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Originally Posted by edslunch

Man you are insufferable. I don’t happen to agree that Carolina won the trade but denying that Hamilton is having a Norris caliber season is just being confrontational. And no it doesn’t mean he’s the second best all round defence man in the league since the Norris tends to be biased towards offence, but it’s still the common benchmark.

https://www.sportsbettingdime.com/nh...s-trophy-odds/

http://www.espn.com/nhl/trophies

https://www.nhl.com/news/norris-trop...on/c-311557918

Insufferable for asking for proof that "everyone has Hamilton as a frontrunner". OK, I'll wear that. BTW, who is "sportsbettingdime"? I would imagine they are oddsmakers, which places emphasis on betting patterns. The others have Carlson as the front runner. In fact:

So it should be no surprise that Carlson was chosen unanimously by a panel of 20 NHL.com writers to win the Norris Trophy after the first quarter of the season. Carlson received 100 points, including all 20 first-place votes, and was the only player to be selected on every ballot.