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Sidney Crosby has competition in debate over NHL’s top player

Considering this is the era of hot takes and “embrace the debate” — Disney or Pixar? Red Vines or Twizzlers? Are hot dogs sandwiches? — it’s no surprise hockey has its own question to argue.

Sidney Crosby or Connor McDavid?

The Associated Press recently asked 30 NHL players to name the sport’s best player, and Crosby came out ahead with 21 votes.

But in the TSN Top 50 player poll, McDavid was selected No. 1 by the Canadian cable network’s panel of 22 experts. It was the first time in the eight-year history of the poll that Pittsburgh’s superstar center wasn’t ranked in the top spot.