Chara's had a good year by league standards, but probably not by his standards.
No to Letang. Good offensive defenseman and has improved defensively, but not Norris-quality. Plus, he missed 13 games. In this shortened season, that's a quarter of the year. Shouldn't have been nominated.
Subban, other than he fact that he's a schmo, has had an outstanding year. I also think it's no stretch to say that being able to play the full season with Markov has helped him immensely.
Suter brought Jonas Brodin, a quality rookie on his own, into Calder contention, (and at the same time made Shea Weber look human with his absence), led the league in TOI, and still managed to finish in the top 3 in scoring among defenders. He finished on the plus side while playing the hardest minutes for a Minnesota team that cannot score and worked with the thinnest margin of error. While the Parise signing is what everyone in Minnesota was so excited about, it's the Suter part that will really benefit that franchise going forward.
Norris better be Suter's.