Today is the day the NHL has decided to announce the winner of the James Norris Memorial trophy and as expected Colorado Avalanche superstar defenseman Cale Makar took home this year’s award. Adding to his impressive collection of hardware, this is Makar’s second Norris win in his fifth consecutive year as a finalist.
Makar previously won Norris trophy for the NHL’s most outstanding defenseman in 2022 just prior to the Avalanche winning the Stanley Cup. This season Makar had to become an even greater focal point of the offense as he posted career highs in goals (30) and points (92) which were both second on the team just behind Nathan MacKinnon.
One Makar hit that 30 goal mark, as the first defenseman to do so since Mike Green in 2008-09, it was no doubt the Norris was his once again. As the voting shows below, it wasn’t even a close race. With how his already storied career has gone this certainly won’t be the last award for the Avalanche defenseman.