http://www.playerspoll.ca/
Datsyuk was named the smartest player, the most difficult player to play against, the hardest player to take the puck from, the most difficult player to stop (voted on by goalies only), the cleanest player and the toughest forward to play against.
According to his peers, Datsyuk is both the toughest forward to play against from the skater's perspective and the hardest to stop from the goalie's perspective. That spells dominance. In fact, Datsyuk won both categories in a landslide, collecting 25 percent and 24 percent of the vote respectively. The second place finishers only managed 15 percent and 12 percent in each category.
He has won four Lady Bing trophies awarded for sportsmanship, three Selke trophies as the best defensive forward in the NHL, one Hart Trophy nomination as the most valuable player in the game and two Stanley Cups. He is widely considered to be the best two-way forward today.
Translation: He stops you, he scores, he embarrasses you—and he doesn't take a penalty in the process.
