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Originally Posted by Strange Brew

Gio is is great defenseman and leader but he is not "Norris calibre", which is just a made up term anyway. He has not won the award nor been nominated for the award. He had a superb 65 game season last year, no doubt about it. A shoo in for the award? We'll never know. One of the better defenseman in the league but I think it's unlikely he ever wins or gets nominated for the award.

He came pretty darn close last season. Came in 6th amongst all defencemen.

Norris Trophy

2014-2015 Norris Trophy Voting
Pts. 1st-2nd-3rd-4th-5th
1. Erik Karlsson, OTT 964 (44-42-33-19-8)
2. Drew Doughty, LAK 889 (53-30-20-13-10)
3. P.K. Subban, MTL 801 (24-36-38-37-8)
4. Shea Weber, NSH 614 (26-19-28-20-21)
5. Roman Josi, NSH 222 (3-9-11-17-23)
6. Mark Giordano, CGY 177 (1-6-11-15-25)
7. Duncan Keith, CHI 134 (1-7-4-12-19)