Beketov

@Greg_Di steals the game for sure and is denied a star. First loss for Calgary these playoffs when I got a point I think. GG Riga, gonna be a good series.

Finals Incoming!

Definitely

The team that needed 14 games to make the finals vs. The team that only needed 8, what a storyline. Great series NY, as we knew it would be, you pushed us right to the limit for sure.

The Riga Reign are waiting in the Continental Cup finals but who will they face? Game 7 starting soon!

I would definitely prefer to end the series tonight but man I do love the idea of the cup storyline being 2 wins in 7 vs. 2 sweeps. I don’t know if the league has ever had a cup final with that storyline.

1 more fellas, and on the 4th of July as well to rub it in their American faces haha. Continuing the streak of not losing any time I get a point!

You realize I also Simmed my rookie season right?

FWIW my opinion is torn between Dawson and myself right now as well, I just like messing with gorlab. Dawson has a bigger point improvement than I did but I went up by more goals.

I want to see Calgary take it in 7. Obviously because I play for them but also because I love the idea of a team that swept rounds 1 and 2 facing a team that needed game 7 in rounds 1 and 2.

Excuse me?

Really hard to win giving up 9 powerplays. We seriously need to tighten up.

Who's up for an early sim?

Alexander Beketov, first ballot HoFer and the namesake of the assist award, would like a word.

Where do you mean? I assumed you meant player page but hits and SB are shown there?

Of note @Esso2264, @Jubis, @hedgehog337, and @Victor it's incredibly likely the sim tomorrow will be early, like before noon EST, as I'm headed out of town for a couple of days and want to sim before I go. Just wanted to warn you so that you aren't blindsided by an early sim when you wanted to change lines up. @Devise has agreed to cover for me a few days and will be doing the simming on Saturday and Sunday for sure. I should be back in time for a sim Monday.

Conference Finals starting momentarily

Great series Toronto. I was saying from the onset that you guys scared me more than regular season standings implied and you showed why, taking us right to the brink. Hard fought series, GG.

Game 7 starting in just a few minutes

I’m not remotely set up for that right now. You want live you get what I can give.

Starting up Sim 4

This is in relation to the VHL and not VHLM. While we obviously would always prefer actives get ice time it’s ultimately up to GM’s to decide how to run their lines. This is mostly just to avoid teams intentionally running worse lineups to intentionally tank for better draft picks. Outside of that we aren’t trying to micromanage how GM’s handle their rosters.

The original wording of it was

That is, in essence, the Louth Rule. We're simply clarifying it with the 64 games part because there has been some confusion in regards to playing a starter X number of times and then trading them to a different team. Ultimately the goalie coming in could have more starts but the team has still started their backup Y number of times which is what's needed. So let's take your above example. Say both teams have played 30 games with Funk starting in 24 of them and Ross starting in 22. Davos is therefore done their required backup games and Seattle has 2 left. Ross will end up playing 40 more games for 62 total starts and Funk will end up playing the remaining 42 games and end up with 66 starts. Neither one is a problem because Funk's starts weren't all with one team and both teams have played their required 8 backup starts. Does that make sense?

You ended the quote too soon: So obviously a goalie could have more than 64 starts if they are traded to a team that has completed all their backup games or is simply scheduled behind. However those extra games would be played for a different team. It doesn't affect the backup games at all though. Davos and Seattle (in your example) would both still need to play their backup 8 games each. The starters being traded doesn't change that.