Next Great Wings player?

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Only twice in his career has Lidstrom not been among the top ten for the Norris:

-The 1992-93 season, which saw him have a sophomore slump while being overshadowed by All-Star Steve Chiasson's best season AND the acquisition of Paul Coffey.

-The 1994-95 season, which was voted on unusually and saw each conference submit three finalists, after which a panel of 15 PHWA members voted. Only four of the six defensemen submitted from the two conferences received any votes, with only the official "finalists" receiving first-place votes. Coffey received 12 of 15.

Every other season of his career, Lidstrom has been top ten for the Norris. Since 95-96, he has been top-six every season, top two most years.

There's no way he was top 10 for Norris in 03/04... I mean he obviously played pretty well, but points do play a big factor when it comes to Norris. He had 38 points and was 22nd in points by defensemen. I don't know what site would give this info, but are you sure that he was amongst the top 10 in Norris voting?

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There's no way he was top 10 for Norris in 03/04... I mean he obviously played pretty well, but points do play a big factor when it comes to Norris. He had 38 points and was 22nd in points by defensemen. I don't know what site would give this info, but are you sure that he was amongst the top 10 in Norris voting?

1. Scott Niedermayer, NJD 872 (72-13-10-3-2)

2. Zdeno Chara, OTT 563 (19-36-16-11-8)

3. Chris Pronger, STL 345 (7-19-16-17-11)

4. Bryan McCabe, TOR 189 (1-12-10-10-15)

5. Adrian Aucoin, NYI 166 (2-3-12-16-17)

6. Nicklas Lidstrom, DET 165 (1-6-10-19-6)

7. Mathieu Schneider, DET 144 (1-2-17-7-14)

8. Rob Blake, COL 124 (1-8-5-9-6)

9. Sergei Gonchar, BOS 55 (0-3-4-4-2)

10. Wade Redden, OTT 31 (0-0-2-6-3)

11. Brian Leetch, TOR 19 (0-0-2-2-3)

12. Sheldon Souray, MON 12 (0-1-0-0-5)

13. Marek Malik, VAN 7 (0-1-0-0-0)

14. Mattias Ohlund, VAN 3 (0-0-0-0-3)

15. Pavel Kubina, TAM 2 (0-0-0-0-2)

15. Marek Zidlicky, NAS 2 (0-0-0-0-2)

17. Bryan Berard, CHI 1 (0-0-0-0-1)

17. Dan Boyle, TAM 1 (0-0-0-0-1)

17. Mike Rathje, SAN 1 (0-0-0-0-1)

17. Dick Tarnstrom, PIT 1 (0-0-0-0-1)

17. Sergei Zubov, DAL 1 (0-0-0-0-1)