Quotes from a story out of the Athletic in ‘23:
>>It might never have happened had Faber signed with Los Angeles after his sophomore year. As big of a Wild fan as he is and was, he was all-in on the Kings. But he had unfinished business on the Gophers’ campus after advancing to last year’s Frozen Four.
“He made the decision to come back all on his own,” Motzko says. “I didn’t even have a meeting with him. He came in and knocked on my door and said, ‘I’m coming back.’ And, of course, I stood up and hugged him.”
Faber’s parents say Kings general manager Rob Blake and his staff treated Faber like gold, and Faber was initially devastated last June when he learned he was dealt to the Wild along with a first-round pick for
Kevin Fiala.
He was writing an essay for his computer ethics class and put his phone across the room so he wouldn’t be distracted. He kept hearing it buzz and finally got up to make sure nothing was wrong. The missed calls were from Blake. He called back and learned of the trade.
Faber quickly called his dad, who was shopping at Home Depot. Then his mom.
“He was hurt,” Karri recalls. “He asked, ‘What did I do wrong? Why don’t they want me?'”
“He didn’t know the business part of it,” Jay says. “I actually called Motzko and said, ‘I’m worried about Brock because he thinks the Kings didn’t want him.’ He said, ‘No, no, here’s
how much (the Wild) wanted him.”<<
So
@Halfwall says the parents are lying….cool.