QUESTION 1: WHO IS THE BEST LEADER IN THE NHL? Jarome Iginla (22%) OTHER MENTIONS: Nicklas Lidstrom (17%); Joe Sakic (11%); Patrick Marleau, Scott Niedermayer (5%); Rod Brind'Amour, Shane Doan, Brendan Morrow, Alex Ovechkin (4%); Chris Drury, Mats Sundin (3%); Zdeno Chara, Joe Thornton (2%); Chris Clark, Vincent Lecavalier, Ethan Moreau, Mike Richards, Jeremy Roenick, Brent Seabrook, Brendan Shanahan, Jonathan Toews (1%); eight players with one vote. QUESTION 2: WHICH GOALIE WOULD MAKE THE BEST FORWARD/D-MAN? Marty Turco (54%) OTHER MENTIONS: Martin Brodeur (10%); Rick DiPietro (8%); Mike Smith (7%); Evgeni Nabokov, Roberto Luongo (4%); Henrik Lundqvist, Dwayne Roloson (2%) QUESTION 3: IF YOU COULD CHANGE LIVES WITH ANOTHER PLAYER, WHO WOULD IT BE? Alex Ovechkin (16%) OTHER MENTIONS: Vincent Lecavalier, Joe Sakic (5%); Nicklas Lidstrom, Joe Thornton (4%); Sidney Crosby, Mike Fisher, Mike Modano (3%); Chris Chelios, Mike Comrie, Jarome Iginla, Alexei Kovalev, Henrik Lundqvist, Scott Niedermayer (2%); 18 with one vote QUESTION 4: WHICH PLAYER COMPLAINS THE MOST ON THE ICE? Sidney Crosby (52%) OTHER MENTIONS: Chris Pronger (8%); Sean Avery (7%); Steve Ott (5%); Ryan Getzlaf (4%); Shane Doan (3%); Marc Savard, Darcy Tucker (2%); Todd Bertuzzi, Mike Richards, Kris Draper (1%); 8 players with one vote QUESTION 5: WHICH PLAYER WOULD MAKE THE BEST PRESIDENT/PRIME MINISTER? Jarome Iginla (8%) OTHER MENTIONS: Chris Chelios (5%); Shane Doan, Jeremy Roenick, Michael Peca (3%); Sean Avery, Sidney Crosby, Shane Doan, Nicklas Lidstrom, Trevor Linden, Mike Modano, Scott Niedermayer, Joe Sakic (2%); Zdeno Chara, Mike Green, Brad May, Alex Ovechkin, Steve Staois (1%); 15 players with one vote QUESTION 6: WHICH TEAM HAS THE MOST DISRUPTIVE FANS? Philadelphia Flyers (24%) OTHER MENTIONS: Montreal (13%); San Jose (8%); Calgary (7%); Buffalo, Chicago (4%); Detroit, New York Rangers (3%); Edmonton, Los Angeles, Vancouver (2%); Minnesota, Toronto (1%); 5 other teams with one vote QUESTION 7: WHO IS THE BEST REFEREE IN THE NHL? OTHER MENTIONS: Don Koharski, Kelly Sutherland (9%); Bill McCreary (7%); Don VanMassenhoven (5%); Paul Devorski, Tim Peel (4%); Wes McCauley, Rob Shick (3%); Steve Kozari, Mike Hasenfratz (2%); Brad Watson (1%) QUESTION 8: IF THE NHL EXPANDS/RELOCATES, WHAT IS THE BEST DESTINATION? Las Vegas (47%) OTHER MENTIONS: Winnipeg (16%); Hamilton/Ontario area, Quebec (8%); "Anywhere in Canada" (4%); Europe (3%); Hawaii, Houston, Kansas City, Portland, Seattle (2%) QUESTION 9: DO YOU WANT TO SEE THE NHL IN THE OLYMPICS BEYOND 2010? Yes (82%) QUESTION 10: WHO IS THE NHL'S MOST UNDERRATED PLAYER? Patrick Marleau (8%) OTHER MENTIONS: Mike Green, David Krejci (4%); Dustin Brown, Duncan Keith, Mikko Koivu, Zach Parise, Mike Richards, Shea Weber, Henrik Zetterberg (3%); Jeff Carter, Ales Hemsky, Niklas Kronwall, Brad Richards, Tim Thomas (2%) You can read the rest of the article here http://sports.espn.go.com/nhl/news/story?page=0809playersurvey
QUESTION 8: IF THE NHL EXPANDS/RELOCATES, WHAT IS THE BEST DESTINATION? Las Vegas (47%) Worst choice ever. I guess it is players voting though and it would be probably be a great place to live as a pro athlete but it would be a terrible move for the league as a whole.
I also agree the UFC is overrated. I was just pointing out that the UFC is not a sport. MMA is a sport.
Cricket is about 800 bazillion times much more popular then hockey ever will be. I'll still take hockey though
