Highlights for 2020/21
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The Wait is OVER!!!Congratulations poured in from across the league as a stressed out GM Charlie finally won his first NHLP Championship in his 21st season. "This has been the most stressful Stanley Cup Finals I have watched" stated Charlie, adding "In my life!" It took the GM a record 21 season to win it all, but he did it. No NHLP GM had taken as long for their first win. Charlie joined the NHLP for the 1999-2000 season, the NHLP's 11th season, and competed against GM's Raymond, Lee, Leo, Norm, Dave and Ian, along with current GM's Scott, Jr, Marcel, Andrew and Chad (who won his first Cup that season). Charlie has been around and competed with so many greats. The GM first got his taste of the NHLP Cup Finals just two seasons ago, making this two Finals in three years. The Rangers were favorites to win each series they played beating Hartford (Andrew) 29-18 to open and carried on 5 of their 7 players to the second round where they were out-manned 6-5 against Philadelphia (Scott) but handled that matchup easily winning 22-13. As he would be in the NHLP Finals, the Rangers were out-manned 3-2 in the Semi-Finals, a CTR pick'em series versus GM Tyson's Hamilton team, but Kucherov and Palat combined for 13 in the four point victory, sending Charlie into the finals where the CTR had him hoisting his first Cup. GM Tyson gave Charlie all he could handle and the series was down to the final seconds before the Rangers won 9-8-5, with GM Chad's Leafs just needing another player for any hope. For the Rangers franchise this was NHLP Cup two. The Rangers won their first in 1996 with GM Lee in charge. With a team that included Joe Sakic, Ray Bourque and Glenn Anderson, GM Lee would win his only Cup. Although Kucherov carried the load this playoffs Bergeron and Perron each won their second NHLP Championships, each moving closer to joining Yashin as the only three time winner in league history. Now GM Charlie gets to enjoy the next season as the reigning Champion while he gets his shot next season to join GM Norman as the only ever back to back winning GM in the leagues 31 year history and be the first to win a third team Cup if the Rangers repeat. Congratulations Charlie. This one, while a long time coming, was very well deserved.
2021
New York Rangers
GM Charlie
Nikita Kucherov
Ondrej Palat
Patrice Bergeron
Neal Pionk
Charlie McAvoy
David Perron
Bryan Rust
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The CTR finished 18-4 (82%) in the playoffs
| NHLP Finals At a Glance...(Click for Playoff Page) | ||
| Seed | Team | Score |
| Central Conference Finals | ||
| 1* |
#4 - Toronto Maple Leafs (Chad) -3 |
5 |
| East Conference Finals | ||
| 2 |
#12 - New York Rangers (Charlie)+3 |
9 |
| West Conference - Pacific Division Finals | ||
| 2* |
#7 - St Louis Blues (Tyson) -4 |
8 |
* - Predicted to win Division (*Beside Scoring - Tiebreaker Guaranteed)
Scoring Underlined - Series Official, Can't Score More in Round
** - Predicted to Go to NHLP Finals
*** - Cup Favorites
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The CTR is 17-4 (81%) in the playoffs
| First Round At a Glance...(Click for Playoff Page) | |||||
| Seed | Team | Score | Score | Team | Seed |
| Central Conference Finals | |||||
| 1* |
##4 - Toronto Maple Leafs (Chad)+7 |
13 | 6 |
#2 - Chicago Blackhawks (Andrew) |
1** |
| East Conference Finals | |||||
| 2 |
#10 - Hamilton Hitmen (Tyson) |
9 | 13 |
#12 - New York Rangers (Charlie)Pick |
2 |
| West Conference - Pacific Division Finals | |||||
| 1*** |
#1 -
Alaska Attack (Marcel) |
6 | 8 |
#12 - St Louis Blues (Tyson)+1 |
2* |
* - Predicted to win Division (*Beside Scoring - Tiebreaker Guaranteed)
Scoring Underlined - Series Official, Can't Score More in Round
** - Predicted to Go to NHLP Finals
*** - Cup Favorites
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The CTR went 9-3 in the first round
| First Round At a Glance...(Click for Playoff Page) | |||||
| Seed | Team | Score | Score | Team | Seed |
| Central Conference - North Division | |||||
| 4 |
#21 - Florida Panthers (Marcel) |
23* | 25 |
#2 - Chicago Blackhawks (Andrew)+8 |
1** |
| 3 |
#18 - New Orleans Wolverines
(Shawn)
|
20* | 14 |
#9 - Buffalo Sabres (Joel) +5 |
2 |
| Central Conference - South Division | |||||
| 4 |
#16 - Cleveland Fury (Tyson) |
21 | 28* |
#4 - Toronto Maple Leafs (Chad)+5 |
1* |
| 3 |
#17 - Miami Surf (Charlie) |
17 | 9* |
#11 - Dallas Stars (Jr) +4 |
2 |
| East Conference - Atlantic Division | |||||
| 4 |
#22 - Philadelphia Flyer (Scott)
|
18* | 18 |
#3 - Montreal Canadiens (Marcel) +9 |
1** |
| 3 |
#23 -
Hartford Whalers (Andrew) |
18* | 29 | #12 - New York Rangers (Charlie)+11 |
2 |
| East Conference - East Division | |||||
| 4 |
#13 - Halifax Destroyers (Shawn) |
19 | 26* |
#5 - New York Islanders (Ryan) +2 |
1* |
| 3 |
#19 - Barrie Island 1/2 Chance Stumblers (Joel) |
19 | 24* |
#10 - Hamilton Hitmen (Tyson)+13 |
2 |
| West Conference - Pacific Division | |||||
| 4 |
#24 - Green Bay Knights (Ryan) |
24 | 24* |
#1 -
Alaska Attack (Marcel)+14 |
1*** |
| 3 |
#15 - Vancouver Canucks (Joel) |
25 | 25* |
#8 - Colorado Avalanche (Chad) +1 |
2 |
| West Conference - West Division | |||||
| 4 |
#25 - Edmonton Oil (Scott) |
15* | 17 |
#20 - Portland Winter Hawk (Bryce) Pick |
1 |
| 3 |
#14 - Phoenix Coyotes (Charlie) |
14* | 28 |
#12 - St Louis Blues (Tyson)Pick |
2* |
* - Predicted to win Division (*Beside Scoring - Tiebreaker Guaranteed)
Scoring Underlined - Series Official, Can't Score More in Round
** - Predicted to Go to NHLP Finals
*** - Cup Favorites
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NHLP Winter Meeting
The NHLP Winter Meeting will be held online on Tuesday, March 16th, from 6:30 to
10:30 PM. The NHLP Transaction room will be used as the Board, with no
discussion. Any deals put on the board, will be posted in the room with
the Team, Time and Players involved. The Moderator will let guys know how
much time is left on the clock. If you are going over the deal, post in
the same room. Any NHLP discussions can take place in the normal room.
