Two Kings and The Reverse Retro Jerseys Recognized in NHLPA Player Poll

Late last week, the NHL released its annual NHLPA player poll. Surveying nearly 500 players on 14 hockey-related questions during the last quarter of the season, the players gave their thoughts on a flurry of topics; ranging from the most complete player, to most unique tape job, to the best reverse retro jerseys.

To no ones surprise, both Anze Kopitar and Drew Doughty were recognized among their peers for their excellent on-ice performance this past season.
Starting with the captain, Kopitar's recognition came in the "Most Complete Player" poll. Alongside Sidney Crosby, Patrice Bergeron, Aleksander Barkov, Connor McDavid and Nathan MacKinnon, Kopitar and the aforementioned group of well-rounded forwards received the most votes for the award. The two-time Selke Award winner has always been known to be a 200-foot player and tough player to play against on both ends of the ice. This is also not Kopitar's first time being acknowledged amongst the NHL's annual player poll. In 2017-18 and 2018-19 season, Kopitar was voted as one of the league's "Most Difficult [Players] To Play Against]."

The 2015-16 Norris Trophy winner was also acknowledged in player poll as one of the league's top defenseman. Yup, he's still got. As we were fortunate enough to witness during the season, Doughty's play did not go unnoticed among his teammates and opponents. Doughty trailed only Victor Hedman, Roman Josi and Cale Makar in the poll and racked up 2.73% of the vote for the "Best Defenseman" award. This is the fourth consecutive year that Doughty has been voted in the top-four for this award.

The Kings were also voted as the team with the second-best reverse retro jerseys, trailing only the Colorado Avalanche's Quebec Nordiques themed threads. The forum blue and gold was hit amongst you, the fans, and the players across the NHL agreed.

You can see the full voting breakdown of all 14 player-voted-on categories
here
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