With the Stanley Cup Playoffs transferring alongside, the NHL has began the method of saying the finalists for every of its main awards for the 2024-25 season.
On Tuesday, the league introduced the finalists for the Norris Trophy, which honors the highest defenseman. The three finalists for the distinguished award are Cale Makar (Colorado Avalanche), Zach Werenski (Columbus Blue Jackets), and Quinn Hughes (Vancouver Canucks).
Hughes is the reigning Norris Trophy winner and adopted that up by main the Canucks in factors (76) and assists (60) in the course of the common season. He additionally led the Canucks in scoring by a 26-point margin and solely Erik Karlsson led his workforce in factors by extra when he led the San Jose Sharks by 34 factors in the course of the 2022-23 marketing campaign. It additionally marked the fourth consecutive season wherein Hughes reached the 60-point plateau, and in addition turned the fourth defenseman in NHL historical past to realize such a feat.
In the meantime, Makar led all NHL defensemen in factors (92), targets (30), and assists (62). The Avalanche blue-liner beforehand received the Norris Trophy for his efficiency in the course of the 2021-22 season. However, Werenski registered a career-high in factors (82), targets (23), and assists (59), whereas changing into the primary Blue Jackets defenseman to steer the workforce in scoring. Werenski would develop into the primary Columbus participant in franchise historical past to win the Norris Trophy if he takes residence the award.
The rest of the NHL Awards shall be introduced every day by way of mid-Could. The 2025 NHL Awards will happen in June 2025, however a precise date has but to be introduced.
Vezina Trophy
The Vezina Trophy is awarded “to the goaltender adjudged to be one of the best at his place.”
- Connor Hellebuyck (Winnipeg Jets)
- Darcy Kuemper (Los Angeles Kings)
- Andrei Vasilevskiy (Tampa Bay Lightning)
Norris Trophy
The Norris Trophy is given to “the defensive participant who demonstrates all through the season the best all-round capability within the place.”
- Quinn Hughes (Vancouver Canucks)
- Cale Makar (Colorado Avalanche)
- Zach Werenski (Columbus Blue Jackets)
