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  1. End of Week #2 - Checkpoints, Stats, & Poll

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    Checkpoints

    Great job thus far, 5/8 coaches are well past the 10 GP mark for week 2. Jer33 should be back from vacation this week and Wittgenstein has fixed his desynching issue, keep on the lookout for them on AIM to help them get caught up. Both the opening dates of trading and the trade deadline are on pace, and could be opened earlier if everyone gets to 28 GP before week 6.

    jer33 - 0 GP

    wittGENStein - 2 GP

    minpind - 8 GP

    probob38 - 12 GP

    kupuck19 - 14 GP

    LABS_66 - 16 GP

    Brutus.Khan - 16 GP

    JackandJose - 16 GP

    Stats

    With 6 out of 8 coaches proactively playing the first two weeks we are already seeing very interesting & competitive league. The highest winning pct. is 0.643 and the lowest (of coaches w/ a significant # of GP) is 0.375 close to 40%. The indv. player stats are just as tight, here are the leaders up to the end of week 2:

    Goal Leaders: Assist Leaders: Total Pts:

    1. Brett Hull - STL - 22 1. Todd Gill - TOR - 14 1. Theo Fleury - CAL - 30

    2T. Gary Roberts - CAL -19 2. Nikolai Borshevsky - TOR - 13 2T. Doug Gilmour - TOR - 29

    2T. Theo Fleury - CAL - 19 3. Nelson Emerson - STL - 12 2T. Gary Roberts - CAL - 29

    Penalties: Pts/Game

    1. Jeremy Roenick - CHI - 11 1. Doug Gilmour - TOR - 2.071

    2T. Al MacInnis - CAL - 6 2. Nikolai Borshevsky - TOR - 1.929

    2T. Theo Fleury - CAL - 6 3. Pavel Bure - VAN - 1.917

    Wins GAA Save %

    1T. Mike Vernon - CAL - 9 1. Felix Potvin - TOR - 3.07 1. Felix Potvin - TOR - .749

    1T. Felix Potvin - TOR - 9 2. Ed Belfour - CHI - 3.25 2. Ed Belfour - CHI - .709

    3. Ed Belfour - CHI - 8 3. John Blue - BOS -3.38 3. John Blue - BOS - .707

    Polls

    Polls concerning issues of trading and the free agency draft are atop the thread, lg members please vote by the end of week 3.

    Keep playing, GLHF! :dal_skater_hand_grab:

  7. Should NHL players participate in the Olympics?

    in NHL Discussion

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    I agree, it might be better just to redefine amateur status in international hockey and all teams use amateurs. If it was U23 all the youngest NHL players would still qualify, NHL teams would have to call up guys from the AHL to fill voids. The youngest players would take risk in leaving their jobs and perhaps be injured in a tournament. It still leaves an unleveled field of skill between NHL players and those in foreign professional hockey.

    If all the players in Olympic Hockey were amateurs it not only would there be good exposure for the players but it would broaden the competition of the IIHF altogether. There were many countries that used to compete in Olympic Hockey that no longer do after the rules were changed to allow professionals. It is harder for smaller hockey nations to qualify than ever before. It would be absurd to allow Germany, Italy, France, Japan, Kazahkistan etc into the Olympics when the Canadians are star-stacked and the other teams fill rosters with players from foreign professional leagues. I could see a 2018 Olympic games with 20+ countries in the men's ice hockey competition without major professionals if the IIHF worked to reform a few things.

    The IIHF needs to define amateur status different than the NCAA does, amateur status in College Sports has been interpreted to not allow CHL (WHL, OHL, QMJHL) players to participate. If the IIHF can define amateur differently allowing players that are compensated less than variable "X" eligible for competition, than it would preserve the talent pool allowing professionals to play that are not in SM-Liiga, SEL, KHL or NHL. Most players outside those leagues (pro leagues in the UK, France, Australia, etc) are paid very little in comparison to the NHL.

    If we do without the NHL players, than it wouldn't make sense to still allow for pros in Russia, Finland, Sweden, and other leagues that provide competitive pay and play to compete as well. I think we can all distinguish differences between professional hockey in Sweden & the United States from professional hockey in the United Kingdom. I do not think the British born guy making less than $25,000 a year should be considered a "pro" like the Canadian born player that signs a multiyear multimillion dollar contract.

