Kopitar vs Bergeron vs Toews

[Nasti]

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

Size isn’t only about hits. The Kings board work was killing opponents during their cup runs and Kopitar was a major part of that. Similar to how Jagr’s size was such an advantage even though he didn’t go out there hitting guys.

 

[Nasti]

I feel like this comparison is the new Sakic vs Yzerman.

 

[TruePowerSlave]

I see only one guy who is a top 100 player.

The league really were on the Hawks bandwagon.