Silver Seven · Feb 18, 2016
Drew Doughty Deserves to Win the Norris Trophy
How could you not vote for this guy? - Adam Hunger-USA TODAY SportsThere's really only one player who deserves to be named the league's best defenceman
This year's race for the James Norris Memorial Trophy, awarded to the league's best overall defenceman, is shaping up to be a battle between stats-darling Erik Karlsson and media-hyped Drew Doughty. The fight against Karlsson seems to be some kind of last-gasp push against analytics by the mainstream media, and Doughty is a guy who represents everything people used to praise in defencemen. But if you dig a little deeper, it's clear that Doughty is the guy who deserves the trophy.