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Sabres Considering Replacing GM Kevyn Adams

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The Sabres have opened the door on talks to remove Kevyn Adams from the general manager’s post, Matthew Fairburn and Tim Graham of The Athletic report. If they go in that direction, the announcement won’t be made until next week after Buffalo wraps up its Western Conference road trip.

If Buffalo does put a new face in the GM’s chair, it may not mean an outright firing for Adams. There has long been speculation that Buffalo would prefer to keep Adams in its front office in a different role. Whether that comes to pass remains to be seen, but his strong relationship with owner Terry Pegula was the main reason he was put into the role in the first place nearly six years ago, as Fairburn and Graham write. He was something of a shock promotion after the Sabres parted ways with Jason Botterill, previously serving as the team’s senior VP of business administration.

This time around, the Sabres have a much more experienced and logical promotion candidate in former Blue Jackets GM Jarmo Kekäläinen. Buffalo brought the 59-year-old in as a senior advisor to Adams over the offseason. He’s done most of his work for the club remotely, though, and Fairburn and Graham report he’s currently in his native Finland dealing with a personal matter. If he’s to be Adams’ successor, they won’t be making a move until he’s back stateside.

The Sabres may have gained some goodwill with their fanbase with back-to-back wins, but it’s far too early to tell if that’s the beginning of something bigger in what’s been an incredibly streaky season. Through the ups and downs, they’re last in the Eastern Conference with a 13-14-4 record, on track to extend their all-time record postseason drought to a 15th season.

2025-26 is Adams’ sixth season as GM. Adams only has winning records on two of those campaigns, peaking with an excruciatingly close 42-33-7 record in 2022-23 that had them just one point out of a playoff berth. His career record now stands at 177-196-42 (.477), the eighth-worst points percentage in the league since he took over in the 2020 offseason. Using that as a catch-all for Adams’ skill as a front-office executive is overbearing, though, given Buffalo’s now long-standing losing culture and suspected underfunding and overstepping by ownership.

The Sabres’ step back since that bright spot in 2022-23 has no longer made complacency an option, though. After regressing to 84 points in 2023-24, they fired head coach Don Granato and replaced him with franchise all-time wins leader Lindy Ruff, whose final season in his first stint with the club was the first year of their playoff drought. It marked the seventh coaching change of the period, and with Ruff on an expiring deal and virtually untouchable due to his status in the club’s (and league’s) record books, another behind-the-bench move isn’t a realistic option at this time.

Buffalo gave Adams a multi-year extension back in 2022, but never released the terms. That deal remains active and runs through the 2026-27 season, per Fairburn and Graham.

Hurricanes Sign Joel Nystrom To Four-Year Extension

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The Hurricanes announced they’ve signed rookie defenseman Joel Nystrom to a four-year, $4.9MM contract extension. The deal carries a cap hit of $1.225MM beginning next season and running through the 2029-30 campaign.

Nystrom was ticketed for restricted free agency next summer as he wraps up his entry-level contract. The right-shot Swede was a seventh-round pick in 2021 out of the SHL’s Färjestad BK and spent three seasons there before inking a two-year ELC with Carolina in 2024. The Canes loaned him back out to Färjestad for most of last season but brought him over to finish the year with AHL Chicago once his season ended.

Now, he’s an under-the-radar success story who lands multi-year security before most fans outside of Carolina – even hardcore ones – even know his name. The 5’11” puck-mover didn’t even make the Canes’ opening night roster but only lasted three games in the AHL, recording one assist, before getting called up to Carolina in late October in the wake of Jaccob Slavin’s injury.

The 23-year-old’s lengthy resume of professional play in his home country no doubt pushed him higher up on the depth chart for a recall despite his lack of North American professional experience. He won a league title with Färjestad as a sophomore in 2022 and ended his five-year tenure with the club last year after recording a 25-61–86 scoring line in 221 games with a +13 rating. In his final two seasons with the club, he led or co-led its blue line in scoring with 26 and 27 points, respectively, in 51 games each.

Nystrom’s game relies purely on his transition skills. He may have some long-term upside as a secondary power-play quarterback, but he has just four assists through 23 games, averaging a few ticks over 16 minutes per night. Physicality is almost entirely absent from his game, recording just 14 blocks and five hits. Nevertheless, he’s been active with the puck and has usurped veteran Mike Reilly for a regular job in the lineup while Slavin continues to rehab from his lower-body injury. His 59.0% share of expected goals at 5-on-5 ranks third among Carolina defenders behind Reilly and K’Andre Miller.

