The Toronto Maple Leafs have worked themselves into an immovable cap situation. Like most NHL teams, the Leafs are up against the cap, using long-term injured reserve space to shimmy their way under the $81.5 million threshold. Toronto is so close to the cap that they cannot recall third-string goalie Michael Hutchinson’s game against the Ottawa Senators on Saturday night to replace injured goalie Petr Mrazek.
The workaround — Kyle Dubas signed University of Toronto goalie Alex Bishop to an amateur try-out contract to back up Jack Campbell.
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According to Hockeydb, Bishop last played for the Varsity Blues in 2019-20, posting 2.