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Not pulling goalies: NHL’s emergency backups staying
BOCA RATON, Fla. — NHL general managers discussed the league’s emergency backup goaltending protocol at their regularly scheduled March meetings on Monday but decided not to make any changes to the procedure. Emergency backup goaltenders (or EBUGs) became a hot topic after 42-year-old Zamboni driver David Ayres was forced into action last month during a […]
Continue readingNo, the NHL does not have an EBUG problem
The National Hockey League is really good at fixing problems that neither need fixing nor are problems in the first place. “Problems” such as fans voting goons into the All-Star Game. Spin-o-ramas in the shootout. How players should or should not tuck in their jerseys. The conference playoff format. And now, if we’re to believe […]
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