TORONTO (AP) \u2014 Sidney Crosby is seen by his peers as the NHL player most likely to become a head coach, according to the National Hockey League Players\u2019 Association\u2019s annual player poll released Friday.<\/p>\n
The 38-year-old Pittsburgh Penguins captain topped the category with 10.3% of the vote, followed by Minnesota\u2019s Nick Foligno at 5% and Detroit\u2019s David Perron, Toronto\u2019s John Tavares and Calgary\u2019s Ryan Strome at 2.6% or lower.<\/p>\n
The 11th annual poll surveyed 348 players anonymously from all 32 teams during the first half of the season.<\/p>\n
Colorado Avalanche center Nathan MacKinnon was named the player with the most intense training regimen at 20.7%, followed by Edmonton\u2019s Connor McDavid at 5.5% and Pittsburgh\u2019s Kris Letang at 4%.<\/p>\n
Toronto Maple Leafs forward William Nylander led a pair of off-ice categories, ranking first as the most fashionable player at 32.9% and for the best social media presence at 17.4%.<\/p>\n
Nylander also featured among the league\u2019s best nicknames with \u201cWilly Styles,\u201d but trailed Boston Bruins forward David Pastrnak, whose \u201cPasta\u201d nickname topped the list at 13.5%. Other notable entries included Detroit\u2019s Patrick Kane (\u201cShowtime\u201d) and Nashville\u2019s Ryan O\u2019Reilly (\u201cFactor\u201d).<\/p>\n
Florida\u2019s Aleksander Barkov topped forwards who could also excel as defensemen at 18%, while Colorado\u2019s Cale Makar led defensemen who could also excel as forwards at 36.3%.<\/p>\n
St. Louis Blues goaltender Jordan Binnington was voted the league\u2019s best puck handler at 22.4%, ahead of the New York Rangers\u2019 Igor Shesterkin at 14%.<\/p>\n
Utah Mammoth captain Clayton Keller was named the league\u2019s best golfer at 15.9%, while Montreal\u2019s Bell Centre was voted to have the league\u2019s best ice at 46.8%. Detroit\u2019s Little Caesars Arena topped the list for best visiting dressing room.<\/p>\n
Players also pointed to Houston as the preferred expansion market at 34.3%, followed by Quebec City at 16.9%, while 68.1% opposed a switch to white jerseys at home.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"TORONTO (AP) \u2014 Sidney Crosby is seen by his peers as the NHL player most likely to become…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":555060,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5114],"tags":[91,1116,191,1518,155,2178,831,599,5,2273,611,1268,1499,161,517,4,46434,5851,3494,2821,3492,3671,6496,768,66,190,109,5222,1114],"class_list":{"0":"post-555059","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-washington-capitals","8":"tag-aleksander-barkov","9":"tag-cale-makar","10":"tag-capitals","11":"tag-clayton-keller","12":"tag-connor-mcdavid","13":"tag-david-pastrnak","14":"tag-david-perron","15":"tag-detroit","16":"tag-hockey","17":"tag-igor-shesterkin","18":"tag-john-tavares","19":"tag-jordan-binnington","20":"tag-kris-letang","21":"tag-minnesota","22":"tag-nathan-mackinnon","23":"tag-nhl","24":"tag-nhl-players-poll","25":"tag-nick-foligno","26":"tag-package-100502-member-choice-sports-option","27":"tag-patrick-kane","28":"tag-product-30599-ap-sports-news-s-wire-only","29":"tag-ryan-oreilly","30":"tag-ryan-strome","31":"tag-sidney-crosby","32":"tag-toronto","33":"tag-washington","34":"tag-washington-capitals","35":"tag-washingtoncapitals","36":"tag-william-nylander"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":"Validation failed: Text character limit of 500 exceeded"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/555059","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=555059"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/555059\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/555060"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=555059"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=555059"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=555059"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}