from Emily Kaplan of ESPN,

For unvarnished honesty, we offered anonymity to discourage players from voting for teammates and offseason training buddies. Here are the results, beginning with a lot of gushing for an uber-skilled, 22-year-old, two-way forward in Sunrise, Florida:

Metropolitan Division forward: Panthers center Aleksander Barkov. "Guys in the smaller market sometimes they don't get the recognition they deserve. Barkov -- he's crazy. He's so good. He's so skilled. ...

Central Division defenseman: Predators defenseman Mattias Ekholm. "He's a guy that doesn't get a ton of attention, but I think he's a really big piece of their puzzle. Obviously, they have some guys that do awesome things, like [Roman] Josi, but Ekholm is a guy that does everything well -- there's nothing he does bad. Even things he doesn't do really well, he still does well. And in my mind, that's what makes a great defenseman in this league." ...

Central Division forward: Senators winger Mark Stone. "I don't really think he gets a lot of recognition, then when you watch him play -- he's really effective. He's always in the top of the league in takeaways, and then he's having a great year again this year for Ottawa; he's scoring a lot of goals."

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