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      18           15                7   

 

Rage Massive Lead - A Win Away

GM Matt can now taste his first NHLP Championship Cup. With a massive 18-15-7 point lead heading back to Florida the lead may just be too many with the tie-breaker in hand. Edmonton will need a blowout or to keep Florida from scoring and that isn’t something they have proven able to do all series. Edmonton has many leaks and a goaltending issue while Florida has been all-around the more solid team. For Matt his three players in the finals all lead Florida with 6 points each, a well-rounded mix that has showed up in the finals. The CTR had Green Bay as the favorites in the finals 18-15, a score that is exactly flipped heading into game 6. During the first three rounds the final three Knights players had outscored Matt’s three Rage players 54-45, but not so when it mattered most. If the Rage can hold on they will have also accomplished something rarely ever seen in the NHLP, the playoffs leading scoring point getting team losing. It just isn’t anything that has happened very often. Cleveland (Tyson) did it last in 2017 with scoring rounds of 17-13-6-7 (43) where both other teams in the finals had 45 and Carolina (Joel) had 59 to lead all teams but did not win. Last season GM Chad’s four rounds (40-38-34-19) were all better then Cleveland’s highest round during their Crosby toe-tap victory season. Entering the finals Cincinnati had lagged 20 points (86-66) behind the Knights. It isn’t that the Knights players haven’t scored in the finals, they will likely hit or past the predicted 18, but the Rage players have just been a point better each with 6 apiece, of their expected 5, while still game 6 and maybe 7 to play. Matt is hoping to end it in 6, meaning he could only lose if Florida won the game and Ryan’s Oilers lead team had a 4 point gain, which isn’t something likely to happen. So should Florida win game 6, almost with certainty we’d expect Matt to hoist his first Cup. For Ryan, his incredible season is going to have to go the distance. At the minimum an Oilers win and no worse than staying three points down. Heading into a game 7, at home, with Draisaitl, there would always be the possibility of everything going in with a final 7-2 type win, even with 2 or 3 empty net goals and a comeback of three points to win on the tie-breaker. Ryan needs 7 and Matt just needs Florida to win back to back NHL Stanley Cups at home to win his first ever Cup. Just a game away.

 

      

     14           13                6   

 

Magical Battle for First Cup

The 35th NHLP Championship is one for the ages, not for the faint of heart. A back-and-forth game 4, where the one ice NHL series of Florida and Edmonton has been a mirror reflection of the battle in the NHLP Finals. Edmonton comes back from a first period 3-0 deficit to win in overtime, on a goal by Draisaitl to move the NHLP’s Finals to a 14-13-6 – Cincinnati – Green Bay – NY Rangers. The Oilers comeback was so rare that the last time a road team did the feat was in 1919 in a game won by Montreal. Ironically enough, the oldest living Canadian, Margaret Romans of Latvia, Quebec, who was born in 1912, was 7 years old at the time of the game. Both GMs, Matt and Ryan, must feel like they are 113 years old, with the emotional highs and lows of the series taking a toll on the GMs. Of the 9 goals scored in the game, a Rage or Knight’s player was in on all but one of the goals. “We’ve never had an NHLP Finals with this much talent,” GM Jr stated, an undeniable fact. The series now has 33 points and will soon be the first NHLP Finals in league history to top 40 points, with 37 the most scored, a record to be passed in game 5. We already know the losing GM will be the first GM ever to lose scoring double digits, and both GMs might top 20 points. The Halifax Destroyers (Shawn) hold the record of 21 points scored in the Finals, another record in jeopardy. The NHLP could not have asked for a more exciting finals in “Anniversary Season #35,” and the fact that both GMs are vying for their first Cup, only adds to the emotional toll of the moment and magnitude of the event.

 


     8           7               5       

 

Rage Takes Series Lead

As expected Florida came out strong in game three and pounded the Oilers 6-1, with GM Matt’s Cincinnati Rage having their best night. The Rage scored four points to Green Bay’s one and now have taken an 8-7-5 lead over Ryan and Charlie. Matt also took into hand the tie-breaker should he tie either of his opponents. It was a terrible night for GM Charlie who just couldn’t afford to drop this far behind. McDavid was always good for a point gain in any game against either of the three man teams, but having to gain three or four points against the star players in the series was never likely to occur. For Ryan the good news was Nugent-Hopkins played, however, only Lundell scored for the Knights who are very much in this series. Matt hopes to extend the lead and Florida go up 3-1 after next game, giving him a chance to end the series in each game thereafter. The NHLP Finals has been everything the league predicted and might not even be half over heading into game four.

