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Anže Kopitar is top 10 all-time Kings scorer

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TheSlovenian said:
I just saw a thread on LetsGoKings.com. He has 468 points which puts him on 8th place (11 points behing Fox). :handclap:
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He's 9th.

http://www.nhl.com/ice/careerstats....y=&active=&viewName=careerLeadersForFranchise

I love looking through these lists, Matt Greene is tied with Darrly Evans for 143rd. Voynov's tied for 160th with the likes of Heinze, Klatt, and Aki Berg.

Brown is 8th in all-time games played with the Kings with 633. He also has 4 OT goals, the only Kings with 5 are Ziggy and Luc.
 
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I know that the +/- stat can be an unreliable way to measure a player, but Dave Taylor at +181 over his entire career on some not so great teams is quite an accomplishment.
 
KINGS17 said:
I know that the +/- stat can be an unreliable way to measure a player, but Dave Taylor at +181 over his entire career on some not so great teams is quite an accomplishment.
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he went to the cup = not so great
 
Palffy was a +85? Damn. Gretzky was a -5 in his Kings career. Those last couple years really took it to him on that stat.
 
KingsFan7824 said:
Palffy was a +85? Damn. Gretzky was a -5 in his Kings career. Those last couple years really took it to him on that stat.
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Gretzky was a -52 in his final three years with the Kings.
http://www.hockey-reference.com/players/g/gretzwa01.html

What's insane is that he could've had more than 900 goals and over 2,900 points had it not been for missing half a season in 92-93 and the lockout in 94-95.

Try as he might, Kopitar will probably fall somewhere around #5 on the all-time list of Kings scorers. He might have a shot to overtake #4 on the list, who happens to be The Great One.

http://www.hockey-reference.com/pla...val=&c4stat=&c4comp=gt&c4val=&order_by=points
 
I think we should be so grateful to have Quick and Bernier. In our history, we've had just 11 goalies ever play 100 games as a King, which is basically two seasons as a starter (maybe even a season and a half) and gone through 62 goalies in total. Even the goaltending graveyard of Philadelphia, who joined the league at the same time as us, has had 15 goalies play at least 100 games and have only gone through 49 goalies.

Goaltending stability is finally here. Hopefully Quick's shaky season is just a blip on the radar and we can replace Bernier with an equally steady backup, presumably in time for next year.
 
Ziggy Stardust said:
Gretzky was a -52 in his final three years with the Kings.
http://www.hockey-reference.com/players/g/gretzwa01.html

What's insane is that he could've had more than 900 goals and over 2,900 points had it not been for missing half a season in 92-93 and the lockout in 94-95.

Try as he might, Kopitar will probably fall somewhere around #5 on the all-time list of Kings scorers. He might have a shot to overtake #4 on the list, who happens to be The Great One.

http://www.hockey-reference.com/pla...val=&c4stat=&c4comp=gt&c4val=&order_by=points
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If he doubles his current career point total of 469, he'll pass Wayne, and Kopitar is only 25 now. Considering he's just entering his prime years, he should easily pass Wayne, assuming no major injuries and that he remains a King.

What's really insane about Wayne Gretzky is several tidbits. As far as I know, he's the only player in the league to be in the top five of career scoring for two different teams (teams that are still active anyways).

Additionally, Wayne could have hit 3,000 career points if not for the lockout and the injury in 1992-93 (as you mentioned Ziggy) and arguably early retirement. In his final season, Gretzky put up 62 points in 70 games on a bad back that kept him out of games. If he had played the full season in 1992-93, and the league had run a full season in 1994-95, based on points per game numbers he posted those seasons, he'd have earned an additional 89 points (assuming an 82 game season in 1994-95), elaving him with 2,946 career points. So if he had returned for one more year and netted just 54 points, he'd have hit 3,000.

The other insane stats is that he basically has twice the points of Kopitar in the same number of games.
 
redcard said:
At least one jersey from the cup win is going up, just might depend on which player sticks around the longest.
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Agreed, and I expect more than one. For sure Brown, Kopitar, Quick and Doughty all have a chance, and there's no saying Richards and Carter won't have a legit chance as well if they stay for their full contracts.
 
DAkings20 said:
I think Brown has a good shot. I could see him being a career king and being the first captain to raise the cup doesn't hurt his chances.
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Agreed, that's why I mentioned him (and Doughty and Kopitar and Quick). All four are already in the top 10 or very close to it on a bunch of career statistics for the Kings, both in the playoffs and the regular season. It's not inconcievable that if they all play their entire career as Kings (or even the vast majority of it), that they will be top 5 on numerous stats for the Kings, likely edging each other out for higher rankings.

And only Brown isn't locked up for several more years at the moment either, and he doesn't lend the impression of being a difficult resigning (though that could change of course).
 
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