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Maple Leafs Sign University of Toronto Goalie Alex Bishop

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.