6                 5                      4

 

McDavid Keeping Charlie Alive

After game two of the NHLP Cup Finals, there is just no separation of the three NHLP teams. The series is 6-5-4 Green Bay, NY Rangers and Cincinnati. McDavid now has 5 points for GM Charlie. The longer the Rangers can stay in this, now only a 3 to 5 game series, the more chance this can happen for Charlie. Charlie cannot win a three way tie so has to stay ahead of one of the other two. With Florida having home ice advantage, if McDavid was to just gain one point on GM Ryan in Green Bay the rest of the way, a Florida win would seal Charlie’s second Cup. It doesn’t appear games are going to be low scoring, which bolds well for Ryan and Matt for they are easily up on Charlie by 9 and 6 points respectively according to the CTR. We should see more from Cincinnati at home, as home teams usually do win and Matt does have three Florida players. McDavid is playing the best hockey maybe of his career and an overtime win could have really helped Charlie, hoping he can gain just two and end in four games. This series being 1-1, likely means Cincinnati will be creeping back into this. All in all this is turning into, if it isn’t already, the best NHLP Finals in history.

 

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One Minute

You really can’t get any closer of an NHLP Finals after one game. GM’s Ryan, Matt and Charlie are all deadlocked 2-2-2. “I need a short series” GM Charlie stated. That he does and if he gets that four game sweep, don’t discount McDavid who could strike for a four point game any time. Charlie needs a quick series as he is running half what Ryan and Matt are running. If you looked at the first game statistics Charlie had 31 minutes ice time from McDavid and 4 shots on goal. Ryan’s three guys had 71 minutes and 23 seconds of time on the ice and 9 shots. Matt’s three 72 minutes and 32 seconds and also 9 shots. Literally nothing separated they guys. Charlie is hanging on as the CTR says he just can’t win being down 9 points but he is where he wants to be after game one. As for Ryan and Matt, they exactly where they are supposed to be, neck and neck. Is the 2025 Finals going to come down to the last game? So far, everything says this is shaping up to be the best Finals in the 35 year history of the NHLP.

 





Leading Scoers Finals Draft
One Player From Each Team is Choosen During the Draft
GM Total Points - Game #5 Round #1 Points Round #2 Points
Scottie 14 2- Draisaitl 8 13- Marchand 6
Joel 2 12 4- Bouchard 6 11- Bennett 6
Chad 10 5- Tkachuk 6 10- Perry 4
Andrew 8 7- Nugent-Hopkins 2 8- Verhaeghe 6
Joel 1 8 3- Barkov 3 12- Ekholm 5
Jr 8 1- McDavid 7 14- Ekblad 1
Shawn 7 6- Reinhart 6 9- Kane 1







Leading Scorers Pool - Round #3
Series Winner Series Leader(s) Oz Matt Jr Scottie Shawn Shawn2 Chad Andrew Joel
Oilers vs Stars   RNH, McDavid, Draisaitl - 9   Rantanen McDavid McDavid McDavid Rantanen McDavid McDavid McDavid
                  Rantanen   Draisaitl
Number of Picks in Finals ==> 0   1 1 1 1 1 1 2
Rules
Everyone starts out with 8 picks, one for each first round series.
Your goal is to pick the leading point getter of that series (a tie is a win) or you lose that pick the rest of the playoffs (in the next round).
If your player is the leading point getter (or tied) you get to select again a new player of the first round winners series where you were correct for the next round.
Whoever has a pick reach the furthest round into the playoffs wins
If multiple guys are left in the finals a random draft order and draft will occur (Drafting different players and most points in finals wins)



