Drew Doughty wins 2016 Norris

[Le Tricolore]

Wait guys... guys. Good for Doughty. He won, great.

The real thing here...

Who the **** gave Beauchemin a vote? lmao

 

[Adele Dazeem]

Seem salty about something....

The award is best defencemen not best forward

Too bad Karlsson is a defenceman.

 

[Mitchy]

Karlsson deserved this. He was simply the better d-man this season.

 

[AnThGrt]

Doughty had more 1st place votes last year and was just left off the ballot by multiple people. This year he doubled Karlsson in 1st place votes. Clearly doing something right and well deserved.

 

[Regal]

Expected a tight vote between Doughty and Karlsson. Surprised by the disparity in 1st place votes

 

[K Fleur]

Just too many intangibles for Doughty, to give the award to the guy with more tangibles.

 

[Primary Assist]

one more Norris and he punches his ticket to the Hall

 

[go4hockey]

Very deserving had a fantastic year.

 

[Pierce Hawthorne]

Wait guys... guys. Good for Doughty. He won, great.

The real thing here...

Who the **** gave Beauchemin a vote? lmao

Beauch getting a vote should not be a surprise. The guy was the Avs #1D pretty much this year and played exceptionally well.


Try watching a game of his next year.

 

[Ranksu]

Well Deserved.

Learn To Play Defense Karlsson

I there should be more awards to dmens. Best offensive dmen, best def dmen and overall best dmen Norris award.

 

[voiceofreason666*]

What surprised me is that Karlsson was even considered for this award? I thought it was given to defenseman...

 

[Trolfoli]

Best D in the league.

There you have it.

 

[Brigid1011*]

Karlsson deserved this. He was simply the better d-man this season.

Other than points Doughty had the better season hands down. As much a points factor in there are so many other factors to consider. Don't forget we are judging defenseman

 

[Agent Zub]

Doughty had more 1st place votes last year and was just left off the ballot by multiple people. This year he doubled Karlsson in 1st place votes. Clearly doing something right and well deserved.

It was decided before the season. Canadian media went on a crusade to get him a win. Their entire argument continuously was he's due. And really when that's the arguement of the people who vote for the award nothing was gonna change their mind. Not even breaking records and doing things not done in decades.

 

[I Hate Blake Coleman]

Doughty had more 1st place votes last year and was just left off the ballot by multiple people. This year he doubled Karlsson in 1st place votes. Clearly doing something right and well deserved.

Exactly.

But this win does give merit to the completely arbitrary threshold of 50 points or more for a Norris winner. Chara's 50 points were the lowest since Langway. Doughty finally gets back over that with 51 and wins. He was just as capable and deserving last year.

 

[Subbaman]

As he should have.

He actually plays defense unlike Karlsson.

 

[Filatov2Kovalev2Bonk]

Not really surprising since Erik missed the playoffs and really picked it up halfway through the season. Vital Karlsson makes the playoffs next year to win his third Norris.

Congrats to Drew, he played insanely well in his own end this year.

 

[Yung Rotini]

Wait guys... guys. Good for Doughty. He won, great.

The real thing here...

Who the **** gave Beauchemin a vote? lmao

Giordano getting votes over Brodie haha okay

 

[Ovechkins vodka]

Well deserved, Doughty is by far the better overall Defenseman than Karlsson

 

[Raccoon Jesus]

Exactly.

But this win does give merit to the completely arbitrary threshold of 50 points or more for a Norris winner. Chara's 50 points were the lowest since Langway. Doughty finally gets back over that with 51 and wins. He was just as capable and deserving last year.

He did not deserve the 2015 trophy, imo.

He very much had a better case this year.

Either EK or Drew would have been a great choice, glad the media recognized how stellar of a season he actually had, and good of folks who can acknowledge more than points to recognize a phenomenal year.

 

[go4hockey]

one more Norris and he punches his ticket to the Hall

He doesn't need any voted on awards to get him into the Hall. His play alone will be enough to do that. Already has two cups and lots of hockey left for him.

 

[JustAHabFan]

Karlsson deserved this. He was simply the better d-man this season.

Nope. doughty is a better overall defenseman. Do not just look at the point. doughty is a more complete defenseman.

 

[ScaredStreit]

Even as a Habs fan I must say Karlsson got robbed. How do you put up 82pts and lose even with average defense

You answered your own question.

That's like saying that an average forward-offensively-is the best forward in the NHL because they're the best defensively.

 

[KevinRedkey]

I'm glad he won because him being "due" isn't an excuse anymore.

 

[HarrisonFord]

Best defenseman in the NHL. The right guy finally wins it. And crushes Karlsson in first place votes