2025 Stanley Cup Playoffs

[SharksGM]

For reasons beyond human comprehension, EHM has decided that we must bear an entire week of boring 10+/-1 goal WC games, and then the playoffs will start on the 29th. Lucky for anyone with long-term injuries, I suppose. Anyway, I guess that means I don't have to update the file immediately.



Those are the final standings, which yields:

#1 DET vs #8 CHI
#2 SJ vs #7 DAL
#3 COL vs #6 MIN
#4 NAS vs #5 LA

#1 OTT vs #8 NJ
#2 TB vs #7 NYI
#3 NYR vs #6 PIT
#4 TOR vs #5 MTL

The only thing our standings system changes is that in-game NYI finished ahead of PIT, so I suppose we've been robbed of a battle of NY. Oh well.

WPG, EDM, FLA, WAS, ARI, PHI, CGY, CBS, BUF, CAR, ANA, STL, VAN, BOS are in the lottery in that order. There's a 13 point gap between #9 BUF and #10 CAR.

Farm standings:

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Team                    GP   W    L    OTL  T    PTS  Pct   GF    GA    PP%   SH%   Last 10  Home         Road         
----------------------- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- -------- ------------ ------------ 
Lehigh Valley Phantoms  81   60   18   0    3    123  .759  530   333   39.86 80.83 6-4-0-0  33-6-0-2     27-12-0-1    
San Jose Barracuda      82   59   18   1    4    123  .750  473   298   33.64 76.54 10-0-0-0 36-4-0-1     23-14-1-3    
Charlotte Checkers      81   53   23   1    4    111  .685  453   327   36.13 76.60 9-1-0-0  35-4-1-1     18-19-0-3    
Belleville Senators     82   51   26   4    1    107  .652  452   374   37.29 73.85 6-4-0-0  30-9-1-1     21-17-3-0    
San Antonio Rampage     82   51   27   0    4    106  .646  443   329   33.59 72.37 8-2-0-0  31-9-0-1     20-18-0-3    
Ontario Reign           82   50   28   0    4    104  .634  450   375   39.82 59.60 7-3-0-0  30-10-0-1    20-18-0-3    
Grand Rapids Griffins   82   50   29   0    3    103  .628  444   337   29.45 65.63 6-4-0-0  28-10-0-3    22-19-0-0    
Stockton Heat           82   49   30   0    3    101  .616  466   386   32.67 67.53 2-8-0-0  32-7-0-2     17-23-0-1    
Binghamton Devils       81   49   30   0    2    100  .617  434   350   31.78 66.15 5-5-0-0  28-13-0-0    21-17-0-2    
Rochester Americans     81   47   30   1    3    98   .605  437   348   31.11 80.00 6-2-0-2  25-13-1-2    22-17-0-1    
Tucson Roadrunners      82   44   34   3    1    92   .561  439   368   39.84 59.26 4-5-1-0  29-11-1-0    15-23-2-1    
Syracuse Crunch         82   43   33   2    4    92   .561  383   334   31.15 70.18 7-2-0-1  30-10-1-0    13-23-1-4    
Bakersfield Condors     81   44   34   2    1    91   .562  364   337   40.82 76.60 5-4-1-0  29-10-1-1    15-24-1-0    
Hartford Wolfpack       81   42   35   2    2    88   .543  373   332   26.85 67.71 3-6-0-1  22-17-1-0    20-18-1-2    
Colorado Eagles         82   40   40   2    0    82   .500  367   362   34.02 65.82 6-4-0-0  25-15-1-0    15-25-1-0    
Wilkes-Barre/Scranton P 81   37   36   2    6    82   .506  370   367   31.13 75.38 6-4-0-0  24-10-2-4    13-26-0-2    
Texas Stars             82   38   40   1    3    80   .488  334   346   29.59 68.35 3-7-0-0  23-16-0-2    15-24-1-1    
Providence Bruins       82   38   41   3    0    79   .482  332   360   20.95 72.00 8-2-0-0  22-18-1-0    16-23-2-0    
Utica Comets            82   36   39   6    1    79   .482  376   376   27.27 68.66 7-1-2-0  26-10-4-1    10-29-2-0    
Laval Rocket            81   36   40   2    3    77   .475  360   360   32.38 82.43 6-4-0-0  24-16-0-1    12-24-2-2    
Milwaukee Admirals      82   36   42   3    1    76   .463  322   349   27.52 75.27 4-5-1-0  23-14-3-1    13-28-0-0    
Springfield Thunderbird 82   37   44   1    0    75   .457  357   391   24.55 56.92 4-6-0-0  28-13-0-0    9-31-1-0     
Manitoba Moose          82   35   45   1    1    72   .439  365   393   39.45 68.10 3-7-0-0  23-17-1-0    12-28-0-1    
Iowa Wild               82   33   44   2    3    71   .433  359   391   31.25 71.60 6-4-0-0  23-15-1-2    10-29-1-1    
San Diego Gulls         81   35   46   0    0    70   .432  366   420   29.67 65.95 3-7-0-0  23-17-0-0    12-29-0-0    
Bridgeport Sound Tigers 81   32   44   2    3    69   .426  300   343   30.11 72.53 4-4-2-0  25-13-0-2    7-31-2-1     
Toronto Marlies         82   28   46   2    6    64   .390  321   389   34.45 73.68 2-7-0-1  20-16-1-4    8-30-1-2     
Cleveland Monsters      81   17   61   2    1    37   .228  270   598   25.40 61.16 0-10-0-0 15-23-1-1    2-38-1-0     
Hershey Bears           82   11   68   2    1    25   .152  282   585   25.00 54.92 0-10-0-0 10-28-2-1    1-40-0-0     
Rockford IceHogs        81   9    72   0    0    18   .111  197   561   19.40 63.96 0-10-0-0 9-31-0-0     0-41-0-0     

