What might Hughes have been considering in the Fabbro opportunity?
+ Might help stabilize the defence for this season
- Would take opportunity away from the young D to learn the system
- Might not be able to play at high level any more (or play the system)
- Would take away a contract slot and some cap space
To me, it seems that the negatives/risks are significantly bigger than the positives.
If they call someone up from Laval, I expect it'll be Hughes rather than Dobeš. Hughes has played well, and Dobeš needs to continue getting lots of starts in Laval.
Notably the shot attempts were even at (I think) 16 each in the first period, but the Leafs blocked seven shots and the Habs only two. So, it wasn't as if they weren't shooting, but the the Leafs were getting their bodies in front.
Probably three of the four Leafs goals were defensive mistakes, and those don’t really show up on advanced stats.
And the Timmins goal was an (un)lucky bounce off someone.