The James Norris Memorial Trophy is a three-defenseman race among Brent Burns of the San Jose Sharks, Mark Giordano of the Calgary Flames and Victor Hedman of the Tampa Bay Lightning. Who will be honored as best all-around defenseman during the regular season when it is handed out during the 2019 NHL Awards presented by Bridgestone in Las Vegas on Wednesday? That remains to be seen, but we had five members of the NHL.com staff debate the merits of the finalists to see how the voting by the Professional Hockey Writers' Association could shake out.
Norris Trophy winner debated by NHL.com
Burns of Sharks, Hedman of Lightning, Giordano of Flames finalists for top defenseman honors