Congrats to Rockford for winning 9 games at home, and to SJ for ending the season on an 18-game winning streak and still finishing one point back of Lehigh Valley.

[Bernyhawks]

Zzzzzzzzz

[SharksGM]

Zzzzzzzzz

Well, wake up, it's almost time.

USA beat FIN 6-4 and SUI sorta upset CZE 6-3. CAN-SVK and RUS-SWE is tomorrow. EHM also released its idea of awards nominees:

Jack Adams Award
1. Rob Blake, San Jose Sharks
2. Jacques Martin, Ottawa Senators
3. Jukka Koivu, Detroit Red Wings
Annual award given to the NHL coach adjudged to have contributed the most to his team's success (the top 3 teams)

Calder Memorial Trophy
1. Connor Bedard, Calgary Flames
2. Matvei Michkov, Vancouver Canucks
3. Ryan Leonard, Minnesota Wild
Annual award given to the player selected as the most proficient in his first year of competition in the National Hockey League (the top 3 rookie forwards in points)

Hart Memorial Trophy
1. Alexander Nylander, Colorado Avalanche
2. Michael Frolík, Colorado Avalanche
3. Mitchell Marner, Colorado Avalanche
Annual award given to the player judged to be the most valuable to his team (the top 3 forwards in points, and lol at the diversity of choices)

Lady Byng Memorial Trophy
1. Tyler Seguin, Nashville Predators
2. Alexander Nylander, Colorado Avalanche
3. Michael Frolík, Colorado Avalanche
Annual award given to the player adjudged to have exhibited the best type of sportsmanship and gentlemanly conduct combined with a high standard of playing ability (the top 3 forwards in... uh... points - PIM maybe?)

James Norris Memorial Trophy
1. John Moore, New York Islanders
2. Oliver Ekman-Larsson, Ottawa Senators
3. Petter Granberg, Los Angeles Kings
Annual award given to the defense player who demonstrates throughout the season the greatest all-round ability in the position (the top 3 defensemen in points)

Frank J. Selke Trophy
1. James van Riemsdyk, Detroit Red Wings
2. Guillaume Latendresse, Boston Bruins
3. Pierre-Luc Dubois, Anaheim Ducks
Annual award given to the forward who best excels in the defensive aspects of the game (the top 3 forwards in... hmm.. T-G + SB maybe?)

[SharksGM]

For the record I converted 3 of NYI's OTLs to regular Ls so that they finished behind PIT in the in-game standings. I'll change them back one it's no longer needed to get the right seeding.

[NYRNYRNYR]

The EHEC chosen award noms are EMBARASSINGLY bad, yikes.

[SharksGM]

The file has been updated. Playoffs begin tomorrow, roughly. Also, SWE beat RUS so we'll have USA-SWE and CAN-SUI in the worlds, if anyone cares about that.

[SharksGM]

I meant to remove all of the post-deadline acquisitions from team rosters before starting the playoffs but forgot. I will enter that in the file later today. In the meantime, the only team who used any, afaict, is Dallas, so stop putting Winkler and/or Eriksson Ek in your lineup.

