The NHLPA players poll is back for the 2018-19 season as more than 500 players took part in the questionnaire and weighed in on a variety of questions.
And it may not surprise anyone to see that Edmonton Oilers captain Connor McDavid dominated the results, released on Wednesday.
McDavid was voted the league’s best forward, the most difficult player to play against and the player you would select to start a franchise with, beating out Pittsburgh Penguins star player Sidney Crosby in all three categories.
The Oilers captain picked up 63.6 per cent of the best forward vote. Crosby was second with 17.2 per cent, followed by Colorado Avalanche’s Nathan MacKinnon (4.1 per cent), NHL scoring leader Nikita Kucherov of the Tampa Bay Lightning (3.7 per cent) and Florida’s Aleksander Barkov (1.7 per cent). Barkov was also voted the league’s most underrated player with 21.5 per cent of that vote.
Montreal Canadiens’ Carey Price is seen as the best goalie in the NHL by his peers and Washington Capitals captain Alex Ovechkin is revealed to have the best shot with his trademark one-timer.
There are so many fun categories that you will have to check it out yourself: see the full player poll results here.
But one thing is clear: Crosby has been beating without a doubt by McDavid.
