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Hey guys, Playoff ROM for 2018 is attached. Excel sheet with team and player ratings also attached. Updates from last version include this season's Stanley Cup Playoff Bracket, roster updates, updated player ratings, team ratings (Overall, Home/Away, PP/PK ratings), and some line combos. 32nd team is still the NHL'94 Hockey Hall of Fame squad. More info below photo gallery.. **********PLAYOFF SIM BELOW******** Updated ROM with 2017-18 trade deadline rosters. -This is the 32-team ROM (updated teams, player cards and graphics by Slapshot67) -Updated team rosters for 2017-18 season (rosters and player ratings by Skip) -Weight bug is fixed (heavy guys are harder to knock down), and this ROM uses weight + checking = hitting ability -1 minute penalties (except for injuries = 2 min penalty) -Hot/Cold is accurate in the pre-game screen and in edit lines KNOWN BUG: The menu screen will freeze if the player cards begin to cycle for team #31 - Winnipeg. NOTE: This ROM has continuous OT as the standard. Zip folder has excel sheet with all players listed, including the NHL94 HHOF All-Stars roster, and Ratings list for all 32 teams. Enjoy! -Skip and Slapshot67 NHL18playoffsSkipSlapshot.bin NHL18playoffs.SkipSlapshot67.xls

Hey bud! We're going to remain at 12 teams for this season, but I can add you to the waitlist if you'd like? That means if any coaches have to drop out this season, you can take over their team. we use mine & Slapshot67's ROM for this league. I am not sure if there is a Spring NHL'94 Classic season, but KingRaph would know. PM him, and I'll pm you.

Lottery Rules for VHL7: 1st Round **Winner of Consolation Tourney gets 100 extra balls in Round 1 - AdamWoodrow Tier 9 – Last place = 2500 balls (Chef) Tier 8 – No playoffs = 1000 balls (**AdamWoodrow – add 100 balls = 1100) Tier 7 – Lost Playoff Prelim Round = 750 balls (Jer, AtomicRaven) Tier 6 - Won Prelim Rd AND Lost Quarters = 500 balls (Flatcrusher, AquaLizard) Tier 5 - Lost Quarters, No Prelim = 250 balls (Skip, J&J) Tier 4 - New B Players = 100 balls (None) Tier 3 - Semifinalists = 25 balls (Brutus, Dcicon) Tier 2 - Finalist = 5 balls (Tex) Tier 1 - Champ and New A Players = 1 ball (Lupz) 2nd Round Step 1 - Reduce all balls first. Tier 9 down to 250 balls, Tier 8 = 100, Tier 7 = 75, Tier 6 = 50, Tier 5 = 25, Tier 4 = 10, Tier 3 = 5, Tier 2 = 2, Tier 1 = 1 Step 2 - Add these changes according to actual Round 1 draw: 1st Overall = -25 balls 2nd Overall = -20 balls 3rd Overall = -10 balls 4th Overall = -5 balls 5th overall = -3 balls 6th through 8th overall = No change 9th and 10th overall = +20 balls 11th and 12th overall = +25 balls 3rd Round – Lottery balls RESET. Begin aggregating balls from Round 3 thru Round 10. Each Rd affects the next. To Start: Tier 9 = 75 balls, Tier 8 = 50 balls, Tier 7 = 40 balls, Tier 6 = 20 balls, Tier 5 = 15 balls, Tier 4 = 10 balls, Tier 3 = 6 balls, Tier 2 = 3 balls, Tier 1 = 1 ball Next: **Add 5 extra balls to Consolation Tourney winner. This is the 2nd and final addition for tourney winner - AdamWoodrow 4th Round – continue aggregating from Rd 3. Nobody can ever go below 1 ball. 3.1 = -7 balls from Rd 3 count - AGGREGATING 3.2 and 3.3 = -5 balls 3.4 and 3.5 = no change 3.6 through 3.8 = +2 balls 3.9 and 3.10 = +5 balls 3.11 and 3.12 = +7 balls 5th Round – continue aggregating balls. 4.1 = -10 more balls 4.2 and 4.3 = -5 balls 4.4 and 4.5 = no change 4.6 through 4.8 = +1 ball 4.9 and 4.10 = +5 balls 4.11 and 4.12 = +10 balls 6th Round 5.1 = -10 more balls 5.2 and 5.3 = -5 balls 5.4 and 5.5 = -3 balls 5.6 through 5.8 = +3 balls 5.9 and 5.10 = +5 balls 5.11 and 5.12= +10 balls 7th Round 6.1 = -10 more balls 6.2 and 6.3 = - 5 balls 6.4 and 6.5 = no change 6.6 through 6.8 = +1 ball 6.9 and 6.10 = + 5 balls 6.9 through 6.12 = +10 balls 8th Round 7.1 = -7 more balls 7.2 and 7.3 = -5 balls 7.4 and 7.5 = no change 7.6 through 7.8 = +5 balls 7.9 through 7.12 = +7 balls 9th Round 8.1 = - 5 more balls 8.2 and 8.3 = -1 ball 8.4 and 8.5 = no change 8.6 through 8.8 = +1 ball 8.9 through 8.12 = +5 balls 10th Round 9.1 = -5 more balls 9.2 through 9.5 = -3 balls 9.6 through 9.8 = +3 balls 9.9 through 9.12 = +5 balls

