re president trophy winner missing playoffs jstrangi hora seas upenn edu jim strangio writes in article apr vm mcgill ca ccdb musica mcgill ca ccdb writes when was the last time a president s trophy winner fell to last place the following year a long time i d bet well i think it in the montreal canadians finished st although there was no president s cup in those days and missed the playoffs in i do recall that the playoff picture wasn t decided until the final day when the ny rangers defeated the redwings the tie breaker was the number of goals for if i remember correctly so the rangers played with an empty net for the entire game some hab loyalists accused the wings of throwing the game to keep them out but as i recall gordie and delvecchio had the flu so coach sid abel sat them out and the rangers swarmed the redwings most of the night
