ANALYSIS: President’s Trophy could cap off outstanding regular season for Jets - Winnipeg

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For as many days because the Winnipeg Jets have resided atop the Central Division, led the Western Convention and hovered round first place in the complete National Hockey League standings this season, there was little or no dialog concerning the President’s Trophy — and that’s doubtless by design.

Now, to be honest, ending first general is an impressive achievement and one that actually ought to be acknowledged, revered and honoured.

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In spite of everything, the 82-game NHL season is a grind, replete with lengthy journey, inconsistent sleep and a cadence of video games that gives few breaks. The crew that powers via the entire schedule’s rigours and finishes with the perfect file and most factors ought to really feel a way of accomplishment – which is why they earn the President’s Trophy.

However there’s a stigma across the award, as solely eight groups since its creation within the mid-Nineteen Eighties have received it after which gone on to win the Stanley Cup in the identical season.

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In reality, the final Canadian crew to win the President’s Trophy was the Vancouver Canucks, who did it in consecutive years in 2011 and 2012, no much less. However as a franchise, they’re nonetheless ready to hold their first Stanley Cup banner.

And primarily based on the Jets’ additional time win over the Washington Capitals on Tuesday evening to drag inside a single level of first general within the NHL, the President’s Trophy dialogue is probably going going to proceed and even warmth up across the crew’s 10 remaining video games — whether or not they prefer it or not.

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It’s a conflicting state of affairs, for positive, however one the Jets must embrace, understanding how distinctive a President’s Trophy can be to cap off a probably franchise-best common season.

And if nothing else follows favourably into the spring and early summer time, a President’s Trophy banner draped from the rafters of Canada Life Centre within the years forward would nonetheless make for an incredible dialog piece.