Ranking the Top Candidates for the Norris Trophy in the 2014-15 NHL Season

March 9th, 2015 by Steve Macfarlane Leave a reply »
The 2014-15 Norris Trophy landscape has changed considerably the past couple of months.

In fact, since colleague Carol Schram last looked at the race in December, injuries to a couple of front-runners have taken them out of the mix for most writers who want to see as close to a full season of impact as possible in order to fairly compare the stats with the inclusion of games played at the most intense time of the year.

So for the Calgary Flames' Mark Giordano—out for the year with a torn biceps—and Kevin Shattenkirk of the St. Louis Blues—who had abdominal surgery in early February and may only get a few more games in over the final couple of weeks of the regular season—the chances of becoming finalists are slim to none.

They were both right at the top of the race when they went down.

But there are plenty of big names still remaining, with four players within one point of the scoring lead for blueliners and a whopping 14 or 15 defensemen capable of finishing with 50-point seasons, a mark only nine reached last year.

Factoring in two-way play, special teams performances, ice time and importance to th ...

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