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18 15 7
Rage Massive Lead
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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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Leading Scoers Finals Draft One Player From Each Team is Choosen During the Draft
Leading Scorers Pool - Round #3
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
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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 | |||||||||
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Scott | 0 | 225 | |||||||||
Scottie | 0 | 225 | ||||||||||
2018/19 Season | Shawn | 0 | 225 | |||||||||
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