Referee Gord Dwyer (19) watches a fight between the San Jose Sharks and the Los Angeles Kings during the third period of Game 2 of an NHL hockey first-round playoff series Sunday, April 20, 2014, in San Jose, Calif. (AP Photo/Ben Margot)

View photos Referee Gord Dwyer (19) watches a fight between the San Jose Sharks and the Los Angeles Kings during the third period of Game 2 of an NHL hockey first-round playoff series Sunday, April 20, 2014, in San Jose, Calif. (AP Photo/Ben Margot) More

The new EPIX Road To The NHL Stadium Series put forth the idea that the Los Angeles Kings and the San Jose Sharks were one of the NHL’s greatest current rivalries.

This got us thinking: What are the NHL’s greatest current team rivalries? Which two teams, should they meet, are mandatory viewing?

So we bounced around some lists through the Puck Daddy and Yahoo Sports editorial offices and came up with the following countdown.

(Apologies to NBC, but Bruins/Wild did not make the cut, despite being featured on RIVALRY NIGHT.)

What are the top 10 biggest rivalries in the NHL currently? Agree, disagree … OK, mostly disagree in the comments!

And here... we ... go.

10. Los Angeles Kings vs. Chicago Blackhawks

These two burgeoning dynasties have had their clashes, but also have other long-standing feuds that trump this one. There’s no question that the two most successful teams of the last five seasons play ultra-competitively against each other. This series was pretty OK.

9. Calgary Flames vs. Edmonton Oilers

When will both of these teams play well in the same season so this rivalry can rightfully take its place in the top three? Is it synced to the arrival of a comet? Do we need Joel Otto to come out of retirement to hound Nugent-Hopkins?

8. Anaheim Ducks vs. Los Angeles Kings

OK, admittedly this is a tough call. Both Ducks fans and Sharks fans call dibs on having a blood feud with the Kings. Case in point:

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Those tweets were pretty much made in two different places at the same time. So confusing!

But overall, it seems that the Ducks don’t have the same level of bile-fueled feuding that the Kings have with that other California team. Which isn’t meant as a diss for this matchup, because they straight up hate each other too. Or at least Ducks fans hate Kings fans, but Kings fans can't hear them because they've got rings in their ears.

In the sense that they're gold-cased iPhones keep ringing during games.

7. Toronto Maple Leafs vs. Montreal Canadiens

This is still the granddaddy of them all, and has only lacked relevance because the Leafs have turned into a tire fire inside of a dumpster fire outside of a manure processing plant. But when they’re on the ice, bragging rights for the true Centre of the Hockey Universe remain on the line. Nothing else touches this rivalry's history or potential.

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