Kr55 wrote on Wed, 11 March 2026 11:12

Bouch is having a crazy season after a bad first 2 weeks. None of our forwards even make this list. I bet our media guys will still be hesitant to give him Norris votes though. When Bouch hit 82 points and +34 a couple seasons ago, almost all our media guys gave 100% credit to Ekholm. They put Ekholm on their Norris ballots (Spector, Matheson, Daniel Nugent-Bowman) and left Bouch completely off it.

NHL put this on twitter today:



Still no respect - even as he runs away with the defencemen scoring list and has been great at both ends of the rink. All anyone can remember is a couple of giveaway highlights apparently...

16 writers and 19 points means that Bouchard was FIFTH on most ballots, and potentially left off completely on some.

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