MEET THE NEW GUY: PACIFIC DIVISION

BY BRIAN COSTELLO

The writing was on the wall for ROBBY FABBRI in Detroit last season. Despite tying his career high with 18 goals, he was near a career low in ice time. At 12:52 per game, he was well below the 16:42 he averaged over the previous four seasons and ranked 10th among Red Wings forwards. That’s effectively fourth-line deployment. Detroit traded Fabbri and a fourth-round pick to Anaheim in July. Fabbri, 28, will be a middle-six winger who can step in and take faceoffs and provide a veteran presence in the dressing room. The Vegas Golden Knights picked up ANTHONY MANTHA at the trade deadline in March to bolster their secondary scoring. The sniping winger was slow to adjust and wound up a healthy scratch for four of seven playoff games. That’s…

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