Replay Hockey
League Newsletter
League
established October 1st, 1999
Volume #12, Issue #8 – March 15, 2026
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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
Trade deadline was here and gone with some
more moves and things really may have changed as the teams going for
it all seem to have made some moves during these first 7 weeks of the
season. Now the playoff races will begin I earnest and we will see
who’s moves pay off and who maybe didn’t do much because they were
that good already. In the Prince of Wales, just
2 teams really out of it with the Caps 15 points out of a
playoff spot and Carolina 11, Ducks, Sabres and Blackhawks fighting
for that last spot. In the Campbell conference 6 teams are basically
already in the playoffs with the Avs sitting in 6th place
and 14 points clear of the 9th place team. Flames hold a 5
point lead for the wild card #2 over the the Kings, but 4 other teams
could still sneak back in there. The really crazy part is the Orr
division with the Sharks at 79 points, Maple Leafs at 72 points and
then 3rd place, which is a playoff spot regardless of wild
card, is Boston 25 points back from the Leafs and then the Stars in
last place just 9 points back (with the Kings and Canadiens in
between). One of those 4 teams will get in and the other 3 likely have
no other chance but that spot as the Kings sit 14 points behind Avs in
9th spot. We’ll see what block 8 brings with some of the
bottom teams giving up a lot of talent the last couple of blocks in
trades as they look to the future. We will see who can make the right
moves in the standings to clinch some playoff spots sooner rather than
later.
Block 7 is in
the books, files are ready for block 8. 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
first 4 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 4 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 02/13/2026.
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/Schedule2526.htm
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Standings – Block 7 Standings
Tim Horton
G W
L OL Pts
ROW GF
GA Diff
Home
Road
Last 10
Mammoth
56 36 17 3
75 35
193 157 36
23 4
0 1
13 13 0
2
7 3
0 0
Flyers
56 36 17 3
75 32
205 170 35
19 7
0 2
17 10 0
1
8 2
0 0
Blues
56 29 20 7
65 28
188 171 17
17 9
0 2
12 11 0
5
6 4
0 0
Ducks
56 27 23 6
60 24
180 180
0 14 10
0 4
13 13 0
2
5 5
0 0
Sabres
56 26 24 6
58 25
183 178
5 14 11
0 3
12 13 0
3
5 4
0 1
Capitals
56 20 31 5
45 18
164 181 -17
13 14 0
1
7 17 0
4
4 5
0 1
Gordie Howe G
W L OL
Pts ROW
GF GA Diff
Home
Road
Last 10
Islanders
56 36 16 4
76 34
194 171 23
18 7
0 3
18 9
0 1
6 4
0 0
Rangers
56 33 15 8
74 31
198 168 30
20 4
0 4
13 11 0
4
6 1
0 3
Devils
56 32 17 7
71 27
177 155 22
17 9
0 2
15 8
0 5
5 2
0 3
Red Wings
56 31 22 3
65 31
184 176
8 18
9 0
1 13 13
0 2
3 7
0 0
Blackhawks 56
27 26 3
57 24
145 166 -21
17 9
0 2
10 17 0
1
4 6
0 0
Hurricanes 56
22 29 5
49 21
163 189 -26
11 15 0
2 11 14
0 3
3 6
0 1
Bobby Orr
G W
L OL Pts
ROW GF
GA Diff
Home
Road
Last 10
Sharks
56 36 13 7
79 33
149 126 23
22 2
0 4
14 11 0
3
8 2
0 0
Maple Leafs 56 31 15
10 72
27 186 175
11 19
3 0
6 12 12
0 4
5 4
0 1
Bruins
56 21 30 5
47 18
140 173 -33
13 12 0
3
8 18 0
2
5 5
0 0
Kings
56 22 32 2
46 19
138 187 -49
11 16 0
1 11 16
0 1
5 5
0 0
Canadiens
56 20 35 1
41 18
168 193 -25
14 13 0
1
6 22 0
0
4 6
0 0
Stars
56 16 34 6
38 15
158 212 -54
8 17 0
3
8 17 0
3
2 6
0 2
Mario Lemieux G
W L OL
Pts ROW
GF GA Diff
Home
Road
Last 10
Canucks
56 39 14 3
81 38
189 136 53
24 4
0 0
15 10 0
3
7 3
0 0
Panthers
56 33 18 5
71 33
189 163 26
19 5
0 4
14 13 0
1
7 2
0 1
Oilers
56 31 18 7
69 28
189 185
4 19
6 0
3 12 12
0 4
5 3
0 2
Avalanche
56 27 23 6
60 24
171 185 -14
15 10 0
3 12 13
0 3
2 7
0 1
Flames
56 23 28 5
51 21
140 161 -21
13 14 0
1 10 14
0 4
3 7
0 0
Penguins
56 18 30 8
44 17
138 171 -33
11 13 0
4
7 17 0
4
2 6
0 2
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OVERUSAGE (season)
Player
Team GP/Max
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RHL upcoming
calendar (all 9 PM Eastern):
Block 8
Start Monday, March 16th, 2026
Block 8 Strats Wednesday, March 18th
Block 8 End Sunday,
March 29th, 2026
Block 9 Start Monday,
March 30th, 2026
Block 9 Strats Wednesday, April 1st
Block 9 End Sunday,
April 12th, 2026
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TRANSACTIONS:
Buffalo trades
Connor Brown to Montreal.
Buffalo trades
Tomas Hertl to San Jose.
Buffalo trades
Jack McCabe and conditional pick to NY Rangers.
Carolina
trades Trent Frederic to New Jersey.
Montreal
trades Brad Lambert and MTL #4 ’26 to Buffalo.
Montreal
trades MTL #4 ’27 to New Jersey.
Montreal
trades Pavel Buchnevich, Jack Rathbone and Kevin Mandolese to San
Jose.
New Jersey
trades Marc Gatcomb, SJS #4 ’26 and NYR #4 ’26 to Montreal.
New Jersey
trades WSH #4 ’26 and NJD #4 ’26 to Carolina.
NY Rangers
trade Wyatt Kaiser and Connor Clifton to Buffalo.
Pittsburgh
trades Marcus Johansson and Ty Dellandrea to San Jose.
San Jose
trades Nick Foligno, SJS #1 ’26 and SJS #1 ’27 to Buffalo.
San Jose
trades Ryan O’Reilly to Pittsburgh.
San Jose
trades Brayden Schenn to Montreal.
Condition – If
Wyatt Kaiser is rated a 7+ next year, then NY Rangers get BUF #2 ’27.
