The trade deadline is now behind us as we approach the final stretch of 20 or so games before the playoffs begin. While the Western Conference is nearly set with its eight teams, the Eastern Conference could see at least two new teams move in by the 82nd game. With an alarming amount of trades finalized at the deadline, the next discussion hockey enthusiast will partake in is who is best positioned to make a Stanley Cup run? Here are three teams from each conference who have the best shot of holding the cup coming mid-June: In the east, as it does every year, the discussion starts with the New Jersey Devils. They have the best big game goaltender in the game with Marin Brodeur and familiar names at center in Patrick Elias and Scott Gomez to guide the newer players along the way. Even though they don?t have Scott Stevens on the blue line, they do have a very good defenseman in Brian Rafalski, who can be expected to play a large role if the Devils are to win their first cup since 2004. Right beside the Devils are the Buffalo Sabres, who torched the league in the first half of the year, but have leveled out some in February. Now, they will have to deal with the loss of their center and leader in Chris Drury due to injury. They have steady goaltending in Ryan Miller and great coaching experience with Lindy Ruff, but the effect of Drury will be a big question mark for them down the stretch. Finally, a dark horse this year has to be the Pittsburgh Penguins and their host of talented young players. They do have goaltending questions presently around the confidence of Marc-Andre Fleury after a recent benching, but with the amazing skills of Sidney Crosby and rookie Evgeni Malkin could be enough to carry a very young team farther than their talent should. Experience in playoff hockey could be their roadblock come spring time. In the Western Conference, which is still a deeper and better conference, has a host of teams who could win the conference and head to the finals. The top team now is the San Jose Sharks, who possess the needed experience. With the addition of Bill Guerin on Tuesday to go along with center Joe Thornton and right wing Jonathan Cheechoo, the Sharks have the best collection of offensive talent in the league. They also have two solid goaltenders, but when you have two, you probably have none and they should resolve the problem before it hinders a long playoff run. Much like the Sabres, the Anaheim Ducks were white hot at the beginning of this season, but have cooled some recently. However, with two all-star level defensemen in Chris Pronger and Scott Niedermayer as well as Jean-Sebastien Giguere between the pipes, the Ducks will be tough to score on with any consistency. With enough offensive talent to win, the Ducks only need Giguere to play somewhere in the same universe as he did in 2004 and this time around, they will finish the job. Some may say that the Detroit Red Wings or the Nashville Predators should occupy the final spot on this list, but both of these clubs have large holes in the resume like age with Detroit and a lack of past playoff success in Nashville. To replace them, I see the Minnesota Wild having an outside shot at going on a deep run this year. They have a great coach in Jacques Lemaire and a leader in center Brian Rolston to go along with offensive wizard Marian Gaborik. They also have questions at goaltender with two able bodies, even though Manny Fernandez is hurt now, which puts them in a tough spot when choosing a No.1 while not dividing the locker room. When the final shot is fired, it will be the Anaheim Ducks winning over the New Jersey Devils in a rematch of the 2004 Stanley Cup Finals.