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Originally Posted by troutman
The Presidents Trophy should be celebrated more. It is a big accomplishment.
In club soccer, various trophies are competed for each year, with varying prestige attached to each.
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I agree with you.
However, in other sports (club soccer) the Cup competitions and the league competitions are self contained in their own right.
In the NHL, the season is the means by which you make it to the Cup competition. So you strategise accordingly. God help any GM or Head Coach who takes risks with players potentially affecting their health in the post season in a run to win the President’s Trophy.
The race to win the league is there to be sacrificed if necessary for the Cup that everybody wants.
But it’s still a heck of an achievement but unfortunately falls in to the nice to have category.