Quoting: Radu47
What evidence (statistical or visual) would you provide to backup that claim? Really bizarre claim. He's less than half a decade removed from top norris voting.
No question Norris voters value traditional defense
Karlsson would have 5+ if not 🏆
well, for one he's never been a great defensive player, he was just so good at scoring it didnt matter (and lots of people use points as a huge consideration for voting). Now he still scores ok, but his defence is even worse and he's very deep into falling off a cliff territory and getting even worse.
As far as evidence, well he's been a 49% chance/shot negative relatives player for three years running and getting worse every year.
As far as Karlsson goes, he got absolutly jobbed out of a norris or three, especially the year Doughty won. And to add to that, Norris (and other vote to win) awards need to always be given massive context, when you give the decision on who wins to guys like Steve Simmons, Damien Cox and a host of local homer sports writers you arnt getting an unbiased vote, the best example is in 02 when Iginla should have easily won the Hart, but then for 'some reason' a montreal based voter left iggy off the ballot entirely so theodore won.