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Inziladun, I don't believe that quote (spoken by Mandos, if I remember correctly) means that Fingolfin, or any other Elf, couldn't in theory 'kill' Morgoth. Morgoth was incarnate at this time and his physical manifestation could be destroyed, which would 'kill' him. As has been said, Fingolfin hurt him repeatedly and of all the Valar he was the only one to know fear. My interpretation is that it was fate that none of the Noldor would be able to defeat Morgoth. Fingolfin was just not meant to win and remember, Mandos knows all that is to come.
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The Silmarillion it says that the speaker of the quote was simply a messenger from Manwë. As to the rest, you may be right. Since no one else among the Children of Ilúvatar was known to have faced Morgoth in single combat, whether a Telerin Elf, a Dwarf, or a Man could have destroyed his form will remain debatable. The original question here was whether Fingolfin was capable of it, and we seem to be in agreement that the answer is 'no'.