It’s an odd year for the Norris Trophy race. At the halfway point of the season, Calgary Flames captain Mark Giordano looked to have the title virtually sown up, but an injury that cost him the final quarter of the campaign has thrown the competition wide open. And in a wide-open competition, the fact that two legitimate candidates happen to play on the same team could prove crippling to each one’s hopes.
Either Shea Weber or Roman Josi could win the award. But because they both play for the Nashville Predators, it’s a good bet that neither will.
TSN’s venerable Bob McKenzie recently conducted a coaches poll to try to add some clarity to a confusing contest, and the results are not good news for the Predators duo:
Karlsson received eight first-place votes, twice as many as Los Angeles King Doughty (4) and four times as many as the only other two blueliners—teammates Shea Weber and Roman Josi, two apiece—to get multiple first-place votes. The Weber-Josi dynamic is fascinating. Weber’s name has been regularly mentioned as a Norris candidate but it’s clear the coaches have been ...
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Are Shea Weber and Roman Josi Hurting Each Other’s 2015 Norris Trophy Chances?
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