biturbo19
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- Jul 13, 2010
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Fox is not as big of a name as the other two...
I don't really understand where this narrative comes from. Fox is far from some hidden gem toiling in obscurity. The guy just won the Norris trophy for cripes sake. He's as big a name as they come, among top young defencemen. He's playing in one of the biggest, most extensively covered markets around the league, drafted and traded by a major Canadian market team, played his college hockey in another of the biggest and most covered hockey markets in the US. He's talked about regularly in the mainstream media (even up in Canada where they had their own segregated division this year), and is all the rage among social media circles. In winning the Norris, obviously has the hype and clout to garner those major award votes which are hugely reputation and "name" dependent, and deeply reflective of media awareness and coverage.
Fox has arrived among the biggest of big names in the sport right now. It's like those fans of some small indie hipster band, who don't seem to recognize their favourite band are no longer "under the radar" when they blow up with a chart topping #1 hit.