[SharksGM]

The specific players being removed from their rosters are:

James Winkler
Eric Tangradi
Joel Eriksson Ek
Mikko Koivu
Alex Wennberg
Ryan MacInnis
Braydon Coburn
Ales Hemsky
Rasmus Sandin

[Dallas Stars GM]

The specific players being removed from their rosters are:

James Winkler
Eric Tangradi
Joel Eriksson Ek
Mikko Koivu
Alex Wennberg
Ryan MacInnis
Braydon Coburn
Ales Hemsky
Rasmus Sandin

Sorry, I totally forgot about this.

Eriksson Ek and Winkler removed.

[IslandersGM]

Can i get an extra practice tonight?

[Dallas Stars GM]

Extra practice pls

[AvalancheGM]

Extra practice tonight

[PittsburghGM]

Extra practice please

[SharksGM]

No games tonight, just a file update.

[SharksGM]

File update tonight. Sorry, round 2 was actually supposed to start Wednesday night but I didn't give enough warning for that (and I can't sim the games, obv).

Kevin pointed out that with the delayed start of the playoffs for that bizarre WC break, we are at risk of ending the playoffs past the June 17 draft date, which would be a mess. So I did a bit of surgery and move the already simmed ECQF Game 7 day back one day in the schedule, and moved the round 2 games back two days, then adjusted the date in league.ehm. I simmed the day in between as usual so the players will feel an odd sense of time dilation, I suppose, but the rest of us will be unaffected.

I will ask tomorrow's simmer if they can run both the west and east games in one shot to help get us caught up, so be prepared for game 1 on Thursday night if you're in the east too.

[Wiild]

how many of my players have been to the beach that makes you old?

[TBGM - Geoff]

Bag skate the Bolts pls

[DetroitGM]

Well I guess I'll join requesting extra practices here, in this weird location
(preferably before game 2 as well ¯\_(ツ)_/¯)

[TorontoGM]

GM Office is still closed

[SharksGM]

Like with last series, I simmed ahead a day (after DET-MIN ended) and moved the in-game calendar back one day. So DET gets a day of rest, but in-game it looks they'll play back-to-back. I did experiment with make the ECF start first but if I do that the game schedules (potential) game 5s on the wrong days and messes everything up, so that's not an option. Which means...

DET-SJ starts... well, later today by EST, i.e. May 27th real calendar.
OTT-TB starts May 28th.

If either series goes to game 7 (the east might push to June 7), we'll probably have to do this same trick at the end of round 3 and also between every game in the finals, so as to finish before the draft. Oh well. Lesson learned for next season, I guess.

By the way, Marty, this happened in an alternate universe:

[AvalancheGM]

The EHEC chosen award noms are EMBARASSINGLY bad, yikes.

We resemble that remark.

[SharksGM]

Did some file surgery, namely advanced a day, saved, moved all of the ECF games back one day, changed the date to June 6 in-game, and made the SCF start the next (June 7). So effectively it's a one-day break for OTT as usual. As it is, game 6 would be on the 17th with the draft on the 18th, so another couple of days of schedule manipulation may be necessary. I might just do it after game 1 just in case. But anyway, the important point is the first two actual sims will happen on Wednesday night (the 11th) and Friday the 13th (spoooooky).

[SensGM]

If that can help (and if it's doable obviously), It's ok for me to get 1 sim every night.
I don't mind making the effort to come every single day for the coming days

[DetroitGM]

If that can help (and if it's doable obviously), It's ok for me to get 1 sim every night.
I don't mind making the effort to come every single day for the coming days

It's less about the IRL simming time and more about the in game process, where we're squishing the schedule so it looks like we're having to play back-to-backs, but the players still get the day off in between.

Effectively, we're fucking with time. But that's okay, "time is an illusion, lunchtime doubly so"

[SharksGM]

Speaking of which, I updated the file with another one day squash. Actual game 2 will be tonight.

[SharksGM]

I did another day subtraction and updated the file, for the 2-3 people who care.

Also reminding myself and other simmers that the game won't bother to schedule game 5 until game 4 is played, and will incorrectly put OTT at home so that'll need to be fixed.

[SharksGM]

I did another day subtraction and updated the file, for the 2-3 people who care.

One more of these done before game 5. Apparently the game put DET at home, go figure.

[SharksGM]

File updated. No further compression is needed since the game can apparently handle game 7 on the 16th, if necessary. See you in about 24 hours.