Norris Trophy Tournament (1992-Present) Round 2: 2008 Nicklas Lidstrom vs 1994 Ray Bourque

[blundluntman]

MATCHUP #5 (Round 2): Nicklas Lidstrom (2008) vs Ray Bourque (1994)

Nicklas Lidstrom (2007-08):

Games Played	Goals	Assists	Points	Minutes Per Game	Other Stats	Awards/Honors
76	10	60	70	26:16	+40, 23 Takeaways, 39 Giveaways, 70 Blocked Shots, 23 Hits	Norris Trophy, 1st AST, 4th in Hart, 4th in Byng

Ray Bourque (1993-94):

Games Played	Goals	Assists	Points	Minutes Per Game	Other Stats	Awards/Honors
72	20	71	91	N/A	+26	Norris Trophy, 1st AST, 6th in Hart

Round 2 Matchups
24 Hughes vs 95 Coffey (Still Active) Thread
22 Makar vs 06 Lidstrom (Still Active) Thread
17 Burns vs 12 Karlsson (Still Active) Thread
10 Keith vs 03 Lidstrom (Still Active) Thread
08 Lidstrom vs 94 Bourque
07 Lidstrom vs 00 Pronger
01 Lidstrom vs 92 Leetch
99 MacInnis vs 97 Leetch

Round 1 Results

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[norrisnick]

Lidstrom. He's the best defensive defenseman in this entire series of polls. And especially this season.

 

[Albatros]

Lidström. Bourque didn't really set himself apart from the competition. Just as well could have given it to Stevens or MacInnis or even Leetch or Zubov. Lidström had no competition.

 

[Hockey Outsider]

Bourque in 1994 arguably had the highest level of performance out of any player in this tournament. But it's hard to overlook that he missed 10 games. I haven't voted yet.

 

[norrisnick]

Bourque in 1994 arguably had the highest level of performance out of any player in this tournament. But it's hard to overlook that he missed 10 games. I haven't voted yet.

12. 1994 had 84 games.

 

[ESH]

Lidström. Bourque didn't really set himself apart from the competition. Just as well could have given it to Stevens or MacInnis or even Leetch or Zubov. Lidström had no competition.

It’s not Bourque’s fault that Stevens and MacInnis are way tougher competition than Dion Phaneuf. Lidstrom wouldn’t have had such a clear lead if he was competing against the same guys Bourque was

 

[SillyRabbit]

Bourque in 1994 arguably had the highest level of performance out of any player in this tournament. But it's hard to overlook that he missed 10 games. I haven't voted yet.

That alone is the reason why I voted Bourque.

Four fewer games than Lidstrom doesn't matter much to me given Bourque's incredible play.

 

[Albatros]

It’s not Bourque’s fault that Stevens and MacInnis are way tougher competition than Dion Phaneuf. Lidstrom wouldn’t have had such a clear lead if he was competing against the same guys Bourque was

Guys like Chára and Pronger were pretty tough competition.

 

[Regal]

Guys like Chára and Pronger were pretty tough competition.

Pronger didn’t have a great year though, and as good as Chara was, Stevens brought a lot of the same things that year while being better offensively.

 

[Albatros]

Sure Stevens had his career year, but the same can be said even about Phaneuf who was better in '08 than Stevens any other year than '94 (and perhaps '92 besides missing games).