Most important statistics for Selke Trophy

[SotasicA]

The Selke might be the hardest trophy to win because you need to be in contention for several years. There are no fluke one-season-wonder winners. You slowly move up the rank, and when you finally win, you might not even be the best the year you win, but you probably earned it anyway by now.

 

[Hockey Outsider]

The Selke might be the hardest trophy to win because you need to be in contention for several years. There are no fluke one-season-wonder winners. You slowly move up the rank, and when you finally win, you might not even be the best the year you win, but you probably earned it anyway by now.

Here's an old article from Iain Fyffe on that topic - The Selke Award -- Attention-Getters. He makes a compelling argument that it's very much a reputation and "story-line" award.

 

[Hockey Outsider]

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[Midnight Judges]

GA60, usage, DZO faceoffs, PK ability and mins. All stats that pertain to defence.

IMO this criteria is pretty good.

The Selke ought to go to the forward who demonstrates the most skill in the defensive component of the game.

If a player is deployed in an offensive capacity the vast majority of the time, I just don't see how this criteria could possibly be met.

For example, if their PP TOI is 4 or 5 times higher than their PK TOI and their offensive zone starts are above 55% - these players should not even be considered. They should not receive a single nomination because that takes nominations away from the players who are actually demonstrating the most skill in the defensive component of the game.

It seems to me there are lots of non-elite forwards who play better defense than the elites. It's difficult to put a consensus around an unheralded offensive player.