It's one of the oldest debates in sports: Who doesn't get enough credit? During the past five weeks, ESPN canvassed locker rooms for a pulse of what NHL players think. It wasn't an easy exercise for some.
"How am I supposed to single out one player out of 700?" one player protested.
"OK, this is way harder than I thought it would be," said another player, who asked I come back to him in five minutes to give him a chance to think about it. (He still didn't have an answer when I returned).
For unvarnished honesty, we offered anonymity to discourage players from voting for teammates and offseason training buddies.