Replay Hockey
League Newsletter
League
established October 1st, 1999
Volume #10, Issue #13 – May 6, 2024
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Current League
Officers:
Commissioner:
Mark McNeil
Email List Administrator: Mark McNeil
Email the
whole league:
mailto:RHL2000@googlegroups.com
League Web
Site:
http://www.blades99.com/RHL/RHL.htm
MESSAGE FROM
THE COMMISSIONER
First round is done and was about as boring
as can be as all 8 higher seeds won their series and we have 4
matchups of 1 vs 2 for each of the four divisions. Pretty good job of
staying on the timeline, appreciate that and hope we continue to do
the same moving forward. Round 2 should be a good one with so all of
the top teams still playing, though we have some potential for upsets
still and it will be interesting to see which (if any) of those #2
seeds can rise up and pull the upset as I don’t believe we have ever
had a conference finals with all 4 #1 seeds still alive.
In the Prince
of Wales conference St. Louis and Arizona powered through their series
with ease with both only giving away one win to their opponents and
after fighting all season for the #1 spot in the division they can
finally decide who is the best team in the Horton division and this
should be a close one all the way through. In the Howe division, both
NY Rangers and Carolina were pushed to 7 games by their opponents but
pulled out a win. For Carolina it is a tall hill to climb as they
finished a very distant second to the Rangers in the division and this
would truly be an upset if they find a way to pull it off.
In the
Campbell conference Dallas goes through Colorado pretty easily while
San Jose was pushed to the limit by Montreal after coming back from a
3-1 deficit. Dallas finished well ahead of the Sharks in the standings
and much like the NYR/CAR series, the Sharks are going to have to
seriously step it up to move to the conference finals. Florida
struggled to score against Edmonton and let them stick around for 6
games while Vancouver walked through Pittsburgh in 4 games to set up a
big matchup in the Lemieux. Florida finished ahead of Vancouver, but
the Canucks had a really good season and this should be the tightest
matchup that likely goes 6 or 7 games.
PLAYOFF USAGE LIMITS FOR SKATERS:
1) 60 or more NHL games can play all playoff games (per series)
2) 55-59 NHL games
6 playoff games
3) 50-54 NHL games 5 playoff games
4) 40-49 NHL games
4 playoff games
5) 30-39 NHL games 3 playoff games
6) 20-29 NHL games
2 playoff games
7) 10-19 NHL games 1 playoff game
PLAYOFF USAGE LIMITS FOR GOALTENDERS
Goalies with 1-14 games may only dress as backups
Goalies with 15-19 games may only start 1 game per series (but may
dress as backups in all other games)
Goalies with 20-24 games may only start 2 games per series (but may
dress as backups in all other games)
Goalies with 25-29 games may only start 3 games per series (but may
dress as backups in all other games)
Goalies with 30+ games may start all playoff games in a series (or may
be dressed as a backup)
Injury backups may only play if the
computer pulls the starter due to an injury OR the team is down by 4
or more goals at any time in the game (a mercy rule basically). The
second part may be accomplished by a computer setting for road games
that is defined as a team being down by 4 or more goals OR by a home
coach making this decision when his team is down by 4 or more goals.
Once a goalie has made his maximum allowable starts he must follow
all rules for Injury backups as stated above.
Final regular
season files are are up.
Remember that all injuries this year are coaches decisions BUT all
players are limited to the exact number of NHL games from last year,
so plan accordingly. If
you are sending the same lineup for all 8 games then just a regular
coach should work. If you want to set specific lineups for each game,
then you need to use the Daily Lineups as it gives you a lot more
flexibility. As soon as you have your coach set for your 5 road games,
please send that out to the list (and list who the coach is for so it
is easier for teams to keep the ones they need).
Also, I would ask you PLEASE include your 5 home strats as well
both for your sake and mine as if I have to sim your home games for
any reason I will just let the game set up your strat if none is
defined and you will have to deal with any penalties later on.
I am going to continue using
the strat file page and upload everyones coaches to the website like I
did in the past so they are easy to find when needed.
**** IMPORTANT
- Action PC Game File Update dated 11/14/2023.
You need to send out game exports as well as boxscores for all 4 home
games by the second Sunday of the block at 9 pm This is MANDATORY,
both the exports
AND boxscores please.
