I imagine some scouts are kicking themselves for holding the fact that Anze Kopitar played his early hockey in Slovenia now.
Never got the idea at the time, as he did play a full season in Sweden in a fairly heavily scouted league where they had ample oppurtunity to guage his skillset against fairly high competition.
jurtur,
Are you Slovenian? also if Anze makes the NHL do you think it will be big news in your country?
Yes i am , he already is big news in my country ever since he started playing on the national team at the age of 17 in division A . We can hardly wait till he gets to the NHL . As i said he is big in my country plus having such a professional attitude and humble character he is loved by all media and the fans plus he is a rolemodel for all young hockey players in Slovenia . He also boosted the popularity of hockey in Slovenia a lot ; so yeah we are all waiting and watching when he gets to NHL
By the way , the Kings organization has gotten a lot of fans in Slovenia .