Pittsburgh Penguins captain Sidney Crosby is the most admired and appreciated player in the NHL Chris Wagner Jersey Womens , judging from the 2017-18 NHLPA Player Poll.A survey of more than 500 players resulted in Crosby being voted the most difficult to play against, best role model, best team player, the player you’d want to win one game, and the player who would be a great coach upon retirement. Crosby finished second to Connor McDavid for which player to start a franchise with, and to Wayne Gretzky to the question of picking anyone all-time as a teammate.Players were asked more than 20 questions Alex Galchenyuk Jersey Womens , with the NHL Players’ Association choosing which to publish. This is in addition to regular conversations with players on topics of importance that include feedback kept internally at the NHLPA.Among the most interesting responses was that 77.3 percent of players are fine with the way points are decided: two for any win and one for an overtime or shootout loss. But several suggested the international point system of three for a win in regulation, two for a win in overtime or a shootout, and one for an overtime or shootout loss.The Montreal Canadiens‘ Bell Centre was voted the best rink to play in and the home of the best ice, while the Florida Panthers‘ BB&T Center has the worst ice, according to players surveyed. Joel Quenneville of the Chicago Blackhawks, who like Crosby has won the Stanley Cup three times Carter Rowney Jersey Womens , was voted the coach players would most like to play for.McDavid not surprisingly was voted the fastest skater, and Washington Capitals center Nicklas Backstrom was voted the most underrated player.— St. Louis Blues defenseman Robert Bortuzzo was suspended Thursday for the final two preseason games and the regular-season opener for an elbow to the head of Washington Capitals defenseman Michal Kempny.The NHL’s department of player safety announced the suspension. Bortuzzo will miss exhibition games against Dallas and Washington and then the Blues’ first regular-season game Oct. 4 against the Winnipeg Jets.Kempny left the game and did not practice Thursday with his Capitals teammates. Coach Todd Reirden says Kempny is day-to-day with an upper-body injury that’s suspected to be a concussion.“We’ll continue to evaluate him and see how he’s doing,” Reirden said after practice in Arlington, Virginia. The Capitals may keep 21-year-old Jonas Siegenthaler around as an extra defenseman at the start of the season because of Kempny’s status.Bortuzzo forfeits $6,183 in salary as part of his second career suspension. The 29-year-old was last suspended in 2014 for a late, high hit on Jaromir Jagr when he was with Pittsburgh.Reirden Luke Schenn Jersey Womens , a retired defenseman, wasn’t happy about the hit, as Bortuzzo lifted his left elbow and forearm into Kempny’s head 45 seconds into the third period of their game Tuesday night.“I think that it’s something they’re definitely trying to eliminate is any hits to the head,” Reirden said. “It’s unfortunate that that type of stuff happens in the game. I saw it as a blow to the head that should be looked at by the league.”Bortuzzo has also been fined twice in since breaking into the NHL in 2011. He has played 276 regular-season and 23 playoff games for the Penguins and Blues.