Nashville Predators: Important Next Step for Dante Fabbro

NASHVILLE, TN - DECEMBER 7: Dante Fabbro #57 of the Nashville Predators celebrates his goal against the New Jersey Devils at Bridgestone Arena on December 7, 2019 in Nashville, Tennessee. (Photo by John Russell/NHLI via Getty Images)

Imagine being in college when all of a sudden your phone rings, and it’s the NHL team that drafted you saying they need you to play in some games at the end of the season and the playoffs. Thus began the NHL career of defenseman Dante Fabbro.

During the 2018-19 season, the Nashville Predators had one of the NHL’s most charismatic defensemen on their roster in P.K. Subban. At the beginning of that season, defenseman Dante Fabbro was still playing NCAA hockey for…