DENVER - Right in front of the Tampa Bay Lightning sits a place in National Hockey League history.
Four wins away is a place among the games greatest teams. One more series win and the Lightning will be the team against which others are measured for decades to come.
A legacy is within their grasp when the Stanley Cup Final opens at Ball Arena against the Colorado Avalanche. A third consecutive Stanley Cup title and Tampa Bay will joined the hallowed group of teams to accomplish the feat in the expansion era, that includes only the great Montreal Canadiens teams of the late 1970s and the New Yo...
