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League established October 1st, 1999
Volume #10, Issue #14 – May 14, 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 

And then there were 4 and for the first time I can remember it is all 4 #1 seeds in each of the divisions fighting for the big prize. St. Louis wins a tight series with Arizona in 5 games despite a couple of OT games and the win the Horton. The NY Rangers fight through a tough series to finally get to a conference finals despite a 7-1 drubbing in game 4 as they finish it out in 5 as well. These two teams will meet for the Prince of Wales conference finals and a chance at a first Cup for each of the owners. In the Campbell conference we have a rematch of last years final with Dallas again heading to Florida and the Panthers looking to avenge last years upset and get to the Cup final. Dallas downs San Jose in a tight series for the second straight season while Florida has to fight off Vancouver who stuck all the way through 6 games before falling. I have moved the schedule up a little bit since we finished up early but we can play it by ear and see how things go, though let’s game game 1 coaches out by the weekend please. Good luck to all!

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 3 Start  Wednesday, May 15th, 2024
Round 3 Strats Friday, May 17th    
Round 3 End    Sunday, May 26th, 2024

Round 4 Start  Monday, May 27th, 2024
Round 4 Strats Wednesday, May 29th 
Round 4 End    Sunday, June 9th, 2024

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