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Originally Posted by dissentowner
Kopitar is most certainly not a top 5 player in the league.
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I don't think there is any forward in the league that I would definitely want more than Kopitar moving forward. Toews, Kane, Crosby, Tavares, maybe Seguin and until this year Getzlaf would be about equal with him for me.
So I would say he is not not a top 5 player, but not necessarily a top 5 player. The 13ish way tie for best player sounds about right.
The Hurricanes are the only team in recent memory that have won a cup without having at least two of the top 25 players in the league at the time (almost always including C, D and/or G).
The Kings still have top 25 C and D, and a G on the fringe of that. There chances of a cup are much better with Kopitar than without.