For this season, it’s hard to envision Nystrom sticking in the lineup when Slavin returns. His waiver-exempt status makes it likely he’ll be the one ferried to the minors to open up a roster spot rather than Carolina exposing a piece of valuable veteran depth in Reilly to the wire. Reilly is a pending unrestricted free agent, though, leaving the door wide open for Nystrom to open the season on the Canes’ roster in 2026-27. His new seven-figure salary makes him a safe bet to do so.

His cap hit will be beneath the buriable threshold by the time the deal wraps up if he doesn’t pan out as a long-term NHLer, so there’s little risk for the Canes in that sense. If he can stick around as an everyday second or third-pairing right-shot option with power-play upside, that’s a bargain play. Still, it’s jarring to see a player land nearly $5MM in guaranteed money – particularly as a late-round pick – before even scoring their first NHL goal. The only recent precedent for that is Sabres defender Mattias Samuelsson, who inked a much richer seven-year, $30MM extension in 2022 after going goalless with 12 assists through his first 52 NHL appearances.

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Victor Hedman To Undergo Elbow Surgery, Out Six Weeks

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Lightning captain Victor Hedman will undergo elbow surgery next Monday, head coach Jon Cooper told reporters (including Eduardo A. Encina of the Tampa Bay Times). He’ll miss around six weeks and is expected to return in time to play for Sweden at the Olympics in February.

The procedure will ideally put an end to the lingering effects Hedman has been dealing with for the past month-plus. The 34-year-old initially sustained the previously undisclosed injury on Nov. 8 against the Capitals. He missed nearly a month while trying non-surgical remedies and returned to action on Dec. 6 against the Islanders. He played just three games, never topping the 18-minute mark in ice time, before landing back on injured reserve before yesterday’s 8-4 drubbing of the Devils.

The silver lining is that the Bolts have already gotten used to playing without their top defender, and the results have been awe-inspiring. They’ve gone 10-6-0 since Hedman first left the lineup, and they’ve also been without their second pairing of Erik Černák and Ryan McDonagh for most of that time. Their possession metrics back up their record, controlling 53.2% of shot attempts at 5-on-5.

Hedman, a seven-time All-Star and a first-ballot Hall-of-Famer, has been increasingly sheltered at even strength in the past few seasons. That trend continued before his injury, starting a career-high 61.7% of his 5-on-5 shifts in the offensive zone. Despite that, he produced his worst possession metrics in three years and didn’t score a goal on 25 shots through 18 appearances, although he does still rank second among Lightning defensemen with 12 assists, behind Darren Raddysh’s 16.

Until the Olympic break, the Lightning will look to ride the wave their patchwork top-four has given them. Their temporary top pair of Raddysh and J.J. Moser has controlled a remarkable 62.8% of expected goals at 5-on-5, while 27-year-old rookie Charle-Edouard D’Astous and Emil Martinsen Lilleberg have also gelled quite well in second-pairing duties.

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Oilers Acquire Tristan Jarry, Spencer Stastney

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9:45 a.m.: All three teams have confirmed the trades. The Penguins confirmed that the draft pick acquired from the Oilers will be Edmonton’s 2029 second-round pick. No salary was retained in either deal.

9:02 a.m.: The Edmonton Oilers are reportedly close to making a pair of significant trades today. According to Sportsnet’s Elliotte Friedman, the Oilers are working to acquire netminder Tristan Jarry from the Pittsburgh Penguins and defenseman Spencer Stastney from the Nashville Predators. Shortly thereafter, TSN’s Pierre LeBrun confirmed that Jarry is heading to Edmonton.

As trade details continue to trickle in, LeBrun reported that Stastney will cost Edmonton their 2027 third-round pick. Meanwhile, insider Frank Seravalli suggests that Stuart Skinner and another player are a part of the package going to Pittsburgh for Jarry. ESPN’s Kevin Weekes added that defenseman Brett Kulak and a draft pick are also going to Pittsburgh, while former first-round pick Samuel Poulin is headed to Alberta.

Edmonton’s interest in Jarry has been well-known for the last few weeks. A day before American Thanksgiving, Weekes reported that Jarry had been generating trade interest from around the league and that the Oilers were far and away the most interested — for good reason. Given the tight salary cap situation for the Oilers, it’s likely that trade conversations between Edmonton and Pittsburgh have been going on for the last several weeks.