Game summaries are nice, even if it’s just one quick comment
for all 4 games, just adds to the league and makes it easier for
everyone to see what is going on.
If I do not receive game exports after sending updates on
Saturday and Sunday, I will send one more request directly
about an hour before the deadline on Sunday.
Unless I get a request for an extension of time, I will wait
til the deadline and about 30 minutes later I
will sim games so I can get new files out before I go to bed Sunday
night.
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Schedule
www.blades99.com/RHL/Schedule2324.htm
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Standings – Block 10
Tim Horton
G W
L OL Pts
ROW GF
GA Diff
Home
Road
Last 10
St. Louis
82 50 17 15 115
47 292 226
66 27
11 0
3 23
6 0 12
7 1
0 2
Arizona
82 48 26 8
104 46
306 267 39
30 9
0 2
18 17 0
6
4 5
0 1
Buffalo
82 43 31 8
94 37
277 267 10
23 15 0
3 20 16
0 5
7 3
0 0
Anaheim
82 38 32 12
88 31
256 267 -11
16 18 0
7 22 14
0 5
6 4
0 0
Philadelphia 82 39 36
7 85
36 258 263
-5 20
18 0
3 19 18
0 4
2 7
0 1
Washington 82
33 41 8
74 29
214 258 -44
23 16 0
2 10 25
0 6
4 4
0 2
Gordie Howe G
W L OL
Pts ROW
GF GA Diff
Home
Road
Last 10
New York R 82
58 19 5
121 56
313 241 72
31 8
0 2
27 11 0
3
8 2
0 0
Carolina
82 46 29 7
99 42
234 224 10
28 11 0
2 18 18
0 5
7 3
0 0
Detroit
82 39 33 10
88 35
273 282 -9
24 13 0
4 15 20
0 6
3 6
0 1
Chicago
82 35 40 7
77 31
248 274 -26
20 19 0
2 15 21
0 5
5 5
0 0
New Jersey 82
32 40 10 74
31 259 288
-29 17
22 0
2 15 18
0 8
2 7
0 1
New York I 82
22 50 10 54
22 204 294
-90
9 28 0
4 13 22
0 6
5 4
0 1
Bobby Orr
G W
L OL Pts
ROW GF
GA Diff
Home
Road
Last 10
Dallas
82 54 18 10 118
50 257 195
62 29
7 0
5 25 11
0 5
7 2
0 1
San Jose
82 49 27 6
104 45
238 214 24
32 6
0 3
17 21 0
3
9 0
0 1
Montreal
82 46 26 10 102
45 283 239
44 26
10 0
5 20 16
0 5
6 2
0 2
Los Angeles 82 28 44
10 66
27 219 269
-50 15
22 0
4 13 22
0 6
2 6
0 2
Boston
82 29 47 6
64 25
224 278 -54
16 24 0
1 13 23
0 5
3 6
0 1
Toronto
82 25 52 5
55 20
216 301 -85
14 24 0
3 11 28
0 2
3 7
0 0
Mario Lemieux G
W L OL
Pts ROW
GF GA Diff
Home
Road
Last 10
Florida
82 58 17 7
123 50
271 213 58
32 5
0 4
26 12 0
3
8 2
0 0
Vancouver
82 55 24 3
113 52
305 241 64
30 10 0
1 25 14
0 2
7 3
0 0
Pittsburgh 82
41 27 14 96
40 224 217
7 23 10
0 8
18 17 0
6
5 4
0 1
Colorado
82 40 36 6
86 39
261 261
0 23 16
0 2
17 20 0
4
4 5
0 1
Edmonton
82 39 37 6
84 35
239 276 -37
25 15 0
1 14 22
0 5
1 9
0 0
Calgary
82 37 36 9
83 36
234 250 -16
25 13 0
3 12 23
0 6
5 3
0 2
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OVERUSAGE (season)
Player
Team GP/Max
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RHL upcoming
calendar (all 9 PM Eastern):
Round 2
Start Monday, May 6th, 2024
Round 2 Strats Wednesday, May 8th
Round 2 End Sunday,
May 19th, 2024
Round 3 Start Monday,
May 20th, 2024
Round 3 Strats Wednesday, May 22nd
Round 3 End Sunday,
June 2nd, 2024
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