    My opinion is the IIHF should: define amateur vs pro that makes sense in the way hockey has developed internationally, and proceed without the professionals that make an actual livings as hockey players. Bring back the world cup of hockey in which the pros compete outside their NHL seasons and keep the Olympics for the amateurs.

    But in all honesty, would Olympic Ice Hockey be better from a fans perspective with only the world's best amateurs? I think so.

  8. Should NHL players participate in the Olympics?

    in NHL Discussion

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    The New York Islanders lost their star and captain for the rest of the season because of an injury at the Sochi Games.

    ''John Tavares has an MCL and meniscus tear in his left knee,'' team spokesman Kimber Auerbach wrote in an email Thursday.

    Tavares is the latest player from the league to get injured in Russia, perhaps giving NHL owners another reason to want to keep their players home and playing with them during the 2018 Olympics.

    The Florida Panthers sent just two players to Sochi, and both got banged up. Aleksander Barkov is expected to be out for about a month with a knee injury he got while playing for Finland. Tomas Kopecky is out indefinitely after getting elbowed in the head in a game for Slovakia.

    Mats Zuccarello of the New York Rangers had a hand injury that ruled him out of Norway's finale against Russia.

    Detroit Red Wings and Swedish captain Henrik Zetterberg aggravated a pre-existing back injury, which the Olympic team said was a herniated disk, after his Sochi Games opener and is out indefinitely.

    http://sports.yahoo.com/news/islanders-f-tavares-knee-injury-142527903--nhl.html

    With the high number of injuries from Sochi looks like there may be a stronger call to not have NHL players compete in the 2018 games.

    What do you think? Should the NHL continue to let its players compete?

  11. NHL 94 Gentlemen's Club

    in General Discussion

    Posted · Edited by kupuck19

    Yeah the only hangup is it logs the stats as moog, so mayb it is the roster. probably just confused what chaos meant b/w roster and linechanges.

    Very good start - keep given'r.

    fun stats:

    Jeremy Roenick leads the lg with 8 total penalties.

    47 different players have already recorded goals in the regular season to date.

    Steve Smith of the Blackhawks is 3 for 3 on shots - 100% shot pct.

    A total of 80 players have appeared in game thus far.

    John Blue has legally changed his name to Andy Moog amidst a personality crisis.

  15. Home/Away Advantages

    in Blitz General Discussion

    Posted

    Heard plabax had quite the avatar.

    What's the matter lil' guy? Already taken down?

    I may not waste my time with your forum posts or AIM messages anymore, BUT if you ever use personal images of mine or anyone else again: I will begin bothering admins like never before to have you removed from the forums. I really think you need a new hobby besides saving and manipulating peoples facebook pictures.

    Weren't you recently banned for a similar act to kingraph?

  17. NHL 94 Gentlemen's Club

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    Posted

    The site is up and going, Chaos has fixed the uploading errors. Thanks very much to Chaos for working hard to give us a place to upload and keep track of the league.

    If you have savestates you can try to upload to the site now and should be fine.

    Try to have 10 GP by Tues. 2/25. Trading will be opened either 3/10 or the week before.

  19. NHL 94 Gentlemen's Club

    in General Discussion

    Posted · Edited by kupuck19

    1 minute penalties are in the rom :dal_skater_hand_grab::dal_skater_hand_grab::dal_skater_hand_grab: :dal_skater_hand_grab:

    chaos should have schedules and uploads available on nhl94online.com either later today or within the next couple days. Feel free to start playing, just be sure to rename and keep any savestates from the games you play.

  21. NHL 94 Gentlemen's Club

    in General Discussion

    Posted · Edited by kupuck19

    Its 94 nice guys only, & u have to know the secret password to gain entry..............its like my girlfriends bedroom

    A league with only 8 spots doesn't need sign ups or a waitlist.

    It was very easy to find 8 people (less than 24 hrs) into the concept of the league that wanted to participate. I'm sure we won't have a problem finding replacements. A waitlist will force us to use replacements in chronological order, which just does not work with this league. Instead, we'll look for someone who is currently active and has a good history of sportsmanship and game completion.

    There are some higher caliber players that have expressed interest in this, but with Blitz and GDL both going right now wouldn't be the right time. Could be other divisions in the future.

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