After playing relatively well for the Oilers throughout their first run to the Stanley Cup Final in 2024, Edmonton returned to the Cup Final last season despite Skinner’s performance. He didn’t play in all the potential games throughout last year’s push, but he finished with a .889 SV% in 15 contests, including a more than disappointing .861 SV% in five games against the Florida Panthers.

The situation has worsened this season, and obviously reached a boiling point for the Oilers’ front office. Through Edmonton’s first 33 games, the duo of Skinner and Calvin Pickard has combined for a .879 SV%. There was no help available via recall either, as third-string netminder Connor Ingram owns a .868 mark with the AHL’s Bakersfield Condors.

If Jarry continues his current resurgence, the Oilers should have some newfound stability in the crease. In 13 starts this season, Jarry has a 9-3-1 record with a .909 SV% and 2.66 GAA. According to MoneyPuck, for netminders that have played in 10 or more games, Jarry is ranked 22nd in the league for Goals Saved Above Expected this season. He’s by no means the best netminder in the league this season, though he’s performing much better than Skinner and Pickard, who are ranked 32nd and 52nd, respectively.

Still, Jarry has been volatile in his own right. Last season, in what was the worst performance of his professional career, Jarry finished with a .892 SV% and 3.12 GAA, ranking 33rd in GSAx. If he reverts to that form as he finishes out the remaining three years of his five-year, $28.66MM contract, the Oilers will be in a world of trouble.

At any rate, while they acquired a pair of pending unrestricted free agents in Skinner and Kulak, it’s nothing but a win for the Penguins to receive a second-round pick for Jarry’s services. One year ago, Pittsburgh placed Jarry on the waiver wire, meaning the Oilers could have had him for free had they been able to make the money work. The fact that the Penguins were able to get actual assets for Jarry a year later is a testament to their patience.

Meanwhile, the Oilers have swapped Kulak’s $2.75MM cap hit with Stastney’s $825K. Despite finishing with the highest point production of his career last season, Kulak has struggled through the first few months of the 2025-26 campaign.

Registering only two assists in 31 games, it became apparent that Kulak’s time with the Oilers may be coming to an end. Typically reliable on the defensive side of the puck, Kulak’s 87.0% on-ice save percentage at even strength was troubling considering that he had never finished with lower than an 89.0% mark throughout his 12-year career.

Stastney, 25, offers more on the offensive side of the puck and is actually performing better on the defensive side of the puck compared to Kulak this season. The pending restricted free agent blueliner has scored one goal and nine points in 30 games this season for the Predators, averaging a 90.0% on-ice save percentage.

Lastly, as a part of the Jarry trade, the Penguins have finally moved on from Poulin. The 24-year-old had appeared in a few games for the Penguins this season, but failed to do much with his opportunity despite being given middle-six minutes. Still, he’s been on a tear in the AHL, scoring nine goals and 20 points in 22 games. He’ll likely report directly to the Oilers, considering the number of injuries they’ve had to their depth forwards this season.

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Penguins Activate Rickard Rakell, Loan Harrison Brunicke To Team Canada

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As expected, the Pittsburgh Penguins have thinned out their defensive core in favor of their forward group. The Penguins announced that they’ve activated forward Rickard Rakell from the injured reserve and have loaned defenseman Harrison Brunicke to U20 Team Canada for the 2026 World Junior Championships.

Rakell returns after more than a month-long absence. The top-six winger broke his left hand in the Penguins’ October 25th matchup against the Columbus Blue Jackets and was given a six-to eight-week recovery timeline after undergoing surgery. That recovery timeline was accurate, as Rakell will return having missed seven weeks.

Before exiting the lineup, Rakell played a large role in the Penguins’ 6-2-1 start to the 2025-26 campaign. Typically playing on a line next to Sidney Crosby, Rakell scored three goals and eight points in those nine contests, averaging 17:44 of ice time per night.

While remaining competitive in a tightly wound Eastern Conference, Pittsburgh has clearly suffered without its top winger. There have been several additional injuries, but the Penguins have managed an 8-6-6 record in the 20 games without Rakell, falling to the final wild-card spot in the Eastern Conference.

