It's a simple timing thing. Fiala was not available before the TDL, Toffoli was.
Even if the Flames had not made the Toffoli trade, they could not have made this trade because those assets aren't as good and the Flames don't have the cap space.
Faber is from Minnesota and currently playing for U of Min. I don't know if he would have been a flight risk, but it might have been tough to crack the LAK lineup as they have lots of options at RHD:
Doughty
Durzi
Sean Walker - 27 yo with 2x2.65M remaining of his 4 year deal. Missed most of the year with a knee injury.
Jordan Spence (2019 4th rounder; played 24gp and 3 PO gp this year)
Helge Grans (picked 10 spots ahead of Faber in 2020, just played a season in AHL)
MIN probably can't afford Dumba beyond this year leaving Sprugeon and Addison (only 18 nhl gp so far) as the only other real RHD.
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