Trade Norris… lol. When your good young centreman is finally healthy, you rejoice and enjoy the boost to the team, not trade him because ‘asset management’. So much of hockey, and any team anywhere, is what goes on between the ears. Norris’ resurgence is massive for this team’s play, but more importantly its psyche. It’s THE feel good story that all of his teammates, and he, need right now. I’m just happy to watch it unfold.
Do you remember Clarke MacArthur and when he came back for the 2017 playoff run after 2 seasons of concussions? Norris might be that boost for his teammates right now.
Rationally you'd want to move the risk but we'd never get value for him so we might as well cross our fingers and hope he stays healthy going forward.
He was dominant today, completely tilted the ice when he was on.
What I am noticing is this :
56.87 CA/60 (54th/167 D-men)
2.09 xGA/60 (32nd/167 D-men)
Settling down his defensive game was important this season, to be at the level it was in 2021-22. Maybe Jensen helps a bit even though he put them in a really bad spot several times today. Hopefully just a bad game. We also haven't been really lucky with injuries as Zub, Greig and Ullmark missed most games, 3 very important players for our overall defensive game.
I'd personally go like this :
Sanderson - Jensen
Chabot - Zub
Kleven - JBD
But to be fair, didn't mind Hamonic at all the last 2 games. Obviously, playing with Jake changes everything
I think Chabot can bring a lot more offensively still but like Norris and Stutzle, he needs to round out into form as well.
But yeah, like Spezza back then, the damage is done and the biases will be very hard to undo.