With one month to go in the NHL's 2015-16 regular season, the awards race is heating up.
The Norris Trophy for the NHL's best defenseman is awarded based on votes by members of the Professional Hockey Writers' Association. At the end of the regular season, each writer ranks his top five choices, which are then assigned a numerical value.
The winner is the player who earns the highest total score when all the ballots are counted, while the top three point-getters will be announced as the award nominees.
Just before Christmas, I ranked the top Norris candidates in this article.
Injuries have bumped John Carlson of the Washington Capitals and Justin Faulk of the Carolina Hurricanes out from among possible front-runners. Meanwhile, P.K. Subban's Norris stock has been damaged by the Montreal Canadiens' struggles as a team, his low goal total and head coach Michel Therrien calling him out for bad defensive decisions after a loss on Feb. 17.
Beyond that, we're looking at a lot of the same faces in the mix as well as a couple of fresh names.
Keeping in mind that only the top three candidates will earn any recognit ...
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