Draft lottery moved to 3/27! You guys ready to start drafting?

Yeah @Lupz27 - champ isn't allowed to back out. You can play 10 games per day when you're on!

Hey guys, due to the huge demand by ~3 guys, we'll be doing VHL7 before the summer. We've been running it with 12 guys that are dedicated to finish the whole season to 100% completion, but I am open to adding new guys if it make sense to do so. Please reach out to me if you want to join. VHL7 will be approx. 22-27 game season and regular season will be ~1 month long. Current GM's (12) - Lupz (champ), Tex, Brutus, Dcicon, Jack&Jose, Flatcrusher, Jer33, AquaLizard, AtomicRaven, AdamWoodrow, Chefstar88 & Skip. Expansion/Replacement Coaches - Jwebber64 Schedule (tentative) Draft Lottery - March 30th Draft - April 4th thru April 9th Begin Regular Season - April 12th Reg. Season Ends - May 13th Playoffs - May 15th Rosters - 5 fwds, 4 dmen, 1 goalie for 10 total rounds of drafting. More to come...

I remember that play when it happened, and I still worry when you see guys go down in the corner with 3 other guys there, or a goalie in the crease with a huge scrum for a loose puck. This whole story though, wow.

Hey guys, I'll definitely add a playoff ROM update once we get to end of reg season. I want to make sure we have the updated playoff tree :-) As always, please let me know if you find any errors or have any questions.

@kingraph Sakic on the cover screen....yes!

“Console gaming is just now starting to take off,” said Mitchell, who also teaches esports at Emerson College in Boston. I went to Emerson, so I am particularly upset this guy thinks console gaming is "just now starting to take off." WTF??

Just added an edit to North Stars starting lineup C Lemiuex LW Makarov RW Selanne LD Svboda RD Suter G McLean

I use Nose and EARE for ROM editing. Other programs are used for the graphics stuff but I don't do that myself.

Lupz selects Yushkevich

Kjell Samuelsson

10.13 Zep takes Darius Kasparitus from his meeting

10.9 Kingraph selects Sergei Zubov 10.10 J&J selects Tom Pederson 10.11 Lupz selects Mark Tinordi

10.4 Dcicon selects Steve Chiasson 10.5 Aqua selects Tommy Sjodin 10.6 Skip selects Sylvain Cote

EDITED North Stars C Lemiuex LW Makarov RW Selanne LD Svboda RD Suter G McLean Sub Donato on Forward Sub Cote on Defense

I couldn't fit him on the team since they only had 2 goalies to begin with. I'll add him if he plays a ton before playoffs for a playoff ROM, but I'll have to remove (likely) Neuwirth

I could send a cease and desist letter and see if he buys it. Anyone have a name & address for this scumbag?

