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Bill Daly On The Emergency Goalie

02/26/2020 at 10:54am EST

from Tom Gulitti of NHL.com,

The emergency backup goalie procedure for NHL games is expected to be discussed at the general managers meetings that begin next week, NHL Deputy Commissioner Bill Daly said Tuesday.

The emergency backup (EBUG) is in the spotlight again after David Ayres played for the Carolina Hurricanes in a 6-3 win against the Toronto Maple Leafs on Saturday. The 42-year-old, who drives the ice resurfacing machine at Mattamy Athletic Centre in Toronto and regularly practices with the Maple Leafs, was need to play at Scotiabank Arena after Hurricanes goalies James Reimer and Petr Mrazek were injured.

"I think it's a fair question," Deputy Commissioner Daly said during the first intermission between the Washington Capitals and Winnipeg Jets at Capital One Arena. "It's something we've given some consideration to over the years. As recently as last year, we discussed [it] with the general managers. It happens very, very rarely, but when it happens, it obviously raises everybody's attention to the issue and whether there are fixes that need to be made to that particular issue."

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