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Originally Posted by jonkaupp
I mean it’s literally semantics. Saying all defence men compete for the Norris is like saying all people compete for the presidency. It’s just silly. You know exactly what I’m alluding to when I say he’s competing for the Norris and yet you wanna twist it in some weird way. Like the finalists thing. The top three vote getters are named as finalists. It’s actually not a misnomer at all. But whatever.
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Actually, not all people compete for the presidency. They have to run. More to the point, saying someone is “competing for a Norris” is goofy, especially at this point. I doubt they are even thinking about it.
And yes, the “finalist” thing is a misnomer. It suggests there are “finals” when in fact there is one vote.
In any event, finishing high in Norris voting isn’t necessarily an indicator of being an elite defencemen, because there’s a number of examples of that happening for guys who don’t do it any other year.