Hischier, Staal and Backlund have been three of the best players at suppressing chances in the NHL. Marner has been a two-way dynamo the entire year and led the NHL in takeaways at 5-on-5 and all situations, headlining Toronto’s penalty kill.
This is Bergeron's 12th nomination for the award, which he has won an NHL-record five times with the sixth likely being added to his trophy case this summer. He also had an NHL-best 61.1 faceoff percentage while taking the second-most draws and played a key role on the Bruins' league-best penalty kill. Yahoo Sports' ballot: Patrice Bergeron, Mitch Marner, Nico Hischier, Jordan Staal, Mikael Backlundīergeron is the gold standard for all two-way forwards and he may have posted his single-best all-around campaign of his career at 37, while the Bruins soared above the rest of the league in the regular season.Īmong forwards with at least 800 minutes of 5-on-5 ice time, Bergeron was on the ice for an NHL-low 18 goals against at even strength this season despite having the 10th most defensive zone starts.
Nominees: Patrice Bergeron (Bruins), Mitch Marner (Leafs), Nico Hischier (Devils) But this was a two-man race where Power couldn’t close the gap. Power may end up being the best player from this class when it’s all said and done, while Maccelli, Johnston and Sanderson are going to be long-term pieces of their franchise’s foreseeable future.
Fox is the best marriage of elite offense and defense, Lindholm was the NHL’s best defensive player, Makar had the best body of work in too small a sample, while Dahlin, Brent Burns, Jaccob Slavin, Hughes and a handful of others were just a tier below the top four. Karlsson’s offensive exploits were incredible this year and he should be no lower than second, but in good conscience, he was not the NHL’s best defensive player this season. We haven’t truly defined what this award means and while Karlsson became the first blueliner to eclipse 100 points in a single year since Brian Leetch in 1991-92, he was also on the ice for a league-worst 96 goals against at 5-on-5. We have a larger breakdown of each major candidate’s season and a number of Canucks fans took umbrage with the idea that we didn’t place Quinn Hughes in the top-five.
Yahoo Sports' ballot : Adam Fox, Erik Karlsson, Hampus Lindholm (Bruins), Cale Makar, Rasmus Dahlin (Sabres) Nominees: Adam Fox (Rangers), Erik Karlsson (Sharks), Cale Makar (Avalanche) (Photo by Mike Ehrmann/Getty Images) Norris Trophy Erik Karlsson looks like the frontrunner to take home the Norris Trophy as the NHL's top defenseman.
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