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Originally Posted by IgiTang
I have a ton of respect for a lot of posters on CP in terms of their hockey knowledge, but when the actual people in the know who are hired by the league or a trusted associate, their opinion carries much more weight than you saying " I think he's telling you the truth and finishing with a slight on my hockey knowledge.
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That's nice.
But the Norris Trophy is awarded by the Professional Hockey Writers' Association, not by anyone ‘hired by the league or a trusted associate’. And it has a long history of being given out to the defenceman who has the greatest name recognition out of those with fancy offensive numbers.