Langway trophy for defensive defenseman 2024
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PeteEakins
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Why in the world would it be called the Lidstrom? Why wouldn't it be called The Doug Harvey Award?
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Martin Skoula
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The trophy should be a poll of the top 20 scorers asking them who they hate playing against the most. Journalists voting on defensive D would be only be acceptable if they had to have a televised debate about it with the Benny Hill music playing at the same volume their mic’s are at.
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Langway had 40 points or more once in a pretty long career, with 45 in 80-81 with the Habs. I'm guessing that would be the reason.
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Langway was all defense and little offense.
Was it Langway, Ludwig, or both that had those massive shin pads and would block everything ?
Slavin would’ve won it a few times by now. Some teams have a couple good options…Brodin and Faber. Gavrikov and Mikey Anderson. Ekholm, Forsling, Lindell. McDonagh. Vlasic.
Some of it depends on what you are prioritizing - a guy who can play a pure shutdown role against the biggest stars in the league (example - heads up against McDavid or MacKinnon or Kucherov, give me Slavin all day, I don’t care what the fancy graphs say)? Or…a guy deployed in heavy defensive situations with good defensive metrics? Does playing a more blended role with great defensive metrics penalize you? Does being a warrior blocking shots and battling to clear your own crease make you good at defense or only mean you get hemmed in a lot and bleed shots against?
As much as I love the love for “defensive” masters, such an award brings up as many mixed questions about intent and how to judge it as the existing Norris does…IMO…
Some of it depends on what you are prioritizing - a guy who can play a pure shutdown role against the biggest stars in the league (example - heads up against McDavid or MacKinnon or Kucherov, give me Slavin all day, I don’t care what the fancy graphs say)? Or…a guy deployed in heavy defensive situations with good defensive metrics? Does playing a more blended role with great defensive metrics penalize you? Does being a warrior blocking shots and battling to clear your own crease make you good at defense or only mean you get hemmed in a lot and bleed shots against?
As much as I love the love for “defensive” masters, such an award brings up as many mixed questions about intent and how to judge it as the existing Norris does…IMO…
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Definitely Ludwig. Still gives me nightmares as an Oilers fan from the late 90s
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The other team can't score on you if you have the puck.
Lane Hutson is the answer
Lane Hutson is the answer
Slavin, McDonagh, and Ekholm seem like great answers for me.
Alex Vlasic was a surprise. What's he up to?
Alex Vlasic was a surprise. What's he up to?
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He's been awesome defensively. There was an article on The Athletic back in March of last year (his rookie year) and they tried to answer who the best defensive defenseman in the league was. Vlasic was listed 2nd on that ranking and he hasn't missed a beat yet this season either.
Hawks have also killed 32 straight penalties (over the last 11 games) and he's arguably been the biggest part of that. Last time the Hawks had a PK this good, they won the President's trophy and the Stanley Cup. Just a shame so much else is wrong with the Hawks.
The other team has scored on Lane Hutson more than all but a few D in the league. He's top 10 in most goals against.
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