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There were other choices, of course. Some liked Washington’s Alex Ovechkin or Chicago’s Jonathan Toews. Anaheim’s Ryan Getzlaf and the New York Islanders’ John Tavares received votes. There was even love for St. Louis’ Vladimir Tarasenko and Pittsburgh’s Phil Kessel.

“Maybe Jamie Benn will go back to back,” said Dallas’ Tyler Seguin. “That will be great for our team.”

It was a safe pick. After all, Benn led the league with 87 points last season (three more than Crosby, who played five fewer games). Seguin, who was Benn’s linemate, finished in the top-10 with 37 goals and 77 points.

“We haven’t come close to touching where we’re going to go,” Seguin said of himself and Benn. “I’m 23 and he’s 25. We get better every game, every year … But I think more people on the team are concerned with winning the Stanley Cup than the Art Ross right now.”

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Chances are the two players, who were also in top-10 in scoring in 2013-14, will be among the leaders again. However, history might be against Benn repeating.

The last time a player won two years in a row was in 2001, when Jaromir Jagr won his fourth straight Art Ross Trophy. In fact, the last six years have featured six different scoring champions. If that trend holds true, then someone other than Benn, Crosby, Martin St. Louis, Evgeni Malkin and Daniel and Henrik Sedin will win this season’s award.