In the days leading up to Evgeni Malkin's 1,000th game I went around the Penguins' locker room collecting fun memories of Malkin on and off the ice from his teammates.
When I asked Kris Letang for fun memories of Malkin off the ice, he quipped, "The fact that he gets pulled over after every road trip? It's like, automatic."
That gave me an idea for a fun Survey Says question: Which teammate would you trust the least to drive your car?
I definitely got more of a variety of responses for this question than the usual "which teammate ...?" type questions, which was pretty fun. One player's name did end up popping up more than anyone else -- it wasn't a pick that I was expecting for this question, but it also wasn't too surprising, either.
Here's how players answered.
Bryan Rust: Jarry. I've just got a bad feeling.
Sidney Crosby: I'd go (Poehling). He's got one of those self-driving cars. I'm not sure how many hours he gets driving anymore. He doesn't get a lot of reps.
Danton Heinen: "Well, it was Frieds but he's not here. I'm going to go with Poehls. I heard he has a Tesla and just puts it in auto-pilot, but I could be wrong on that. I haven't seen it, I just heard about it.
Teddy Blueger: Frieds would be the No. 1 answer but he's not here. Given his driving history, I'd go with him. But Kappy. Kappy maybe wouldn't take great care of it.
Brian Dumoulin: Oh, it's an easy answer (laughs). Frieds. Frieds isn't up right now, but Mark Friedman. He's had his fair share of car problems.
Marcus Pettersson: Friedman, I heard he's been a popular answer around here. But for who is here right now, I don't think there's anybody that irresponsible. Well, Geno drives fast. I'd say Geno.
Jake Guentzel: Tanger has nice cars, but I heard he's not that good of a driver. So it'd be him. He has a lot of cars, but I wouldn't trust him with mine.
Kasperi Kapanen: Guentzel. I think he's wrecked his car before, or at least scratched it. I wouldn't give him my keys.
Ryan Poehling: I'm going to go with P.O. I've been in Montreal long enough where the drivers aren't the best and he's from there, so that's why I'd say him.
Jason Zucker: No chance I'd let P.O touch it, I don't trust him. I don't trust P.O, I don't know what it is. I don't like him, I don't really trust him (smiles). You can tell him I said that, he'd definitely be No. 1. And honestly, Kappy. Geno, maybe. Those are my final three.
P.O Joseph: I've heard some bad comments about my car, Tanger hated to drive my car, so I wouldn't let him drive my car again. Zucker is definitely never jumping in my car. Those guys make fun of me for my car, so I wouldn't give them the chance or opportunity to be in my car.
Tristan Jarry: All of them. Because I like my car.
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