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Lordy Lordy, look who's...er nevermind.... anyways..I'm glad you stuck it out dude...SNES needs committed players such as yourself. congrats!

Personally I think that for SNES...If there are line changes, chicago has a better team but with no line changes there are several teams bunched together and not much difference in skill.

Wouldn't that be like the Stanley cup Champion playing the Calder Cup champion?

I'm sure Zyzzyvas appreciates the kudos but I assumed Auggie did all the work(editing, commentating, graphics etc.) and Zyzzyvas just played the game. Did I assume wrong?

Impressive!...Excellent Graphics...nice commentating...a Chris Cuthbert amoung us? perhaps:D

Kinglakerfan - I'm stoked as well for playing in the spring league. I think extending the league to 56 games onto the schedule makes sense.. Although more time may be needed to finish a league but with committed players, two months is more then enough time considering some guys are playing 15-20 games in a day. And the idea of playing 4 against your own conference and two against the other conference still allows for rivaliries to develop but still keep a sense of fairness cause you will always play an equal amount of home games and away game vs everyone. This would work for the GENS assuming everybody was on board for it however currently the SNES A and B leagues are having a tough time getting everyone to play (less then 50% games played with only a couple days left before the deadline). So I guess its important to determine if there are 20 guys that will play all their games regardless of how good they are for next season.

Of course rivalries are important....but I dont believe they are built through the regular season.(maybe when im in a league ill think different). I think they are built through playoffs series,a lot of exhibition games, or regional locations(like the sydney guys whove played against each other for several years). Im guessing the coach of boston(SNES A) doesnt feel like theres much of a rivalry playing quebec(the deer) after being outscored 20 to 5 in 3 games so far. On the reverse side, the94kid lost in the finals in the spring league to JotaC(where a possible rivalry could exist)...but the schedule only has them playing each other once this season. Everything will be different from one season to the next...guys will drop out, switch conferences,more players will sign up and more leagues will evolve. These things will take time for sure(building rivalries) but in the meantime I think an even schedule makes more sense. As for the push for the playoffs being less intense, it wont make a difference either way because theres still 20 teams gunning for 16 spots(and since 80% of the teams get in..is there really much of a playoff race?)

I can understand the fun of keeping the realism of these leagues by having teams play more against your own division and less against the other conference like the NHL does of course...ultimately however I dont believe this makes for a fair league. It doesn't make sense (as an example) in the GENS A that some guys have to play Kgman 3 or 4 times and others only play him once or twice. To have a fair league....everyone should play everyone twice...one home game and one away game....have the top sixteen make the playoffs (1 vs 16, 2 vs 15...and so on.....each round there after..highest remaining seed plays lowest remaing seed and so on.) Again..don't get me wrong...there's nothing bad about the current leagues cause some people like that league that format. But is it the fairest way? What do you think?

I can see there is the sense of pride of bringing back the island a championship again...not since the CB oilers in 93 for the calder cup! Although anything can happen in the playoffs, I think the overall odds are excellent that one of you will bring back the title... Shout out to Rudy as well. I figured he was a caper also but didn't see it anywhere and didnt wanna assume. I noticed 94kid has pittsburgh yet he made the finals last year? I thought maybe if you finished second in the league you'd have second last pick for teams for the following season....or are there a lot of newbies paying their dues in the 'A'? I played SNES mostly...athough I haven't played for a very long time...maybe 8 years ago. I'm in the process of trying to figure out the online computer gaming. I've never played online through the computer before...XBOX was the extent of my online gaming so far. I was gonna order an adaptor for my SNES controller. (I'm assuming that's what I need) Then I assume its as simple as downloading the stuff i need from the nhl94online site and loading it up. I have both a pc and a mac but I would prefer to play on the mac. do you(or anyone for that matter) know if it will work on a mac?

I see a couple capers, 94kid and deer are ripping up the SNES A league...must be something in the water?

what is the 'cut' goal?...is that like the '93 version of cutting across the crease and freezing the goalie to score?

Just curious if there are any league players(Both SNES and GENS) who prefer not to use their manual goalie to try and make saves and rely on the auto goalie to make the save instead.

nice work for sure...anywhere from 1 to 2 minutes highlights package is perfect for people to watch. And the 'almosts' is always a good way to mix it up instead of showing only goals. first question: roughly how long does it take for you to put those together? second question: do you edit the highlights for sportscentre as well?

lol....well documented

I know...lol..I was just having fun as well.

The guy hasn't lost in 7 years he said...maybe he's got some type of amnesia from the car accident or maybe he only played against the computer?

I enjoyed watching some game highlights that was posted yesterday of a game played between hartford/buffalo. Perhaps a suggestion to Evan of adding a sub forum entitled 'videos'. Allowing members to post links for games they have recorded. In the meantime, anyone who would like to post links to some of their nhl94 videos can do so. Thanks.

With a record of 25-4 (as i type this) with Hartford of all teams? I wonder what KGman's record would be with a good team. 29-0? That being said....anything can happen in the play-offs...just ask the '91 blackhawks...finished atop the NHL with 106 points..and lost to minnesota(68 points) in 6 games. With 10 or 20 minute periods..the better player will almost always win but 5 minute periods make it easier for upsets to happen in this game. And as matt hurray said...'This league is strictly about matchups'...some people play better against certain guys and not as good against others. It seems like most of you guys have a blast playing online...so I plan on trying to get those emulators and whatever going on my mac...(I'm new to all this so it'll take a while to figure it out but hopefully I can play in the spring league)

I'll fly from the east coast for a tournament. SNES? Genesis?

Count me in! I'll drive to chicago. 2000km (1200 miles) from halifax