The Hockey Night In Canada poll was probably conducted among the teams that played on HNIC. Calgary, LA, Toronto, and Vancouver. no surprize that basically 1/4th of the votes were the canucks.
And everyone always hates on the team thats doing well.
And that Vancouver Sun article is false. That SI poll said Phil Kessel was the easiest to intimidate by 15%. The Sedins TOGETHER combined for 8%. but on their own they received 1% and 3%
Sports Illustrated’s poll of NHLers finds Phil Kessel to be the easiest star to intimidate in the League | Backhand Shelf | Blogs | theScore.com
These polls are garbage and are for no reason other than for the media to stir a quick story. Hank hasnt missed a game in like 7 years and plays thru all sorts of injuries and has won art ross and hart trophies along the way. And this is with a puck control, cycling down low against the other teams checking line and shut down D pairing. Ya, hes scared to play. And Kessel (as much as I hate him) is putting up huge numbers.