Raise your hand if you've been waiting for this one.
In what might be the best matchup on paper in more than a decade, or even beyond, the two-time defending and irrefutably dynastic Stanley Cup-champion Tampa Bay Lightning are set to meet the class of the Western Conference on balance for the last several seasons, the Colorado Avalanche, in the NHL's championship series.
So often we see teams performing at the very top of their ranges for short stretches to reach the final. This year we have two of the best teams in the NHL over the last half decade locking horns, including the most successful postseason and regular season teams, respectively, over the last three years in the Bolts and Avs.