Have to say disagree bro, Vesa Toskala has been good. In fact, I would argue that he is having a better year than Ryan Miller, especially as of late. If you look at the split stats, he had 3.73 GAA and .890 SV% in October, and is now at 2.60 GAA, and .907 SV%. It's no secret, he turned a corner after his first month in blue and white and he's been good ever since, even with the revolving doors we've had on the back-end.
Also disagree with the best forward in the game. Ovechkin is on another planet right now, carrying a unidimensional team to the playoffs. 60 goals (1st), 21 PPG's (1st), 10 game winning goals (1st), 203 hits (10th), 410 shots (1st), 70 even strength points (1st), 63 takeaways (8th), and a +23. I don't know if non hockey fans can comprehend the awesomeness of those stats. I do think Lecavalier is absolutely second though. Malkin is in the conversation, as is Kovalev who, has had a fitting year for such a talented player. They should all garner votes for the Art Ross.
I'll tell you one thing, Canada better be ready in 2010, because I was thinking of the next Russian national team, and it's scary. Between Alex Ovechkin, Evgeni Malkin, Pavel Datsyuk (who has an absurd 132 takeaways this year - Modano is 2nd with 78 !), Alex Kovalev, Ilya Kovalchuk, and Alexander Frolov, you have two top scoring lines. On defense, Andrei Markov is having an all-star year, Sergei Zubov is as slick as anyone in the game, Anton Volchenkov is very underrated, as is Vitaly Vishnevski, then you've got Danny Markov, and Sergei Gonchar rounding out your top 6. To finish it off, I've not had the chance to see much on him being on the east coast, but, Evgeni Nabokov was called the best goaltender in the NHL yesterday by Pierre McGuire, who knows a thing or two about the game. Our next Canadian generation with Ryan Getzlaf, Jeff Carter, and Dion Phaneuf is going to have their hands full.
