Replay Hockey
League Newsletter
League
established October 1st, 1999
Volume #11, Issue #13 – May 12, 2025
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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 1 is in the books, Vancouver is the
only lower seed to win and it’s not much of an upset as none of the
series goes more than 6 games while Florida has a sweep. Round 2 looks
like 4 battles of the big boys and should see some much closer
matchups and we’ll see if any of the lower seeds can knock off their
division winner. Here are the matchups.
Prince of
Wales
Arizona vs St.
Louis
NY Islanders vs NY Rangers
Campbell Conference
Boston vs San Jose
Vancouver vs Florida
The Prince of
Wales has two very different matchups as the Coyotes and Blues who
were separated by a single point in the Horton will battle it out and
likely this one will go 6 of 7 games with the St. Louis goaltending
likely the difference. Our other matchup has the Rangers and the
Islanders battling it out for supremacy in NY, but these teams were
far apart in the standings and it will take a huge effort from the
Isles to even keep this one close against the Rangers offense who
likely will be the difference.
The Campbell
conference has a rematch of last year in the Lemieux as Vancouver
tries again to knock off Florida who continues their quest to win a
cup and not fall short. Ullmark gave up just 3 goals in 4 games in
round 1 and this will make it awfully tough for the Canucks to even
keep this series close. San Jose and Boston ended the regular season
tied in points and this series will likely be just as close with the
goaltending and defense of the Sharks battling the offense of Kucherov
and Kaprizov for the Bruins who should win a tight contest.
Here is a
quick reminder of the playoff usage limits as well as a list of
overused players and penalties for them during the playoffs.
Overused
Players
Arizona –
Chandler Stephenson – 3 games over, Must miss games 1-2 each series
NY Islanders -
Jacob Markstrom - 3 games over, Must miss games 1-2 each series
St. Louis -
Jesse Puljujarvi - 10 games over, Not eligible for playoffs
- Rasmus Ristolainen – 2 games over, Must miss game 1 each
series
- Gabriel Vilardi – 2 games over, Must miss game 1 each series
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.
Round 2 of the
playoffs is ready to go and the updated league file and Excel file is
on the website. 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 10/16/2024.
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/Schedule2425.htm
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Standings – Final Standings
Tim Horton
G W
L OL Pts
ROW GF
GA Diff
Home
Road
Last 10
St. Louis
82 58 20 4
120 54
282 207 75
31 7
0 3
27 13 0
1
7 2
0 1
Arizona
82 55 18 9
119 50
277 229 48
34 4
0 3
21 14 0
6
7 1
0 2
Philadelphia 82 45 33
4 94
44 267 255
12 25
14 0
2 20 19
0 2
4 6
0 0
Anaheim
82 39 36 7
85 35
238 258 -20
22 17 0
2 17 19
0 5
5 5
0 0
Buffalo
82 39 39 4
82 36
258 249
9 25 14
0 2
14 25 0
2
5 5
0 0
Washington 82
22 52 8
52 20
149 255 -106
12 24 0
5 10 28
0 3
2 7
0 1
Gordie Howe G
W L OL
Pts ROW
GF GA Diff
Home
Road
Last 10
New York R 82
52 19 11 115
49 286 217
69 29
8 0
4 23 11
0 7
9 0
0 1
New York I 82
44 35 3
91 40
246 251 -5
21 19 0
1 23 16
0 2
4 6
0 0
Carolina
82 42 34 6
90 39
263 230 33
24 14 0
3 18 20
0 3
6 2
0 2
Detroit
82 36 34 12
84 34
273 271
2 16 17
0 8
20 17 0
4
6 4
0 0
New Jersey 82
37 38 7
81 35
236 256 -20
25 11 0
5 12 27
0 2
3 6
0 1
Chicago
82 35 37 10
80 32
220 255 -35
20 16 0
5 15 21
0 5
2 4
0 4
Bobby Orr
G W
L OL Pts
ROW GF
GA Diff
Home
Road
Last 10
San Jose
82 48 27 7
103 48
215 188 27
31 5
0 5
17 22 0
2
5 4
0 1
Boston
82 49 28 5
103 47
274 229 45
31 8
0 2
18 20 0
3
7 2
0 1
Montreal
82 47 26 9
103 46
263 221 42
28 9
0 4
19 17 0
5
6 3
0 1
Toronto
82 32 37 13
77 27
236 276 -40
17 19 0
5 15 18
0 8
7 2
0 1
Dallas
82 27 47 8
62 24
186 268 -82
12 25 0
4 15 22
0 4
3 6
0 1
Los Angeles 82 26 50
6 58
24 199 273
-74 14
25 0
2 12 25
0 4
2 7
0 1
Mario Lemieux G
W L OL
Pts ROW
GF GA Diff
Home
Road
Last 10
Florida
82 51 24 7
109 47
275 233 42
30 8
0 3
21 16 0
4
6 4
0 0
Colorado
82 48 23 11 107
45 256 223
33 25
12 0
4 23 11
0 7
5 1
0 4
Vancouver
82 47 28 7
101 44
255 226 29
26 12 0
3 21 16
0 4
5 4
0 1
Pittsburgh 82
44 33 5
93 37
228 223
5 25 14
0 2
19 19 0
3
8 2
0 0
Edmonton
82 35 40 7
77 31
223 238 -15
21 14 0
6 14 26
0 1
2 6
0 2
Calgary
82 26 47 9
61 24
206 280 -74
15 22 0
4 11 25
0 5
4 4
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 12th, 2025
Round 2 Strats Wednesday, May 14th
Round 2 End
Sunday, May 25th, 2025
Round 3 Start
Monday, May 26th, 2025
Round
3 Strats Wednesday, May 28th
Round 3 End
Sunday, June 8th, 2025
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