This year, I would say Ovechkin!
Everything seems easy with him!

I would have to say Ovechkin based that hes only a rookie and he was third in goals followed by kovalchyuk(sp) and jagr.

Alex ovechkin by far he has great finnish and a ton of talent

Last year, the best pure goal scorer was Kovalchuk. followed by Ovechkin

Im gonna go against the flow and say Cheecho. He played really well along side Thornton. Look for those two to do well again.

I don't think you can really say Cheechoo is the best pure scorer in the league. Anyone is going to benefit from having one of the best playmakers in the world feeding him the puck. Just look at the numbers he put up before the Thornton trade, solid numbers but nothing spectacular. The best "pure" goal scorer has all the skill himself, like Ovechkin. He wasn't surrounded by any great players and look what he did. I think Cheechoo is more a product of Thornton. He's good but on his own he'd never put up 50+ goals.

Kovalchuk is a pure scorer and probably is the elite scorer in the league right now. He has one of the best one timers I have seen.

Ya, Kovalchuk has an absolutely ridiculous one-timer from the point. He's so deadly on the powerplay as he can hit those shots while on the move. He's been a lot better defensively this year as well, good season for him.

Ovechkin is the best pure goal scorer in the league in my opinion. he can hit the slap shots and create goals from what seems like an impossible goal chance at first.

Did everyone forget about Gretzky or Lemieux? Or is the question about players now? If so I'd go with Kovalchuk or Ovechkin. I also think we will all see alot from Malkin.