In an ESPN+ article, Greg Wyshynski makes “bold predictions” for all of the NHL’s 32 teams, and here’s what he predicts will happen to the Red Wings:
Moritz Seider will be a Norris Trophy finalist
Seider wouldn’t be the first defenseman to win the Calder Trophy one season and then end up as a Norris finalist as a sophomore — hello, Cale Makar. I think Seider is well positioned to be the next one if the Red Wings make their expected leap in quality as a team. He averaged more than 23 minutes of ice time per game and played in all 82 contests last season. He posted 50 points on the 25th-best offensive team in in the NHL.
He’s already on the voters’ radar; if his underlying defensive numbers at 5-on-5 and on the penalty kill improve, he’ll have the stat geek support too.
Continued; a Norris Trophy nomination is definitely in Seider’s future, but I’m not sure whether year two will be the first one for him.
