The NHL Players' Association recently released the results of their player poll for this season, which surveyed 626 NHL players on 14 hockey-related questions during the regular season. Unsurprisingly, two Edmonton Oilers players dominated the polls.
Connor McDavid came out on top in the "In a must-win game, which forward do you think would be most impactful" category, with 59.3% of the votes, while
Sidney Crosby was the runner-up with 11% based on 599 votes. McDavid finished second in the "best stick-handler" category, with
Patrick Kane taking the top spot with 46.1% of the votes, while McDavid received 28.7% based on 609 votes.
In the "most complete player" category, the players voted Sidney Crosby as the winner with 30.1%, and Patrice Bergeron was the runner-up with 18.8%. McDavid finished fourth in this poll with 11% and 591 votes.
In the "Which player do you LEAST enjoy playing against, but would like to have on your team?" category,
Brad Marchand came out on top with 36.5%, while Connor McDavid was the runner-up with 15.6%. Surprisingly, most players would prefer Marchand on their team over McDavid. The total number of votes for this category was 520.
Additionally, there was a lot of love for Rogers Place ice arena, the home of the Edmonton Oilers, which was the runner-up this year, with 14.7% of the votes, next to Montreal's Bell Centre, which received 35% of 503 votes. Rogers Place has been in second place over the past few seasons (17-18, 18-19, 19-20).