from Andrew Berkshire of Sportsnet,

Remember back in 2013-14 when Mark Giordano was the frontrunner for the Norris Trophy essentially all year long, then he missed a few too many games with injury and people seemingly forgot about him? He ended up finishing 10th in votes.

Then, in 2014-15, Giordano was once again seen as the frontrunner for the Norris for a huge portion of the season, but he got injured once again and it knocked him down to sixth.

Since then, he’s finished 13th, eighth, and 16th in voting, and is rarely mentioned as one of the NHL’s elite despite playing on arguably the best defence pairing in hockey throughout those years.

The Flames getting mediocre results over that time certainly has something to do with it, but at 35-years-old, Giordano has somehow defied age and remains one of the NHL’s most dominant and well-rounded defencemen.

Coming into this season, I had Giordano ranked fourth among defencemen over the last three seasons in overall impact, after ranking fifth the year before, and second in 2016.

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