Anze Kopitar is #7 on EA’s list with a player rating of 92, sharing that mark with Detroit’s Henrik Zetterberg, Pittsburgh’s Evgeni Malkin, and New York’s John Tavares. Pittsburgh’s Sidney Crosby is #1 on the charts, chiming in with a player rating of 96 – the highest of any player in the game.
“Kopitar turns 28 in August, and with a full summer of rest and with the prime years of his career before him, he should stand to better his offensive numbers in 2015-16 – especially those 10 even strength goals – while maintaining an elite defensive awareness that has made him one of the league’s premier checkers and defenders amongst top forwards,” Jon Rosen said in his 2014-’15 evaluation of the Kings’ star forward.