Preds' Forsberg: Caps have shown Presidents' Trophy doesn't mean much
Filip Forsberg isn't celebrating a first-place finish.
The Nashville Predators clinched the Presidents' Trophy as the best team in the regular season with a win over Washington on Thursday, but Forsberg pointed to those very Capitals as an example of the award's relative insignificance.
Filip Forsberg On #Preds winning Presidents’ Trophy: “we’ve seen especially here (in Washington) that the Trophy doesn’t mean that much, but I think just the home ice is going to be huge.”
— Stephen Whyno (@SWhyno) April 6, 2018
The Capitals won the Presidents' Trophy in each of the past two seasons, but fell to the Pittsburgh Penguins in the second round of the playoffs in both years.
Forsberg was drafted 11th overall by Washington in 2012, but was dealt to Nashville in 2013 for Martin Erat in one of the more infamous trade-deadline gaffes.