Fortunately for Rakell, his return game will be against an organization with which he has had plenty of success throughout his career. Largely due to his time with the Anaheim Ducks earlier in his career, Rakell has scored 16 goals and 33 points in 39 games against the Sharks since the 2012-13 campaign. Additionally, Rakell has scored 13 goals and 28 points in 35 games against the Edmonton Oilers, who Pittsburgh plays on Tuesday.

Meanwhile, Brunicke will officially join Team Canada for the World Junior Championships after spending the last few weeks with the AHL’s Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins over the last few weeks. Brunicke, 19, tallied four assists in five games for the AHL Penguins with a +2 rating.

As one of several projected players with NHL experience, it’s nearly a given that Brunicke will remain with Team Canada after they cut their roster down. Cracking the Penguins’ roster out of training camp this season, Brunicke has scored one goal in nine games, averaging 15:43 of ice time per game. He’s two years removed from playing with Team Canada’s U18 team, scoring one goal and four points in seven tournament contests.

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Logan Cooley Out Eight Weeks

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The Mammoth have received clarity on star center Logan Cooley’s recent lower-body injury, and it’s a mixed bag of news. He’ll be sidelined for at least eight weeks, the team announced.

Based on how it looked, Utah’s likely happy with the outcome, since it’s not a season-ending absence. In Cooley’s most recent appearance against the Canucks last Friday, he spun out while trying to deliver on a scoring chance and smacked his left knee into the right post of the Vancouver net, dislodging it. The bird’s-eye cam appeared to show significant stress on his knee during the collision, but a two-month timeline indicates there wasn’t significant structural damage.

It was the second time in a week that Cooley’s left knee took hard contact. He left a Nov. 29 game against the Blues after being involved in a knee-on-knee collision with Alexey Toropchenko. That also looked like a long-term absence, but he ended up with only an eyebrow-raising strain and was back in the lineup for their next game two days later.

What began as an auspicious season for Utah has turned into a rather anxiety-inducing one. Cooley, until now, hadn’t been a part of that. Still just 21 years old, he’s their leading goal-scorer with 14 in 29 appearances and has added nine assists for 23 points. He’s shooting at a team-high 23.7% clip and is averaging 17:49 of ice time per game, third among Mammoth forwards behind Clayton Keller and Nick Schmaltz.

Utah has already dropped three games in a row with Cooley out of the lineup. That’s brought them down to a 14-15-3 record, only scoring five goals in those three games. Their 8-2-0 tear through the beginning of October also props up that record. Since Oct. 28, the Mammoth are 6-13-3 (.341), the worst points percentage in the NHL during that span.

A team with an already below-average finishing rate losing its best shooter isn’t a good recipe to get them out of that hole. Their strong underlying numbers still give them a 35.1% chance of turning things around and making the playoffs, per MoneyPuck, but they’ll now have to string some wins together without the services of their top center. With other names down the middle like Barrett Hayton (five points in 27 games) and Jack McBain (nine points in 32 games) struggling to produce, it’s fair to wonder if general manager Bill Armstrong will begin to pursue stopgap options to give Utah a bigger offensive punch down the middle until Cooley can return.

Canucks Activate Thatcher Demko

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Dec. 11: The Canucks formally announced Demko’s activation. Nikita Tolopilo was returned to AHL Abbotsford in the corresponding move. The 25-year-old Belarusian ends his recent string of call-ups with a 2-1-0 record in four appearances, posting a promising .911 SV% and 2.74 GAA.

Dec. 9: The Canucks are likely to have starting goaltender Thatcher Demko back in the crease when they host the Sabres on Thursday, head coach Adam Foote told reporters following last night’s game (including Brendan Batchelor of Sportsnet 950).

Demko’s return will come several days past his initial target date. The oft-injured starter sustained a lower-body injury against the Jets on Nov. 11, leaving the game after the first period. It’s believed to be a groin issue, unrelated to the knee issues that cost him a significant chunk of the 2024 calendar year. He was listed as week-to-week but was expected to be back in the lineup by the end of November.

While that didn’t happen, a late return is better than no return at all. Demko looked like his old self before landing on IR. His .903 SV% and 2.80 GAA in 10 starts don’t jump off the page, but they should when put in the context of Vancouver allowing a league-high 3.75 expected goals against per 60 minutes at all situations, per MoneyPuck. Demko has saved 6.3 goals above expected, and his save percentage is 25 points better than what high-workload backup option Kevin Lankinen has put on offer.

