if teams skip over kopitar because of his nationality, then they are really stupid. hes playing in SEL against men, and playing very well as a teenager, who cares where he comes from! if thats the reason canucks pass over on him, im gonna flip! kopitar should be a star, im glad LA drafted him so frolov have somebody to play with, those 2 should be fun to watch.
bourdon's stats dont look great, i'll grant you that. but 30+ pts from a D is not so bad. scoring is down in every league, its hard to expect him to put up the same #s jovo put up 10 yrs ago in junior. besides, hes not as gifted as jovo, thats for sure. from what i read, hes not very creative offensively, so he'll probably never get as much pts as jovo.
as for lindros, hes always wanted to play for the leafs, im sure he'll take a major pay cut to play there. imagine sundin-lindros on the top 2 lines, that'll be sick (assuming they both stay healthy and produce as expected). damn the leafs, they are getting better AND younger AND cheaper!!