As the only defenceman in the group, Burns is the easy favourite to win the Norris Trophy. “He’s obviously putting up crazy numbers,” said Los Angeles’ Drew Doughty, who won the Norris Trophy last season. One for offensive defencemen such as Burns and Karlsson and another for defensive defencemen, like Shea Weber and Ryan Suter? I think he’s going to have a lot more points than I did even last year. “Brent’s defensive game is totally underestimated,” Sharks head coach Peter DeBoer said.

Source: National Post January 29, 2017 00:24 UTC