This will be so we can converse but not have to be scrolling to see what is
currently on the board.
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Waiver Dates Announced
With a shortened NHLP season the league gets right to the Waivers three weeks
into the season instead of the usual four weeks. Florida (Marcel) start
off the Waivers on Thursday, February 4th. The Waivers by month break down
as follows:
February 11
March 16
April 9
Every Waiver has at least 8 games with the exception of the March 28th Waiver
which has only 7 games. This waiver was chosen using the rules as the
closet date to the end of the Waivers with the highest number of games as we
needed one more Waiver to complete the 36 dates and only 35 had 8+ games.
The NHLP has also announced Winter Meeting dates approximately at each teams 28
game mark, about Saturday, March 13th and the NHLP Trading Deadline between
April 17th and 24th. Multiple dates for each meeting will appear on the
Schedules page. The league is looking at a four hour online Winter Meeting
and five hour Trading Deadline.
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Injury Penalty Deductions for Shortened Season
If any players were drafted injured and do not play a game, they will have to
miss the normal number of games before a GM can pick up to 5 points.
However, any players who play a game and get hurt, will have to miss fewer games
in the shortened season, first rounder's only 6 and six and seventh round picks
only 10 instead of the regular 13 games. "We just shortened everything
proportionally" stated Muddy Capone of how the league arrived at the numbers.
There is also a new penalty chart that will be posted that GM's will use this
year for injured players for the Waivers, with all hits being lower.
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2023-24 Draft Has Draft Page
The 2023-24 draft page is up and also in the Draft Master page. These
picks can now officially be traded in coming Transactions.
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NHLP Draft Kicks Off
GM Scott made the first NHLP selection of the Draft, choosing MacKinnon for GM
Jr's Calgary Flames, the reining NHLP Champions. "It's complicated" stated
Muddy Capone, back for his 31st NHLP season, "But everyone is happy to be back."
The first NHLP round is Elite players, picked only once, followed by three
rounds of picking players twice and the final three rounds are players picked
only once. The season kicks off in less then two weeks.
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2020 NHLP ChampionsCalgary Flames
GM Jr
Alexander Radulov
John Klingberg
John Klingberg
Joe Pavelski
Teuvo Teravainen
Kyle Connor
Ryan Suter
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The 30 NHLP Cup Champions
GM Andrew (6) - '97, '99, '02, '04,
'13, '15 (8th, 10th, 13th, 15th, 23rd & 25th Cups)
GM Scott (5) - '92, '03, '06, '11, '14
(3rd, 14th, 16th, 21st & 24th Cups)
GM Jr (4) - '01, '09, '18, 20 (12th, 19th, 28th & 30th
Cups)
GM Chadwick (3) - '00, '07, '16 (11th, 17th & 26th Cups)
GM Tyson (3) - '10, '12, '17 (20th, 22nd & 27th
Cups)
GM Norman (2) - '93, '94 (4th & 5th
Cups)
GM Leo (2) - '95, '98 (6th & 9th Cups)
GM Raymond (1) - '90 (1st Cup)
GM Edward (1) - '91 (2nd Cup)
GM Lee (1) - '96 (7th Cup)
GM Marcel (1) - '08 (18th Cup)
GM Shawn (1) - '19 (29th Cup)
1990 -
Petr Klima
1991 - Bob Probert, Kevin Hatcher
1992 - James Patrick, Ulf Dahlen
1993 - Glen Wesley
1994 - Oleg Petrov
1995 - Sylvain Cote
1996 - Robert Svehla, Vladimir Konstantinov
1997 - Darren McCarty, Martin Lapointe
1998 - Dave Manson, Jason Woolley
1999 - Dave Reid
2000 - Lubos Bartecko, Rob Zamuner
2001 - Martin Gelinas?
2002 - Sean Hill
2003 - Derek Morris
2004 - Curtis Brown
2006 - Matthieu Schneider?
2007 - Trent Hunter
2008 - Brian Gionta? Wow!
2009 -
Brian Rolston?
2010 - Niklas
Hjalmarsson
2011 - Andrej Sekera
2012 - Tyler Kennedy, Jannik Hansen
2013 - Bryan Bickell?
2014 - Charlie Coyle?
2015 - Jiri Sekac
2016 - Craig Smith?
2017 - Andrew Cogliano?
2018 - Calle Jarnkrok
2019 - No One
2020 - Ryan Suter?
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2019/20 Season & Playoff Highlights