NHLPA votes on the best in the NHL

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(WGR 550) - The NHL Players' Association has released on its annual player poll. Over 600 players were surveyed in many categories. I like this because it's players voting on fellow players.
Here are some of the results on what the players voted on:
BEST FORWARD:
Connor McDavid - EDM (68.4%)
Sidney Crosby - PITT (14.9%)
Nate McKinnon - COL (6.7%)
Nikita Kucherov - T.B. (2.9%)
BEST DEFENSEMAN:
Victor Hedman - T.B. (37.9%)
John Carlson - WASH (21.4%)
Roman Josi - NASH (9%)
Drew Doughty - L.A. (6.5%)
Brent Burns - S.J. (6.5%)
BEST GOALIE:
Carey Price - MONT (41.6%)
Andrei Vasilevskiy - T.B. (17.1%)
Marc-Andre Fleury - VEG (8.9%)
Sergei Bobrovsky - FLOR (5.6%)
IF YOU NEED TO WIN ONE GAME WHAT PLAYER WOULD YOU WANT:
Sidney Crosby - PITT (44.03%)
Connor McDavid - EDM (30.5%)
Nate MacKinnon - COL (4.1%)
Patrice Bergeron - BOS (3.3%)
MOST COMPLETE PLAYER:
Sidney Crosby - PITT (45.6%)
Patrice Bergeron - BOS (25.4%)
Aleksander Barkov - FLOR (7.5%)
Ryan O'Reilly - ST.L. (5.3%)
BEST TRASH TALKER:
Brad Marchand - BOS (25.8%)
Drew Doughty - L.A. (13.4%)
Ryan Reaves - VEG (11.1%)
Patrick Maroon - T.B. (3.8%)
PLAYERS PAST OR PRESENT WHO WOULD YOU PAY TO SEE PLAY:
Wayne Gretzky - 31.8%
Bobby Orr - 15%
Mario Lemieux - 9.2%
Connor McDavid - 7.8%
BEST FEMALE HOCKEY PLAYER:
Marie-Philip Poulin - Canada (39.9%)
Hilary Knight - USA (36.3%)
Kendall Coyne-Schofield - USA (15.5%)
Emily Matheson - USA (1.4%)
FUNNIEST PLAYER:
Keith Yandle - FLOR (18%)
Drew Doughty - L.A.(6.9%)
Brad Marchand - BOS (5.7%)
Phil Kessel - ARZ (4.7%)
BEST FOLLOWS ON SOCIAL MEDIA:
P.K. Subban - N.J. (13.6%)
Alex Ovechkin - WASH (6.3%)
Brad Marchand - BOS (4.4%)
Max Domi - MONT (4.4%)
BEST NICKNAME:
Tomas "Tuna" Tatar - MONT (8.1%)
David "Pasta" Pastrnak - BOS (7.3%)
Artemi "Breadman" Panarin - N.Y.R. (5.8%)
Christian "Stinky" Fischer - ARZ (2.7%)
BEST VISITNG DRESSING ROOMS:
Edmonton - 38%
Vegas - 26.5%
Detroit - 23.3%
Pittsburgh - 6.8%
BEST JERSEY:
Chicago - 28.3%
Vegas - 6.8%
Toronto - 6.8%
New York Rangers - 6.4%
BEST ICE:
Montreal - 31.8%
Edmonton - 16.8%
Winnipeg - 11%
Vegas - 8.8%
BEST MASCOT:
Gritty - PHIL (69.7%)
Nobody else was even three percent.
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