How many Norris Trophies could/should Bourque have won?

[JackSlater]

although i do agree that he is romanticized (by Canadians everywhere, not just here) he was exceptional, and i never considered him a slow skater. When I watch 87 CC I have to remind myself who is 7 and who is 77. Not that I'm a skating expert, because I skate like shit, but I would wager that he was faster than Lidstrom, for sure.

I do think Lidstrom was probably a better defenseman, if i had to make a pick, and I do agree that Bourque gets the glass half full treatment, and Nick the half empty. Ditto for Roy and Hasek.

Ah yes, Ray Bourque truly is a player romanticized from one coast of Canada to the other. Richard, Howe, Orr, Gretzky, and of course Bourque.