Pierre LeBrun was on Ottawa’s TSN 1200 on Friday afternoon.

On if he’s decided where his Norris Trophy vote will go:

“I’m going to vote Doughty 1, Karlsson 2, and I make no apologies for it.

“I think Erik Karlsson is all-world, and I’ll tell you what – if Karlsson had managed to get the Senators in the playoffs, he might have been my No. 1 Hart Trophy choice. I’m quite serious. But I still would have gone Doughty for Norris. And I know you’re going to say, ‘Well, that makes no sense.’

“But I’m just telling you that in terms of his all-around, two-way defensive play combined with everything else he does for the Kings – and L.A. plays a much different style. He rarely has a green light to do anything offensively. Darryl Sutter has him on match-ups to go after Joe Thornton, go after Ryan Getzlaf. They’re different players.

“No one in the league is even close offensively to Erik Karlsson. He is on another planet with his skill and production year after year. But in a different way, and with a different skill-set, Drew Doughty is an incredible defenseman.

“I think the difference to me – and I’m glad last year Karlsson edged Doughty because Karlsson led the surge to get Ottawa into the playoffs, while Doughty’s Kings missed. And this year the roles are reversed, and I think that favors Doughty. And that’s who’s going to get my No. 1 vote.

“So when I’m off the air here, you can just do call-in for the next hour and you guys will still get paid. (laughs)”

The discussion on the Norris Trophy voting continues from there, including a mention at the end of the interview. Duncan Keith, Brent Burns, and Kris Letang are noted.

On if he can be sold one last time to vote for Karlsson:

“I mean, it’s going to be close. He’s certainly deserving. I’ll make sure I’ll sit down again, talk to more scouts and coaches and give it a full thought seven days from now when I vote. I promise that.”

Source: TSN 1200/ Transcript: Nichols