This is the first time in Kopitar's career I might say Malkin...I could be wrong as soon as next season--in fact, i HOPE I'm terribly wrong--but it looks like Father Time finally showed up for Kopitar and beat the everliving shit out of him behind a shed.
He's played waayyyy too much hockey over the last decade, and has been healthy for virtually all of it, playing all the hardest defensive/PK minutes...so it's not REALLY surprising, but it is VERY sad to watch him right now, looks like a dying dog out there.
But if it's the Kopitar of every year up until now, I pick Kopitar without blinking. Malkin is amazing but the raw consistency of Anze all over the ice, 20 minutes a game, 82+ games a year is completely underrated and arguably legendary. If it weren't the Bergeron era or if Anze played in Chicago or East, he'd have had a LOT more fanfare.