With an 11-16-3 record and seemingly unsolvable defensive warts, playoffs are all but out of the question in Vancouver this season. Getting Demko back should at least stop the bleeding, as the team now deals with offensive woes, scoring only 1.50 goals per game since Thanksgiving.

Demko’s early resurgence was significant in proving Vancouver didn’t significantly err by giving him a relatively rich three-year extension this summer. Kicking in next year, the deal carries a cap hit of $8.5MM and boasts a full no-movement clause. If Demko were to keep that level of play up and were open to a move if the Canucks engage in a complete teardown, that cap hit wouldn’t be prohibitive in trade talks.

Bruins Activate Charlie McAvoy

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Charlie McAvoy is making a quicker return to action than anyone expected. The Bruins announced he’s been activated from injured reserve, putting him in the lineup tonight against the Jets, less than a month after major facial surgery as a result of taking a puck to the face. Boston has been operating with an open roster spot for several days, so no corresponding move is required.

The B’s have been without their top defensemen for the last 11 games. That coincided with a 6-5-0 record, boosted by an active three-game winning streak, showing up in a big way to keep themselves in the Atlantic Division playoff race while he was out. Regaining his two-way versatility is a major boon to a Boston team that’s been one of the worst 5-on-5 possession teams in the league.

McAvoy is without a goal this year but racked up 14 assists in 19 games before needing surgery, and he’s the only Boston defenseman with a positive shot differential (157-156) at 5-on-5. For a forward group that struggles to generate offense from its depth ranks, having his playmaking ability on the back end is crucial as well. Those 14 points still have him tops among Bruins rearguards and fifth on the team in scoring.

His pairing with Nikita Zadorov has been Boston’s best, both in controlling play and on the defensive end. They lead the team with a 56.7 xGF% and 1.78 xGA/60 at 5-on-5, per MoneyPuck (min. 100 minutes). That xGA/60 figure is third in the league. Jonathan Aspirot, a 26-year-old rookie, has gotten most of the reps alongside Zadorov in McAvoy’s absence. The 6’0″ lefty has done a good job on his offside with a +8 rating in 18 appearances, although a 47.6% shot share and 43.8% expected goal share at 5-on-5 point toward that figure being inflated due to Jeremy Swayman’s stellar goaltending.

With Henri Jokiharju and depth options Michael Callahan and Jordan Harris on injured reserve, McAvoy’s return is all the more important for Boston’s banged-up defense corps. Victor Söderström, who has one assist and a +3 rating in three games since being recalled from AHL Providence last week, is expected to be the odd man out while Aspirot stays in.

McAvoy’s conditioning will be something to keep an eye on. He still can’t eat solid food until the six-week mark after the surgery, and he told reporters late last week that he lost nearly 20 pounds in only a week and a half following surgery. They’ve found out a regimen to get some of that weight back, but expecting him to continue shouldering a near-24-minute workload may be a stretch. As a result, it wouldn’t be particularly surprising if the Bruins opted to dress seven defensemen at times in the coming days to limit his minutes.

Hurricanes, Capitals Linked To Quinn Hughes

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It appears that more teams are smelling blood in the water when it comes to Vancouver Canucks defenseman Quinn Hughes. After already being linked to the Detroit Red Wings and New Jersey Devils, David Pagnotta of The Fourth Period reported that the Carolina Hurricanes and Washington Capitals have now made their interest known.

In the article, Pagnotta said, “We know the usual suspects. We’ll continue to hear more teams, I’m sure, as this progresses, but the latest two that I have are the Carolina Hurricanes and Washington Capitals.”

Neither team’s interest comes as a surprise. The Hurricanes have been one of the most consistently good teams in the Eastern Conference over the past few years, making three Eastern Conference Final appearances since the 2019 postseason. Additionally, the Capitals were the top team in the Eastern Conference last season and have again vaulted themselves to the top of the table in recent weeks, winning 10 of their previous 12 games.

Objectively, for all 31 other teams, Hughes improves the roster wholesale. In the case of Carolina and Washington, he fits a long-term hole as well. The two years remaining on Hughes’ contract coincide with Shayne Gostisbehere’s with the Hurricanes, who is the offensive leader of their defensive core. Additionally, although they have Jakob Chychrun signed through the 2023-33 season, acquiring Hughes would make for a far easier transition out of the John Carlson era in Washington.

