Gotcha.I'm more comparing Suter and Weber, than Suter and Josi...because Suter and Weber are closer in age.
And I'm not sure how you can be that declarative with your bolded statement. The offensive numbers of Suter and Weber are about as close as you can get.
Weber: 1014 GP, 580 points
Suter: 1165 GP, 596 points
The voting is from 3 years ago, if you really want to know people's opinion you could start a new poll. A lot has happened since and most won't come back here to update their votesWas planning to do a Josi vs Weber poll but found this in the search engine so figured I'd bump this instead.
Josi has since added another year where he finished as a Norris finalist and his record looks like this (only included top 10 finishes for everyone)
1, 2, 2, 5, 5, 7, 7
Weber
2, 2, 3, 4, 4, 6, 7, 8, 10
So now both have been a finalist the same amount of times. Josi is already aging better though, 2 time Norris finalist from ages 31-33 whereas Weber stopped getting votes after 31. Does that change anyone's vote?
And here is Suter's
2, 4, 5, 8, 9, 9
Doesn't really compare, but I think most of us can agree that has more to do with the type of defenseman he is rather than him not deserving a better Norris record.
Was planning to do a Josi vs Weber poll but found this in the search engine so figured I'd bump this instead.
Josi has since added another year where he finished as a Norris finalist and his record looks like this (only included top 10 finishes for everyone)
1, 2, 2, 5, 5, 7, 7
Weber
2, 2, 3, 4, 4, 6, 7, 8, 10
So now both have been a finalist the same amount of times. Josi is already aging better though, 2 time Norris finalist from ages 31-33 whereas Weber stopped getting votes after 31. Does that change anyone's vote?
And here is Suter's
2, 4, 5, 8, 9, 9
Doesn't really compare, but I think most of us can agree that has more to do with the type of defenseman he is rather than him not deserving a better Norris record.