When the NHL named Alexander Semin its First Star of the month for October, we chided our media colleagues for paying more attention to Alex Ovechkin’s visit to his sick grandfather. Yes, Ovechkin won all four of the NHL’s trophies for scoring leaders and most valuable players, but that was last year. Why, we asked, was the best player of October 2008 any less exciting than the best player of 2007-2008? Ovechkin, of course, just…