Auston Matthews, Aleksander Barkov and Jordan Staal named NHL’s Selke Trophy finalists
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forward , forward and forward are the finalists for the Selke Trophy, given to the ’s best defensive forward. Barkov has long been recognized as one of the league’s best defensive forwards and his sole Selke win came after the 2021-22 season. Barkov had 23 goals and 80 points in the regular season and posted his best-ever faceoff win rate of 57.3 percent. In Dom Luszczyszyn’s awards watch, Barkov finished the season with the highest defensive rating of any forward. Barkov helped the Panthers...

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