under his belt.

And as the season progressed, it became clear that Fabbro was—well—a rookie defender. There were moments that made you cringe, but there were also plenty of reminders of why Fabbro is considered a blue-chip…