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Oil Stain · 11-09-2015, 03:32 PM

Being un-Canadian has definitely hurt Kopitar in comparison to Toews.

Kopitar has two cups and the same PPG average over his career as Toews as well as being used in a two way role. Kopitar has been the shutdown center on a team that has consistently been as good or better than the Blackhawks defensively, but Toews has a selke and Kopitar doesn't.

He doesn't have World Junior and World Senior golds because he hasn't played on a national program that is the best in the world. The "Toews is a winner" mantra is almost exclusively why Toews is regarded as well as he is. A lot of other players cannot hope to match those types of "individual accomplishments" solely because of where they were born.

There is obviously a pro-Canadian bias in the media, which is fine because they are just catering to their fan base, but we shouldn't pretend that it doesn't exist.

11-09-2015, 03:32 PM	#41
Oil Stain Franchise Player Join Date: Feb 2006 Exp:	Being un-Canadian has definitely hurt Kopitar in comparison to Toews. Kopitar has two cups and the same PPG average over his career as Toews as well as being used in a two way role. Kopitar has been the shutdown center on a team that has consistently been as good or better than the Blackhawks defensively, but Toews has a selke and Kopitar doesn't. He doesn't have World Junior and World Senior golds because he hasn't played on a national program that is the best in the world. The "Toews is a winner" mantra is almost exclusively why Toews is regarded as well as he is. A lot of other players cannot hope to match those types of "individual accomplishments" solely because of where they were born. There is obviously a pro-Canadian bias in the media, which is fine because they are just catering to their fan base, but we shouldn't pretend that it doesn't exist. Last edited by Oil Stain; 11-09-2015 at 03:39 PM.