Replay Hockey
League Newsletter
League
established October 1st, 1999
Volume #7, Issue #14 – April 24, 2021
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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
Round 2 was
all about upsets as all three #1 seeds are downed with the Islanders
knocking off the top seeded Rangers, Montreal taking down Toronto and
Florida falling to Pittsburgh as the #2 seeds all rise up to move on.
Philadelphia holds on this time to take down the Sabres and
they are the final team in the conference finals as we get ready to
move closer to the RHL Cup!
In the Prince
of Wales Conference we have the runner up in the Horton, Philadelphia,
facing off with the runner up in the Howe, NY Islanders, both of which
had really nice seasons and have earned a shot to play in the RHL Cup
Finals.
In the
Campbell Conference we saw exactly the same thing as Montreal knocks
off the Leafs and Pittsburgh shocks Florida to set up their own
matchup of #2 seeds and a chance to move on to the final round.
Conference
finals are set:
Prince of
Wales
Philadelphia vs NY Islanders
Campbell Conference
Montreal vs Pittsburgh
Here is a
quick updated on playoff usage rules for those who may need them:
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.
Round 3 is
ready to go and the files are on the main page of the website.
If you are sending the same lineup for all 7 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 road
games, please send that out to the league and your opponent.
**** IMPORTANT
- Action PC Game File Update dated 11/19/2020.
You
need to send out game exports as well as boxscores for all playoff
games
by the due date on the website by 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 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.
OK guys, with the playoffs moving along pretty well now and
the summer coming up
quickly, many of you probably want to get
moving on to other stuff, so let's finish
up the final two things
for the season, ballot props and awards voting. I will send
a separate email with the link for the awards ballot shortly.
For ballot props, looking for any ideas that will help to improve the
league as a
whole. I am not looking for guys to throw vague
ideas at the wall to see what sticks,
that only creates arguments
and then we usually don't end up voting on it or it
becomes
something totally different. What I am looking for is well
thought out
proposals that would benefit the league. Again, any
changes we make will have to get
a 2/3 vote (so 16 teams saying
yes), so it needs to be something that will benefit
the entire
league or fix a perceived problem that everyone might agree on.
Certain
things I may shoot down if they are staples of the league
(ie the salary system,
contracts, free agency) but even those if
you see something we can be doing better,
by all means let's
discuss it.
I would like any ideas submitted by Sunday, May
9th, so two weeks to hash them out
and get them exactly as you
want them to be. You do NOT have to send them to the
list,
they can go straight to me, but I find that usually ideas that get
discussed
and tweaked have a better chance of passing than those
that aren't. You can also
send them directly to me to get my
opinion and I will be honest with you whether I
would back it or
not, but in most cases if I don't, I will still put it on the ballot
if there appears to be support from the league at large.
If you have any questions, please let me know, I will put out the
preliminary ballot
on the 9th and then we will vote on it shortly
after that. Keep in mind, that if you
do NOT plan to return next
year I would appreciate you not joining in any discussions
as you
will not get to vote and I would hate to see you affect others
opinions if
you will be leaving the league (hopefully no one and
you all return :O)
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Schedule
www.blades99.com/RHL/Schedule2021.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 52 27 3
107 49
277 231 46
27 13 0
1 25 14
0 2
7 3
0 0
Philadelphia 82 49 27
6 104
46 266 230
36 27
10 0
4 22 17
0 2
6 4
0 0
Anaheim
82 42 31 9
93 38
284 273 11
25 15 0
1 17 16
0 8
4 5
0 1
Buffalo
82 43 37 2
88 39
254 259 -5
25 15 0
1 18 22
0 1
5 5
0 0
Arizona
82 33 41 8
74 31
257 314 -57
19 19 0
3 14 22
0 5
4 6
0 0
Washington 82
33 41 8
74 30
258 281 -23
19 18 0
4 14 23
0 4
4 6
0 0
Gordie Howe G
W L OL
Pts ROW
GF GA Diff
Home
Road
Last 10
New York R 82
61 17 4
126 61
367 261 106
33 6
0 2
28 11 0
2
9 1
0 0
New York I 82
54 19 9
117 54
321 245 76
27 9
0 5
27 10 0
4
6 2
0 2
Chicago
82 47 32 3
97 44
275 254 21
28 12 0
1 19 20
0 2
8 2
0 0
Carolina
82 38 36 8
84 36
232 251 -19
22 16 0
3 16 20
0 5
4 5
0 1
New Jersey 82
31 38 13 75
29 252 278
-26 16
18 0
7 15 20
0 6
2 4
0 4
Detroit
82 21 56 5
47 19
198 321 -123
16 23 0
2
5 33 0
3
1 9
0 0
Bobby Orr
G W
L OL Pts
ROW GF
GA Diff
Home
Road
Last 10
Toronto
82 57 18 7
121 55
324 239 85
32 6
0 3
25 12 0
4
5 5
0 0
Montreal
82 48 28 6
102 47
297 253 44
33 7
0 1
15 21 0
5
7 3
0 0
Dallas
82 47 28 7
101 45
276 258 18
29 9
0 3
18 19 0
4
7 1
0 2
San Jose
82 35 39 8
78 30
216 253 -37
20 18 0
3 15 21
0 5
6 2
0 2
Los Angeles 82 23 50
9 55
21 198 269
-71 11
26 0
4 12 24
0 5
4 5
0 1
Boston
82 22 52 8
52 20
205 291 -86
16 24 0
1
6 28 0
7
1 7
0 2
Mario Lemieux G
W L OL
Pts ROW
GF GA Diff
Home
Road
Last 10
Florida
82 53 18 11 117
53 310 233
77 30
7 0
4 23 11
0 7
5 3
0 2
Pittsburgh 82
46 31 5
97 40
229 218 11
31 8
0 2
15 23 0
3
6 3
0 1
Colorado
82 45 31 6
96 44
264 257
7 26 11
0 4
19 20 0
2
3 5
0 2
Edmonton
82 39 36 7
85 37
251 265 -14
25 14 0
2 14 22
0 5
7 3
0 0
Calgary
82 38 37 7
83 35
246 259 -13
26 11 0
4 12 26
0 3
5 5
0 0
Vancouver
82 27 44 11
65 25
234 298 -64
8 29 0
4 19 15
0 7
4 4
0 2
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OVERUSAGE (season)
Player
Team GP/Max
Justin Faulk
ANA 81/80
David Savard
ANA 81/80
Joonas
Korpisalo
ARZ 45/43
Niklas
Hjalmarsson
COL 37/32
Brian Dumoulin
DAL 40/33
Blake Lizotte
DET 78/76
Sam Gagner
EDM 55/49
Mikko Rantanen
MTL 50/49
MacKenzie Blackwood
MTL 58/56
Antti Raanta
NYI 40/39
Kasperi
Kapanen
NYR 82/81
Anthony Stolarz
NYR 2/1
Nick Leddy
PIT 74/72
Jakob
Silfverberg
SJS 77/76
Dylan Strome
VCR 69/68
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RHL upcoming
calendar (all 9 PM Eastern):
Round 3 Start
Sunday, April 25th, 2021
Round 3 Strats Tuesday, April 27th
Round 3 End
Sunday, May 2nd, 2021
Round 4 Start
Monday, May 3rd, 2021
Round
4 Strats Wednesday, May 5th
Round 4 End
Sunday, May 9th, 2021
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