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Presidents' Trophy curse?

By Joy Russo

Thursday, April 5, 2007

Heading into the final weekend of the regular season, we all have a good idea of who will likely make the playoffs. Still, it will be a battle to the finish for postseason position. Which brings us to the Presidents' Trophy. Sorry, but the nod for best regular-season record seems more like a curse than a reward, at least when you consider the past 20 years. Just ask the Red Wings. Yes, home-ice advantage can be important, maybe more important in the second round (during last season's playoffs, ...

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