The NHL season may be over, but LifetimePool never really shuts down. The Playoff Cup has been decided, outstanding summer business needs to be cleaned up, one franchise is preparing for a new identity, and work continues on recovering more than two decades of LTP history.
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2026 LIFETIMEPOOL PLAYOFF CUP Congratulations Islanders!The Islanders are your 2026 LifetimePool Playoff Cup Champions! They said they were trying to build a team for the playoffs, and they did exactly that. The Islanders finished with an impressive 114 points, a full 37 points ahead of the Leafs and Hitmen, who tied for second. Perhaps even more impressive, the Islanders may have become the first team in LTP history to win the Playoff Cup while short a player on the roster and, most notably, without a goalie!
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Final Playoff Cup Standings
| Rank | Team | Points |
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| 🏆 1 | Islanders | 114 |
| T-2 | Leafs | 77 |
| T-2 | Hitmen | 77 |
| 4 | Coyotes | 74 |
| 5 | Devils | 70 |
| 6 | North Stars | 67 |
| 7 | Roma | 66 |
| 8 | Ferrari | 60 |
| 9 | Blackhawks | 59 |
| 10 | Vikings | 54 |
| 11 | Canucks | 42 |
| 12 | Oilers | 6 |
View Full Standings on Fantrax
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COMING UP THIS SUMMER Back to LTP BusinessWith the Playoff Cup decided, it is time to clean up the remaining offseason business and start preparing for the 2026-2027 season. |
1. Outstanding Future Considerations
Several outstanding items from previous deals still need to be completed as rosters and draft assets are finalized for the upcoming season.
| Receiving Team | Owed By | Outstanding Item |
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| Islanders | Leafs | Player to be named from 2025 summer deal |
| Canucks | Islanders | Player to be named from Axel Sandin Pellikka deal |
| Coyotes | Leafs | Player to be named from Kadri / Vilardi deal |
| Coyotes | Leafs | Player to be named from Timo Meier deal |
| Leafs | Islanders | Player to be named from Nikolaj Ehlers deal |
| Oilers | Islanders | 2026 1st Round Pick | Original Trade |
| Islanders | Oilers | 2026 3rd Round Pick | Original Trade |
These items will need to be cleaned up before attention fully shifts toward drop lists and the draft.
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OFFSEASON DEVELOPMENT 2. A New LTP Identity Is ComingThere is also some unexpected offseason news developing. One LifetimePool franchise is preparing to undergo a complete rebrand.
More details coming soon. Stay tuned! |
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FROM THE LTP ARCHIVES 3. More Than 20 Years of HistoryWork is underway behind the scenes at LifetimePool.com to recover and organize historical material from previous versions of the website. Old league articles, major trades, votes, controversies, member posts and pieces of the original forum history have already been uncovered. The goal is to gradually restore some of that content and preserve more than two decades of LifetimePool history. There may even be some old opinions that certain GMs would probably prefer stayed buried. Too bad. |
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THEN IT GETS SERIOUS 4. Drops, Draft Picks & Draft PlanningOnce the summer housekeeping is complete, attention turns back to what really matters. Drop Lists. Draft Picks. Prospects. Trades. And the 2026-2027 LifetimePool Draft. |
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Another LifetimePool season is coming. Stay tuned. |