I'm not going to defend Toews when I was highly critical of him last year. I'm also the one who insists Toews must produce tangibly relative to his contract. I'm also a huge Kane fan too. BUT to dismiss Toews 14-15 season is idiotic. Could Kane have had a better regular season? Absolutely. But he got injured! Staying on the ice is part of hockey. Regardless, the gap wasn't as big some of you imply. And when the playoffs came around, Toews could have won the Conn Smythe.
It's amazing. A couple of years ago, everyone destroyed Kane for his lack of defense. Now he's the greatest thing since slice bread. He is great (fore checking better) ... I agree. But it's not like he's made this incredible jump. Pucks are going in the net and he has better linemates. The same goes for Toews. He struggled last year. But he's playing well this year, except pucks aren't going in. However, he's helped his linemates (Panik has 5 goals). And it's not like his defense got bad all of a sudden.
So stop overreacting. It's always somewhere in between.