Peel was fired from the NHL in 2021 when he was caught on a mic telling a team that he made up a penalty call for their opponents to compensate for a bad call earlier.
Many fans suspected that these methods were used in the NHL, but this is definite proof.
Here's what Peel said that caused a huge stir:
"Did I give Sid Crosby some breaks over the years? Did I give Alexander Ovechkin some? Did I give the superstars some? Absolutely, because - guess what? - that's what the 18,000 fans are there to see. They're there to see him, not some fourth-line plugger."
Then, he added:
"[For a cross-check to the head], the refs have to call it. The refs are gonna call it. I don't think Hockey Ops says, 'Well, Buffalo's not very good. We shouldn't suspend the other player because they've got a good team and Buffalo's not very good.' I disagree with that."