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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
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?
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
And Kopitar in his prime played in a very restrictive offensive systemBergeron also played with significantly better linemates through his best offensive seasons
Agree 100% with this and in a vacuum Kopitar really stands out for his consistency of excellence and take all 3 guys for any team this is the way it shakes out.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
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
Kopitar one.
You put him with the guys Bergeron or Toews played with and I don’t think the offensive output would even be close.
Yeah really I believe Kopitar had a lot more offensive potential he never got to show. Imagine him playing with Marchand and Pastrnak?
Kopitar had a 92 point MVP caliber season with a last-legs Dustin Brown and a rookie 25 point Alex Iafallo haha, I would LOVE to see what he could do with elite wingers, which we only saw in flashes when the stars aligned (ie 2014 Gaborik)
31 more points than the next closest scorer, his linemate...45 more points than the next closest Kings F.
Dude was an absolute immense offensive talent whose #s overall suffered for being 200 ft. Mr. Everything for the defensive Kings for so long...always leading the league in minutes played and they were HARD minutes with the top PK and the top matchups.
The funniest part of that season maybe was the narrative of the MVP race, remember the telecasts saying "kopitar is going to have to face mackinnon now and we'll see who ends up on top" and he popped 4 goals and suddenly the narrative switched from MacKinnon to Taylor Hall. Just another near miss for Kings hardware, him and Doughty have had it rough for their legacies.