2018 Norris Trophy - Victor Hedman

[sr edler]

What is it with Örnsköldsvik and producing top talents?

Ö-vik has a population of 33,000 people and they've brought top-end talents of:
- Peter Forsberg
- Henrik Sedin
- Daniel Sedin
- Victor Hedman
- Markus Näslund

I haven't been to Örnsköldsvik but by looking at pictures of the city, it looks like a pretty boring place. So hockey is probably the major route to escapism there.

 

[Iceman]

I haven't been to Örnsköldsvik but by looking at pictures of the city, it looks like a pretty boring place. So hockey is probably the major route to escapism there.

Low-key Winnipeg.

 

[Sensung]

Congrats to Victor on his fantastic season and this well deserved award.

 

[Hockey4Life91]

Hedman easily is the best defensemen in the game when you weigh both offense and defense. His size and reach make him extremely hard to play against in the defensive zone. And his skating ability (which simply is not fair for a man his size) and vision make him great at rushing the puck through the neutral zone. He indeed is close to his peak, but incredibly I think he can slightly improve if he learns to hit the net more often and throws the body when necessary (he pretty much doesn’t hit anymore, ala Lidstrom, likely because of the concussion issues he suffered early on in his career - but a hit or two against Washington would have been nice).

Ultimately, Hedman’s game will age very well like his Swedish idol. I think it is a near certainty that he will be the top all around defensemen in the league for the next 5 years or so. Tampa is extremely fortunate to have him.

VH over JT always and forever.

 

[stl76]

Good for Hedman, clearly the most deserving of the nominees IMO (tho Doughty wasn't too far behind).

 

[CenturionOne]

Well deserved, congrats to Big Vic!

 

[Sureves]

lol I vaguely remember you starting a thread this time last year about Karlsson not winning, and here you are again. Karlsson didn't deserve this at all this year, get over it. And he wasn't even close!

Obviously he didn't deserve it. This thread, and my post, has nothing to do with Karlsson.

 

[Ziggy Stardust]

What an embarrassing list. This is why these stat geeks can’t be taken seriously. Giordano, Hamilton and Manson voted in the top 5 over Doughty and Subban.

 

[Raccoon Jesus]

Congrats to Hedman on another fantastic season. Have loved seeing his evolution. Can't be easy to have to mind control a Viking body on skates!

 

[The Macho King]

What an embarrassing list. This is why these stat geeks can’t be taken seriously. Giordano, Hamilton and Manson voted in the top 5 over Doughty and Subban.

Wow that Norris list is... awful. Who is this dude?

 

[dkhockey]

what a joke, he was awful in the Capitals series.......

 

[JoVel]

what a joke, he was awful in the Capitals series.......

And the other 87 games he played this season should be ignored because of that. Makes sense.

Also, these are regular season awards.

 

[JoVel]

Wow that Norris list is... awful. Who is this dude?

 

[teravaineSAROS]

What an embarrassing list. This is why these stat geeks can’t be taken seriously. Giordano, Hamilton and Manson voted in the top 5 over Doughty and Subban.

Manson? how good is he actually

 

[Little Psycho]

Manson? how good is he actually

Obviously not that good since others didn't have him on their ballots. This guy should be banned from voting.

 

[Sky04]

what a joke, he was awful in the Capitals series.......

Your knowledge of how award voting works and sample size is also a joke.

 

[Beebop22]

What an embarrassing list. This is why these stat geeks can’t be taken seriously. Giordano, Hamilton and Manson voted in the top 5 over Doughty and Subban.

I think next season they replace this dude with Charlie Conway. Charlie "Cake Eater" Conway would never vote this terribly. Plus we may see Goldberg finally get his first ever Vezina nomination.(well past due as we can all agree)

 

[Beebop22]

I think next season they replace this dude with Charlie Conway. Charlie "Cake Eater" Conway would never vote this terribly. Plus we may see Goldberg finally get his first ever Vezina nomination.(well past due as we can all agree)

Breaking news: The Mark Messier Leadership Award has now been renamed to the Charlie Conway Leadership Award. Messier was more than thrilled to hand it over to a true Ambassador of the sport. Messier was quoted as saying "Conway is the definition of leadership. His passion for the game is contagious. He also perfected the triple deke. He is the only one we have ever seen pull off this move"

 

[joe dirte]

Wouldn't have argued if doughty won, but I like to see hedman get one. He's a beast.

 

[Healthy DiPietro]

what a joke, he was awful in the Capitals series.......

Then again, you're the same jealous Danish guy who said Lars Eller is better than Bäckström, so you don't have much credibilty. Go watch futbal instead, or whatever you guys are actually good at.

 

[koyvoo]

North Örnsköldsvik bias

 

[Zaddy]

A year too late but well deserved.

 

[Regal]

He won the award by November. I actually don't mind him winning because it was deserved, but he dominated the voting: it wasn't close, just as I knew it wouldn't be.

The voting for this award is a joke.

No he didn't. 1385 to 1164 is decently close and he was first on only 57% of the ballots. It was basically the same spread that happened the last two years

 

[Sureves]

No he didn't. 1385 to 1164 is decently close and he was first on only 57% of the ballots. It was basically the same spread that happened the last two years

Burns dominated the voting too, as did Doughty. Look at the first place votes, you can clearly see it.

 

[CupsOverCash]

He was really good for most of the year. Really turned it up points wise after the deadline. I think he will be a monster this year too. Especially if we find another top 4 RHD.