Leading Scorers Pool - Round #1
Series Winner Series Leader(s) Oz Matt Jr Scottie Shawn Shawn2 Chad Andrew Joel
Picks Next Round ==> 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 2 3
Sens  vs Maple Leafs Toronto Nylander - 9 Stutzle Tavares Nylander Nylander Stutzle Nylander Tavares Marner Marner
Panthers vs Lightning Florida Reinhart, Guentzel -6 Reinhart Kucherov Kucherov Kucherov Kucherov Kucherov Kucherov Kucherov Kucherov
Wild vs Knights Vegas Kaprizov - 9 Boldy Eichel Stone Stone Eichel Eichel Stone Eichel Kaprizov
Oilers vs Kings Edmonton McDavid - 11 McDavid Draisaitl Draisaitl McDavid McDavid McDavid McDavid McDavid McDavid
Blues vs. Jets Winnipeg Connor - 12 Thomas Connor Connor Thomas Connor Kyrou Connor Scheifele Scheifele
Avalanche vs Stars Dallas Rantanen - 12 Johnston Johnston Makar MacKinnon MacKinnon Makar Hintz MacKinnon MacKinnon
Canes vs Habs Wasington Strome - 9 Caulfield Strome Suzuki Strome Suzuki Hutson Strome Suzuki Ovechkin
Canes vs. Devils Carolina Aho - 8 Jarvis Jarvis Aho Jarvis Aho Aho Bratt Aho Aho

Series Winner Series Leader(s) Oz Matt Jr Scottie Shawn Shawn2 Chad Andrew Joel
Number of Picks in Round #3 ==> 0 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 2
Oilers vs ?   McDavid, Draisaitl - 6 Eichel     McDavid McDavid McDavid McDavid McDavid McDavid
                      Draisaitl
Stars vs ?   Rantanen - 7   Rantanen Rantanen   Connor   Rantanen    
Panthers  vs ?   Marchand - 8 Reinhart   Barkov Barkov   Barkov      
Canes vs ?   Jarvis - 5   Strome Strome Strome Aho Aho Strome Aho Strome
Rules




NHLP Divisions for 2025-26
*First Round Winners Stay & 5th Place Team

Central - North
Florida - Marcel  (Stays in North) - 6
Toronto - Chad (Moves to North) - 7
New Orleans - Shawn (Moves to North) - 10
Las Vegas - Bryce (Stays in North) - 16
Miami - Charlie (Moves to North) - 17
Dallas - Jr (Stays to North) - 31


Central - South
Cincinnati - Matt (Stays in South) - 5
Cleveland - Scottie (Moves to South) - 9
San Fran - Scott (Stays in South) - 18
Chicago - Andrew  (Moves to South) - 22
Buffalo - Joel (Moves to South) - 29
Boston - Ryan (Stays in South) - 35

East - Atlantic
NY Islanders - Ryan (Stays in Atlantic) - 3
Halifax - Shawn (Stays in Atlantic) - 24
Hamilton - Scottie (Moves to Atlantic) - 26
Atlantic City - Bryce (Moves to Atlantic) - 27
Montreal - Marcel (Moves to Atlantic) - 32
Philadelphia - Scott (Stays in Atlantic) - 34

East - East
NY Rangers - Charlie  (Stays in East) - 1
Barrie Island - Joel  (Moves to East) - 8
Memphis - Jr (Stays in East) - 11
Hartford - Andrew  (Moves to East) - 12
Quebec - Matt (Moves to East) - 28
Pittsburgh - Chad (Stays in East) - 36

West - Pacific
Portland - Bryce (Moves to Pacific) - 2
Edmonton - Scott  (Stays in Pacific) - 4
Green Bay - Ryan (Stays in Pacific) - 13
Colorado - Chad (Stays in Pacific) - 20
Calgary - Jr  (Moves to Pacific) - 23
Los Angeles - Andrew (Moves to Pacific) -30

West - West
Vancouver - Joel (Stays in West) - 14
Alaska - Marcel (Moves to West) - 15
Indianapolis - Matt (Moves to West) - 19
St. Louis - Scottie (Moves to West) - 21
Phoenix - Charlie  (Stays in West) -25
Seattle - Shawn (Stays in West) - 33


 

GM's Total Transactions After #505
  Actual -2700-505
 Andrew 0 225
Scoreboard  Bryce 0 225
Schedules  Chad 0 225
Injuries  Charlie 0 225
Transactions  Joel 0 225
NHLP Injuries  Jr 0 225
Sides  Marcel 0 225
Drafts  Matt 0 225
Champions  Ryan 0 225

 

   Scott 0 225
  Scottie 0 225
2018/19 Season  Shawn 0 225
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