LA got both Kopitar and Quick in that draft, served them well.
Anže Kopitar - Ageless Wonder
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Nowadays for sure.
But back then... God I'd have killed for Price.
Cause a goalie stealing a game isn't something I've seen since Roloson.
lindholmie
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So dope that ducks and kings each got a player that stayed with them all their career. Gonna suck when he retired 
Raccoon Jesus
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Hahaha are you shitting me
Have you seen how this forum treats Doughty
Kopitar doesn't get talked about much and that's a shame
But the moment Doughty's name is mentioned there is a venn diagram of 3 groups of posters that show up to curse his entire family line
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Not following Kings all too much but did he have any star winger in all these years other than Gaborik and even him for a very short time
No one near the caliber of a Hossa or Marchand … While Brown was a great captain and King, he was average at best away from Kopitar
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No, because Kopitar has always gelled with two-way, predictable wingers who play in close proximity. He isn't really a "playmaker". There is zero deception to his game. Kopitar gets the bulk of his offense thru shear attrition - holding and cycling the puck long enough to make the smart decision when a chance presents itself. He doesn't really look to create many quick chances, he plays the long game and if a opportunity isn't there he will live to score another day. That's why his points totals per season are relatively low - he chooses not to force anything in favor of staying in good defensive position. He wants the same out of his wingers.
He was famously quoted during the Cup years saying "when everyone is good, no one has to be great". Of course that is all well and good when your team is stacked, but unfortunately it has also been true in the opposite. When the Kings needed someone to be great, he was still the same ol' reliable 60-70 point Kopitar on teams that lacked an offensive focal point and needed more from its best player. That is the only criticism one can fairly make of an otherwise stellar player.
I'm still sour the canucks didn't draft him lol. Great player, great person, great career
Raccoon Jesus
We were right there
Brown-Kopitar-Williams was a sum >>> parts line for several years but that's about as good as it got
He spent a lot of his career rotating guys like Kyle Calder and Patrick O'Sullivan
Ryan Smyth was perfect with him too though, that was fun until he was terrified of the South Bay
