Cameron Brace News Today

Last Updated: Apr 23, 2021 10:43 AM ” Off the Wire ” proudly sponsored by Pete’s Auto Body Referee Tim Peel was released by the National Hockey League, not so much for making a ” make-up call ” or a ” game management call “, but rather for inadvertently having his intention boomed out on the in-house microphone. As I said at the time, the ” even-up ” call is as much a part of hockey officiating as the whistle. And then I got thinking about ” game management ” calls and was...

Even if a shrinking salary cap won’t bottom out as much as predicted, this offseason will still be an uphill climb for most organizations. A salary cap drop of more than $18 million means teams will have to work hard to get out of the red, cutting even more (and better) players to clear space than usual. Sure, the term “salary cap casualty” gets thrown around a little too liberally for my liking, but good players *will be* on the chopping block for the sole purpose of clearing money off t...