Matthew Coller, Special to ESPN 9y

Would you rather have Stamkos or Lundqvist in the Stanley Cup playoffs?

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Not that the Stanley Cup playoffs are ever short on great players, but the conference finals are particularly star-studded this year. In the Western Conference, the Anaheim Ducks and Chicago Blackhawks display four elite players in Ryan Getzlaf, Corey Perry, Jonathan Toews and Patrick Kane. Last week, we looked at which tandem you would rather have on your team.

But in the East, the matchup of stars is a little different: The Tampa Bay Lightning feature All-Star forward Steven Stamkos, while the New York Rangers' key piece is goaltender Henrik Lundqvist.

While plenty of other players will have a role in which team advances to the Stanley Cup finals (see: Johnson, Tyler), Stamkos versus Lundqvist is the front-page matchup.

But which would have a bigger impact on whether their team wins? In a seven-game series, would you rather have one of the NHL's best goal scorers or the league's No. 1 goalie?

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