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Originally Posted by 868904
I'm still choked he didn't win the Norris that year, because Ray Bourque was "the better all around defenseman". And now, one dimensional offensive defencemen like Subban and Karlsson win the Norris while the better all around Doughty gets snubbed yearly.
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The Norris Trophy is awarded annually to the National Hockey League's top "defense player who demonstrates throughout the season the greatest all-round ability in the position". The criteria may have changed but in Al MacCinnis' day he was an average defenceman at best with a big shot.