Tonight marks game five of the 2015 Stanley Cup Final – and the Chicago Blackhawks and the Tampa Bay Lightning have in theory turned this series into a best of three battle for the greatest trophy in North American sports. For the Buffalo Sabres watching and learning what it takes to win the ultimate prize at the end of the season, this years finals presents a very difficult challenge.
On one end of the spectrum you have the Chicago Blackhawks. It is very difficult to peg a team as a dynasty in hockey in the modern era, because the salary cap and free agent have created so much parody in the league.