Norris is waaaay overreacting. Faber will most certainly be in the Norris conversation in a couple year, but right now it’s just too much. As for Calder he’s a lock to be a finalist right now, could be a winner if he continues playing like he has and gets a couple more points by virtue of being into PP1.
dbergman23
2 players already have double the points that Faber has for the Norris. There is no way they’d overlook Quinn Hughes or Cale Makar and give it to a snot nosed rookie with half the points.
18 other defenseman would need to seriously falter in the second half of the season, to allow Brock to get in front of them. Just not going to happen this year.
ObliqueRehabExpert
I wish Russo wouldn’t resort to clickbait like calling Faber a Norris candidate.
I get the impulse because with all the layoffs he needs to keep his traffic stats up in a year where fans are tuning out, but I have yet to see a compelling metric that puts him in that conversation.
skol_sota
r/hockey has turned into a circle jerk of hate for Russo recently.
FrankReynolds
He has zero chance at the Norris but will almost certainly be a Calder finalist.
shaman0610
posted this on the main hockey sub too, but I think it’s a fair assessment:
Faber should be a Calder finalist this year along with Hughes & Bedard; his only shot at winning the Calder really depends on whether Bedard misses a massive chunk of the remaining season, because the gap between Bedard and every rookie after is massive.
Faber will get Calder votes, and deservedly so, in the next couple seasons. I think Russo’s article is equal parts him intentionally being sensationalist in order to generate clicks & add recognition to Faber’s Calder bid in particular, and equal parts Russo is a massive Wild homer that saw Faber carry the Wild blue line like a true, elite #1D when Brodin & Spurgeon were both out.
Folks are going to focus on scoring, like the Norris and Calder always do. Faber is showing increased flashes of true offensive talent, and I think he can creep into a 60+ point per season defenseman especially if they continue letting him QB our PP1. His defense is already insane for a first year pro, and that’s a much harder skill set to teach.
That being said, he’s got a big list of names in front of him including Makar, Hughes, Fox, Heiskenen, McAvoy, Josi, Morrisey that more deserve Norris voting, not to mention vets like Hedman and Doughty that keep on chugging along, and this isn’t including the other young guns that Faber is a part of (Luke Hughes, Nemec, Power, Sanderson, Seider) that he’ll need to differentiate himself from.
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Fuck it. Give him the Hart.
Yeah dont go in that thread fuck that sub
Norris is waaaay overreacting. Faber will most certainly be in the Norris conversation in a couple year, but right now it’s just too much. As for Calder he’s a lock to be a finalist right now, could be a winner if he continues playing like he has and gets a couple more points by virtue of being into PP1.
2 players already have double the points that Faber has for the Norris. There is no way they’d overlook Quinn Hughes or Cale Makar and give it to a snot nosed rookie with half the points.
18 other defenseman would need to seriously falter in the second half of the season, to allow Brock to get in front of them. Just not going to happen this year.
I wish Russo wouldn’t resort to clickbait like calling Faber a Norris candidate.
I get the impulse because with all the layoffs he needs to keep his traffic stats up in a year where fans are tuning out, but I have yet to see a compelling metric that puts him in that conversation.
r/hockey has turned into a circle jerk of hate for Russo recently.
He has zero chance at the Norris but will almost certainly be a Calder finalist.
posted this on the main hockey sub too, but I think it’s a fair assessment:
Faber should be a Calder finalist this year along with Hughes & Bedard; his only shot at winning the Calder really depends on whether Bedard misses a massive chunk of the remaining season, because the gap between Bedard and every rookie after is massive.
Faber will get Calder votes, and deservedly so, in the next couple seasons. I think Russo’s article is equal parts him intentionally being sensationalist in order to generate clicks & add recognition to Faber’s Calder bid in particular, and equal parts Russo is a massive Wild homer that saw Faber carry the Wild blue line like a true, elite #1D when Brodin & Spurgeon were both out.
Folks are going to focus on scoring, like the Norris and Calder always do. Faber is showing increased flashes of true offensive talent, and I think he can creep into a 60+ point per season defenseman especially if they continue letting him QB our PP1. His defense is already insane for a first year pro, and that’s a much harder skill set to teach.
That being said, he’s got a big list of names in front of him including Makar, Hughes, Fox, Heiskenen, McAvoy, Josi, Morrisey that more deserve Norris voting, not to mention vets like Hedman and Doughty that keep on chugging along, and this isn’t including the other young guns that Faber is a part of (Luke Hughes, Nemec, Power, Sanderson, Seider) that he’ll need to differentiate himself from.