In an incredibly disappointing turn of events, the St. Louis Blues announced today that Robby Fabbri will miss the entire season after re-injuring his surgically repaired left knee. Fabbri, who was profiled as our “Player to Watch” for the Blues this year, was originally thought to have just a minor aggravation, but clearly there was structural damage once again.
Fabbri played just 51 games last season after tearing his ACL in early February. At that point, he had 29 points and was well on his way to setting several career-highs. The 21st-overall pick in 2014, Fabbri is a dynamic offensive player who was a pick by many to break out in the next few years. That will obviously have to wait, and ruling him out so early does throw into question what kind of a comeback he’ll eventually have. Knee surgeries can be tough to come back from, especially for players who are known for their quickness and lateral movement.
The Blues have been ravished by injury early on, losing Zachary Sanford for five to six months and seeing Alex Steen and Jay Bouwmeester go down to broken bones. The latter two will be re-evaluated at the end of camp, but neither is expected to return very soon. It was going to be tough to replace those players already, but Fabbri’s injury will just put even more stress on a team that has struggled to progress in the playoffs. While there are young talented players coming like Klim Kostin and Jordan Kyrou, it will likely be a while before either can make a real impact. Kostin remains in training camp, but Kyrou was sent back to junior today.
Wow…well his career is over.
Really , Doctor? Steve Yzerman. Does that ring a bell in terms of knee injuries? I could go on & on with a long list of players suffering serious knee injuries but I will not bore you with any more names. You probably didn’t think it out before posting your comment, Brother.
What an idiotic comment
with new advancements in medical technology and ligament repairs i.e. ap had his knee reconstructed and went on to have a monster season and there is also a former cards relief pitcher that had his elbow repaired (I can’t think of his name atm) that had a new type of repair of which I can’t think of the name of it atm either but Derek Gould of post-dispatch wrote an article about it but at the same time not looking good for fabbri having it repaired again and it’s only training camp it leaves a lot questions about if that knee can hold up in the nhl or be the same player this game is very taxing on the body xp knees I hope the best for him and hope that this is a case of rushing back too soon and the knee never fully healed up and not a case of it was a “100%” and came back and blew it out which would be a shame he was looking like he was going to have good career but this is also what separates hof’ers from the guys who had the talent to get there but health kept them out
I believe that he will make it back but they need to make sure that the knee & repairs are healed for the proper time period. Hockey players tend to rush through the healing process & return way too early. For that reason, I doubt that Fabbris knee was 100% & if the team & Fabbri himself let it heal properly this time around, he will be able to continue a promising career.
Wow. The Blues have already been decimated by some serious injuries. I feel like they might have a tough year, especially now that their division is improved and they’ve been having hard luck.
You are probably 100% right, this time, Goat.