Regardless, if the Canucks were not only to entertain the idea of trading a player of Hughes’ caliber but actively seek one, the acquiring team would have to provide the goods. It’s well known that Vancouver is looking for a longer-term solution down the middle, and they would likely want several additional futures as well.

In Carolina, although the Canucks would expectably target Logan Stankoven, the Hurricanes would likely be unwilling to move him since they signed him to an eight-year, $48MM extension this past offseason. Still, Carolina could counter with quantity over quality, much like they did when they acquired Jake Guentzel from the Pittsburgh Penguins in 2023-24.

None of the prospects are bona fide top-six forwards (yet), but the Hurricanes could offer a package of Bradly Nadeau, Ivan Ryabkin, and Felix Unger Sörum, along with one or multiple of their four first-round selections over the next three years.

Meanwhile, the Capitals have all three of their first-round picks through the 2028 NHL Draft and have a movable center that could easily shift into the Canucks’ top-six, unlike the trio of hypothetical options from Carolina. Forward Connor McMichael, who is headed for restricted free agency next summer (UFA after 2028-29), could be a headliner in a potential Hughes trade.

After scoring 26 goals for Washington last season, McMichael has only four in 30 games this season. Still, after averaging a 14.1% shooting percentage from 2023 to 2025, there’s reason to believe his current 6.3% rate won’t last. Additionally, since he’s under team control for the next three seasons after this one, the Canucks would have plenty of time to sign him to a long-term extension.

Blues Sign Robby Fabbri To Two-Way Deal

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The Blues are bringing back forward Robby Fabbri on a two-way deal, according to a team announcement. He’ll earn prorated salaries of $775K in the NHL and $300K in the AHL for the remainder of the season. He will remain on the NHL roster for now. Winger Jordan Kyrou, who’s day-to-day with a lower-body injury, has landed on injured reserve in the corresponding move – although David Pagnotta of The Fourth Period reports he’s been downgraded to week-to-week.

Fabbri, 29, has gone unsigned since the Ducks elected to let him walk to unrestricted free agency last summer. He landed with the Penguins for training camp on a professional tryout but was released without landing a major or minor-league deal. He kept skating through the first two months of the season until finally landing a tryout with the Panthers’ AHL affiliate, the Charlotte Checkers, at the beginning of December. He’s now been released from that deal to get the next NHL opportunity he desired.

It’s a storybook return for Fabbri, who began his career as a first-round pick by the Blues in 2014. One year later, he had already established himself as a full-time NHLer with an 18-goal, 37-point rookie season. Unfortunately, a rash of injuries conspired to make sure those totals would stand as his career highs. The first real trouble came in his sophomore season. In February 2017, he tore his left ACL, ending his season. He showed up to training camp the following fall ready to go but blew up the same knee early in the preseason, robbing him of the entire 2017-18 season. A groin issue further delayed his return until he finally got back on the ice in November 2018, ending a year-and-a-half absence.

Those injuries pushed Fabbri down the depth chart and kept him out of a regular role for the Blues in the 2019 postseason, but he did still score once in 10 games on St. Louis’ run to the Stanley Cup. Early the following season, his first stint with the Blues came to an end when they dealt him to the Red Wings for Jacob de La Rose. His tenure in Detroit was troubled by more injuries – including another ACL surgery – but he played like a bona fide top-nine winger when healthy. He scored 66 goals and 127 points in 234 games as a Wing, good for 0.54 points per game, before they sent the final year of his contract at a $4MM cap hit to the Ducks in the 2024 offseason.

More knee problems and a hand fracture limited Fabbri to 44 games with Anaheim. The fit wasn’t as productive as it was in Detroit, and his usually high finishing rate dropped down to 12.3% – his lowest since 2018-19 – resulting in a conservative 8-8–16 scoring line in 44 games.

Fabbri did look ready to go in his brief stint with Charlotte, posting a goal and an assist in three games. He’ll now get an opportunity to get back in an NHL lineup for the first time since February as the Blues say he’ll join the team ahead of tomorrow’s game against the Predators.

Kyrou’s IR placement was an inevitability with all the injury problems the Blues are facing up front. He joins fellow forwards Jimmy Snuggerud, Alexey Toropchenko, and Nathan Walker on the injured list, while Nick Bjugstad’s status for tomorrow is uncertain after leaving yesterday’s 5-2 loss to the Bruins with an upper-body injury.

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