Norris Trophy Tournament (1992-Present) Round 1: 1999 MacInnis vs 1998 Blake

[blundluntman]

MATCHUP #16 (Round 1): Al MacInnis (1999) vs Rob Blake (1998)

Al MacIniss (1998-99):

Games Played	Goals	Assists	Points	Minutes Per Game	Other Stats	Awards/Honors
82	20	42	62	26:02	+33	Norris Trophy, 1st AST, 10th in Hart

Rob Blake (1997-98):

Games Played	Goals	Assists	Points	Minutes Per Game	Other Stats	Awards/Honors
81	23	27	50	26:07	-3	Norris Trophy, 1st AST, 10th in Hart

Round 1 Matchups
24 Hughes vs 20 Josi (Still Active) Thread
23 Karlsson vs 95 Coffey (Still Active) Thread
22 Makar vs 04 Niedermayer (Still Active) Thread
21 Fox vs 97 Leetch (Still Active) Thread
19 Giordano vs 17 Burns (Still Active) Thread
18 Hedman vs 12 Karlsson (Still Active) Thread
16 Doughty vs 03 Lidstrom (Still Active) Thread
15 Karlsson vs 10 Keith (Still Active) Thread
14 Keith vs 07 Lidstrom (Still Active) Thread
13 Subban vs 94 Bourque (Still Active) Thread
11 Lidstrom vs 92 Leetch (Still Active) Thread
09 Chara vs 00 Pronger (Still Active) Thread
08 Lidstrom vs 93 Chelios (Still Active) Thread
06 Lidstrom vs 96 Chelios (Still Active) Thread
02 Lidstrom vs 01 Lidstrom (Still Active) Thread
99 MacIniss vs 98 Blake

Note: Couldn't find advanced metrics for any seasons prior to 2009 so please try your best not to solely rely on them to evaluate players in discussions.

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[tabness]

MacInnis ainec

MacInnis was Lidstromesque in this period but poorer skater (but of course even better shot), he enjoyed great longevity and adapted nicely to his age (and was of course helped by the slowdown in the game during the dead puck era). Very smart player. Overshadowed by Pronger a bit but it was unfair how St. Louis could have one of these guys on the ice for 55 minutes a game or so (usually less since Pronger took dumb penalties lol)

Blake gets chirped a bit too much now after the fact for his season. I hated how the Avs got him and then of course got a cup, he was real good, but yeah, he is a bit lucky Lidstrom cooled down a bit after his hot start and the media attention for the Wings went back to Fedorov's return and Yzerman's resurgence, cause he might not have won in 1997-1998 otherwise.

 

[amnesiac]

Macinnis… finally got his Norris, and was long overdue.

 

[Albatros]

Blake gets chirped a bit too much now after the fact for his season. I hated how the Avs got him and then of course got a cup, he was real good, but yeah, he is a bit lucky Lidstrom cooled down a bit after his hot start and the media attention for the Wings went back to Fedorov's return and Yzerman's resurgence, cause he might not have won in 1997-1998 otherwise.

Lidström got robbed regardless though, Blake would have deserved it more with the Avs.