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Matthew Coller, Special to ESPN 9y

Would you rather have Toews-Kane or Getzlaf-Perry in a series?

NHL, Anaheim Ducks, Chicago Blackhawks

The Western Conference final matchup is a dream.

In the salary cap era, the NHL's talent is more spread out than in the 1980s, when the Edmonton Oilers and New York Islanders established dynasties; thus, it makes it a rare occurrence that four of the league's elite forwards match up in a seven-game series.

This year is the exception.

Ryan Getzlaf, Corey Perry and the Anaheim Ducks will face off with Jonathan Toews, Patrick Kane and the Chicago Blackhawks for a chance to advance to the Stanley Cup Final.

Landing a pair of elite forwards is like winning a golden ticket to the playoffs every year (just ask the Pittsburgh Penguins or Detroit Red Wings during the past decade), so if you offered either tandem to any general manager in the NHL, they would move heaven and earth to get them.

But which pairing would you rather have in a seven-game series?

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