Norris Trophy Tournament (1992-Present) Round 1: 2024 Quinn Hughes vs 2020 Roman Josi

[blundluntman]

MATCHUP #1 (Round 1): Quinn Hughes (2024) vs Roman Josi (2020)

Quinn Hughes (2023-24):

Games Played	Goals	Assists	Points	Minutes Per Game​	Other Stats​	Awards/Honors
82	17	75	92	24.41​	43 Takeaways, 52 giveaways, 55 Blocks, 29 Hits, 64.8 xGA,	Norris Trophy, 1st AST, 7th in Hart

Roman Josi (2019-20):

Games Played	Goals	Assists	Points	Minutes Per Game​	Other Stats​	Awards/Honors
69	16	49	65	25.47​	34 Takeaways, 68 Giveaways, 108 Blocks, 54.6 xGA	Norris Trophy, 1st AST, 7th in Hart

Round 1 Matchups
24 Hughes vs 20 Josi
23 Karlsson vs 95 Coffey
22 Makar vs 04 Neidermayer
21 Fox vs 97 Leetch
19 Giordano vs 17 Burns
18 Hedman vs 12 Karlsson
16 Doughty vs 03 Lidstrom
15 Karlsson vs 10 Keith
14 Keith vs 07 Lidstrom
13 Subban vs 94 Bourque
09 Chara vs 00 Pronger
08 Lidstrom vs 93 Chelios
06 Lidstrom vs 96 Chelios
02 Lidstrom vs 01 Lidstrom
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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[bobholly39]

Glad to see you back with another tournament. And honestly, this one is very exciting, because this is the first tournament you do where I not only have no idea who should be #1, I don't even have a clear top 3 or top 5.

Should be a fun one to follow.

For this matchup I voted Quinn Hughes. This was a phenomenal season for him.

 

[blundluntman]

Glad to see you back with another tournament. And honestly, this one is very exciting, because this is the first tournament you do where I not only have no idea who should be #1, I don't even have a clear top 3 or top 5.

Should be a fun one to follow.

For this matchup I voted Quinn Hughes. This was a phenomenal season for him.

Really looking forward to this one as well. Not a huge defense guy tbh so I'm hoping to learn a lot from all the discussions.

Making the matchups was really fun for that very reason too. I honestly have no idea who's gonna win this tournament either. Should be some really close matchups.

 

[tabness]

Josi is handsome, Quinn looks like a dopehead

 

[Regal]

Josi is handsome, Quinn looks like a dopehead

 

[tabness]

damn ok i concede

carrying the canucks is a lot of city miles apparently

 

[Rowlet]

It's Hughes, he controlled the play at a level elite among even Norris winners.

 

[nucks88]

Thank - you incompetent Wings management for passing on Hughes…..and also Hronek…they are the gift that keeps on giving……

 

[olli]

Hughes for sure

 

[JackSlater]

I'd go with Hughes but I don't think it is a big gap.

 

[Coffee]

Josi is handsome, Quinn looks like a dopehead

I think they are both handsome

 

[Voight]

Josi is handsome, Quinn looks like a dopehead

Makes sense given he plays in Vancouver

 

[nucks88]

Makes sense given he plays in Vancouver

Ironic that the player in your avatar was born and raised in Vancouver....

 

[geebster]

Easily Hughes. Josis was one of the weaker Norris years recently. Was absolutely deserved but if Makar had his Norris season in 2020 or Hughes had his, Josi wouldn't have won. xGA and blocked shots are one thing but the possession difference is massive. Hughes had the puck his Norris year more than twice as much as Josi did in his, yet had fewer giveaways. His possession impact is immense.