I think to win the cup, you need a D who puts on a Norris-worthy performance. We've seen cup winning teams get away with not having an elite #1G, or average winger/C depth. But I can't recall a cup winner who hasn't had a true #1D who had a great season. I truly believe our 35 year old captain is the key to having a great playoff run.
I just hope Gio doesn't suffer a fluke injury down the stretch and is able to take his game to even the next level in the playoffs. I cringed when he blocked that shot vs the Isles near the end last game. But that just goes to show the type of player he is.
The man deserves to have a good cup run on his resume.
‘06 Hurricanes are a bit of an outlier in that regard.
And in that season, he injured himself in the last minute of the game against the Devils on Feb 25th, 2015, who they are playing tonight, on the 27th. Let's hope history doesn't repeat itself.
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Kind of silly how there's only one award for defensemen, but 5 or 6 that primarily go to forwards. A full hockey lineup has has 12 F, 6D. I'd push for 3 Dmen awards total: offensive by pts, best defensive, and overall: it would match the Art Ross, Selke, and Hart. Overlap is fine and encouraged, the same way the Art Ross is often the Hart.
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Kind of silly how there's only one award for defensemen, but 5 or 6 that primarily go to forwards. A full hockey lineup has has 12 F, 6D. I'd push for 3 Dmen awards total: offensive by pts, best defensive, and overall: it would match the Art Ross, Selke, and Hart. Overlap is fine and encouraged, the same way the Art Ross is often the Hart.
Good point. I assume this stems from the fact that, 'back in the day' when these awards were implemented, it was common knowledge that the forwards were streaks ahead of the defencemen. In today's game, if at all. Hopefully it gets addressed soon enough.
Kind of silly how there's only one award for defensemen, but 5 or 6 that primarily go to forwards. A full hockey lineup has has 12 F, 6D. I'd push for 3 Dmen awards total: offensive by pts, best defensive, and overall: it would match the Art Ross, Selke, and Hart. Overlap is fine and encouraged, the same way the Art Ross is often the Hart.
There should be an Orr and a Potvin award.
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Kind of silly how there's only one award for defensemen, but 5 or 6 that primarily go to forwards. A full hockey lineup has has 12 F, 6D. I'd push for 3 Dmen awards total: offensive by pts, best defensive, and overall: it would match the Art Ross, Selke, and Hart. Overlap is fine and encouraged, the same way the Art Ross is often the Hart.
As far as I know there are only four awards that the NHL bestows that are position-specific, and two of them are for goalies: The Selke, the Norris, the Vezina and the William Jennings. Three awards are determined entirely by year-end statistics: The Art Ross, the Rocket Richard, and the William Jennings.
Forwards are eligible to win six awards. Defensemen are eligible to win six. A defenseman is not precluded from winning the Hart Trophy, nor the Art Ross, nor even the Rocket Richard. I could see the addition of an arbitrary award for points by a defenseman, but if anything, that should be it.
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