Rookie Showcase poll: Best road city

The NHL Players' Association Rookie Showcase in Toronto in August featured the top professional prospects hoping to make an impact in the League this year. In the fourth of a five-part series, NHL.com polled nine attending players on a variety of questions. Today, they debate the best road city in the NHL.

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According to nine prospects at the NHLPA Rookie Showcase in Toronto, there were more than a handful of selections, with three cities -- Montreal, Las Vegas and Toronto -- tying for the lead.
"I played in Montreal in the World Juniors, their fans are great and I like their jerseys," Florida Panthers center Henrik Borgstrom (No. 23, 2016 NHL Draft) said. "I would just like to feel what the atmosphere is like there."
New York Islanders forward Kieffer Bellows (No. 19, 2016 draft), whose dad Brian won the Stanley Cup with the Montreal Canadiens in 1993, agreed.
"Just because that's where my dad played, and he won a Cup there, so I think that's going to be a pretty special moment stepping on that ice one day and just looking around knowing my dad played in that city too," he said.
Las Vegas, the newest NHL city with the expansion Golden Knights completing their first NHL season in 2017-18, had its supporters as well.

"I've never been there, but it's a city that everybody talks about in the world; like everybody, not just hockey players," Buffalo Sabres center Rasmus Asplund (No. 33, 2016 draft) said. "That will be a pretty cool city to go on a road trip to. And they played in the Stanley Cup Final their first year too."
Toronto Maple Leafs defenseman Timothy Liljegren (No. 17, 2017 NHL Draft) said, "Just to see the atmosphere around the city and their team. I've never been to Las Vegas before."
Chicago Blackhawks forward Dylan Sikura (No. 178, 2014 NHL Draft) chose Toronto, where he remembered attending games as a kid.
"Coming home after getting to go to (Maple Leafs) games at the ScotiaBank Centre growing up, I think that will be pretty fun," Sikura said. "I'm sure I'll have a lot of family and friends there. I'll probably be playing for free that night, even paying to play with the amount of tickets I'll need to get."
Edmonton Oilers defenseman Evan Bouchard (No. 10, 2018 NHL Draft) had a similar experience in Toronto.
"I usually got to go to a game once a year for my birthday or a special occasion, so that would be pretty cool," he said.
Two other players, Sabres center Casey Mittelstadt (No. 8, 2017 draft) and Ottawa Senators forward Brady Tkachuk (No. 4, 2018 draft), chose their respective hometowns.
"For sure for me, being from (Eden Prairie) Minnesota, it will be playing the Wild at the Xcel Energy Centre," Mittelstadt said.
"We live [in St. Louis], so we're going to have a lot of people there," Tkachuk said. "It's going to be a lot of fun."
Dallas Stars defenseman Miro Heiskanen (No. 3, 2017 draft) chose New York.
RESULTS
Las Vegas (2); Montreal (2); Toronto (2); Minnesota (1); New York Rangers (1); St. Louis (1)
NHL.com correspondent Dave McCarthy contributed to this report