Kings general manager Dean Lombardi doesn’t have a vote, but if he did he would cast it in favor of Drew Doughty as the Norris Trophy winner as opposed to Erik Karlsson of the Ottawa Senators. Here’s what Lombardi said Tuesday when I asked him why I should vote for Doughty as the league’s top defenseman in 2015-16:

“Not even close. All you’ve got to do is stay up and watch West Coast games, and you’ll know why, and I won’t even have to explain it to you. … You know what the beauty of that position is? It’s the classic case where greatness is the subtleties. And that No. 1 defenseman, what makes him special? Unless you really understand the game and see some of the things he does, you have to study the game, not watch the game, and realize what he does is really special, and has nothing to do with highlights and the points and all of this stuff.

“It’s not the highlight-film position. It’s not supposed to be, and then we turned it (into one) because (of) Paul Coffey. I guess, he pulled it off. But at least Paul Coffey was in the playoffs. And this stuff that (Doughty) plays for a better team? How good do you think we are without him? How about the other way around?”