The Nashville Predators captain, defender Roman Josi, was the recipient of the 2019-20 NHL James Norris Memorial Trophy, awarded annually to the “defense player who demonstrates throughout the season the greatest all-round ability in the position”. Former player Paul Coffey awarded the trophy at tonight’s ceremony to Josi, the first Nashville Predator player to win the award with the team (former Predator P.K. Subban won the award for the 2012-13 season as a member of he Montreal Canadiens).
Roman Josi signed an eight year, $72.5 million contract extension last offseason ($9.