Kopitar vs Bergeron vs Toews

[895]

You get the player at 18 years old. They are just as injury prone/durable as they were during their careers but won't suffer the exact same injuries of course. They will always re-sign with your team as long as you offer them a fair deal.

Who do you pick?

 

[Coffee]

The Center you can throw out there when you need a goal or when you need to defend the lead

Good poll

 

[Bouboumaster]

I went with Kopitar, Bergeron and Toews

Toews has the best peaked, but his career was cut short
Bergeron is great, arguably the best defensive forward ever (At worst he's top 3) but he didn't have the size or offensive prowess of Kopitar

 

[BigBadBruins7708]

I went with Kopitar, Bergeron and Toews

Toews has the best peaked, but his career was cut short
Bergeron is great, arguably the best defensive forward ever (At worst he's top 3) but he didn't have the size or offensive prowess of Kopitar

Bergeron and Kopitar had pretty equal offensive ability, the only real difference in their yearly point totals was utilization and PP time.

For their careers, they have basically identical ES PPG at 0.52 for Bergeron (666 in 1,294) and 0.55 for Kopitar (796 in 1,439). The difference is Bergeron in his prime averaged 45% o-zone starts to Kopitar's 55% o-zone starts and Kopitar had an extra 1 to 1:30 a year in PP time.

And Kopitar may have been physically bigger, but he didn't play bigger averaging under 50 hits and 30 PIM a season

 

[Ace Card Bedard]

The one who helped bring my team 3 cups.

Why would I choose anyone else?

 

[I am not exposed]

In this order:

Kopitar
Bergeron
Toews

 

[banks]

You get the player at 18 years old. They are just as injury prone/durable as they were during their careers but won't suffer the exact same injuries of course. They will always re-sign with your team as long as you offer them a fair deal.

Who do you pick?

With that stipulation, I go with Toews #1. The reality we got had his career ending earlier than it should have. But starting again now without the same impact that COVID had on Toews and he could possibly last longer. I feel he had the best peak of the 3, and was more consistent over his prime.

Toews
Kopitar
Bergeron

 

[Regal]

Bergeron and Kopitar had pretty equal offensive ability, the only real difference in their yearly point totals was utilization and PP time.

For their careers, they have basically identical ES PPG at 0.52 for Bergeron (666 in 1,294) and 0.55 for Kopitar (796 in 1,439). The difference is Bergeron in his prime averaged 45% o-zone starts to Kopitar's 55% o-zone starts and Kopitar had an extra 1 to 1:30 a year in PP time.

And Kopitar may have been physically bigger, but he didn't play bigger averaging under 50 hits and 30 PIM a season

Bergeron also played with significantly better linemates through his best offensive seasons

 

[bambamcam4ever]

Bergeron also played with significantly better linemates through his best offensive seasons

And Kopitar in his prime played in a very restrictive offensive system

 

[Crow]

They are all three pretty much equal and this is splitting hairs but to me but I slightly prefer Kopitar and Toews before Bergeron. Kopitar had the better longevity even if his peak was perhaps not as clutch in the post season and impactful as Toews it was close enough. Bergeron just didn’t have that clutch extra gear to me in the post season when you needed it desperately. And the actual defensive impact difference to me is mostly negligible even though Bergeron was a media darling award winner.

Kopitar
Toews
Bergeron