Hey Mitch, awesome stuff! I cannot wait to check this out. I started doing just the goalies last weekend and it was taking me forever, so I put it on hold. One thing that Lupz27 pointed out to me on my previous ROM edits - he said he found the goalies to be wonky when I made the Off Awr and Def Awr different. I never really noticed, but the original NHL'94 goalies all had the same Off Awr as Def Awr, so I figured he was right. Not sure if it matters, but wanted to let you know! GREAT WORK man, thanks so much for all the time you put in! Making Olympic ROMs with the NHL players was far quicker to "plug and play" aside from a few teams.

Here are the team ratings, included in the excel sheet --> Team Overall Offense Defense PP PK Home Away Off/Def +/- Skaters Goalie In-Game Skill 1 Tampa Bay 85 7 1 Strong Weak Strong Strong 6 85 80 88 2 Boston 85 6 0 Average Strong Strong Strong 6 80 85 85 3 Nashville 85 5 1 Strong Strong Strong Strong 4 81 80 85 4 Vegas 85 6 2 Strong Average Strong Strong 4 77 92 84 5 Winnipeg 84 6 2 Strong Strong Strong Average 4 80 77 83 6 Minnesota 84 5 3 Strong Average Strong Average 2 78 75 82 7 Toronto 84 6 3 Average Strong Strong Strong 3 76 76 80 8 Washington 83 5 4 Strong Average Strong Average 1 81 81 84 9 Pittsburgh 83 6 4 Strong Strong Strong Average 2 83 74 84 10 San Jose 83 4 2 Strong Strong Average Average 2 78 75 81 11 Philadelphia 83 4 2 Strong Weak Average Strong 2 80 63 80 12 Dallas 83 4 1 Average Strong Strong Average 3 77 70 80 13 Los Angeles 82 3 0 Average Strong Average Strong 3 79 85 83 14 New Jersey 82 4 4 Average Strong Average Strong 0 75 75 79 15 Columbus 81 2 2 Weak Weak Average Average 0 77 92 83 16 Anaheim 81 2 2 Weak Strong Average Average 0 78 78 81 17 St. Louis 81 2 1 Weak Average Average Average 1 81 63 81 18 Calgary 81 3 3 Weak Average Weak Strong 0 78 74 80 19 Colorado 81 5 4 Average Strong Strong Weak 1 77 64 78 20 NY Islanders 80 6 7 Average Weak Average Average -1 79 62 79 21 Florida 80 4 5 Average Weak Average Average -1 77 72 79 22 Carolina 80 2 4 Average Average Average Average -2 74 63 75 23 Chicago 79 3 3 Weak Strong Weak Average 0 80 81 83 24 Detroit 79 2 4 Weak Weak Weak Average -2 72 65 74 25 NY Rangers 78 3 5 Average Strong Average Weak -2 76 80 79 26 Montreal 77 2 4 Strong Weak Average Brutal -2 73 85 78 27 Edmonton 77 3 6 Weak Weak Weak Average -3 77 69 78 28 Ottawa 76 2 6 Weak Weak Weak Weak -4 77 62 77 29 Vancouver 76 2 5 Strong Weak Weak Average -3 72 59 73 30 Arizona 75 1 5 Weak Average Weak Weak -4 74 69 76 31 Buffalo 75 1 5 Weak Average Weak Average -4 73 62 74 Averages 80.9 3.7 3.2 77.5 73.8 80.2 32 NHL'94 HHOF Team 99 7 0 Strong Strong Strong Strong 7 94 94 98

Thanks guys, we do it for the love! Glad you like the ROM.

Yeah isn't that the year (68) the Soviets invaded Czechoslovakia? Something like that.