Fraser: It's The Final Call for this hockey season!

That I will make on the TSN web site for this season as well.  I want to use this last column to acknowledge some people, reflect on several issues that were brought forward during our time together here and, as always, welcome your final comments.

Steve Dryden, Managing Editor with TSN contacted me in December and pitched a segment he wished to create for me that was eventually titled, "C'mon Ref," to appear on That's Hockey 2Nite on TSN2 with host Steve Kouleas.  While only appearing in studio every two weeks in the beginning, I was excited about the opportunity to share my unique perspective that I had gained from 30 years as a referee in the National Hockey League.  This cutting edge approach to hockey programming analysis by TSN -Canada's Sports Leader - was so well received by you, the viewing audience (as tweets and blogs verified) that "C'mon Ref" appeared on-air almost nightly with James Duthie on NHL Hockey for the first month of the Stanley Cup Playoffs.  It was while I was in studio during this first month that I spoke to Steve about connecting with you through a truly interactive column on their website.  Mark Milliere, Senior Vice-President, Production gave the project his blessing and Kelvin Chow was assigned to set up the mail bag, sort, provide your questions to me and post my answers.  Your response to this column was overwhelming and we thank you.

Before getting to some "tough calls" that I need to make, I want to say that I have enjoyed your thoughtful, civil (for the most part) responses in expressing your opinions on officiating and the game in general.  You are the lifeblood of the game and deserve a forum to be heard or at times vent.   I haven't ducked any of your questions that were provided to me and I apologize if any questions you submitted did not find their way past the mailbag. I can tell you (as my wife can verify) that I spent considerable time every day with these responses in an attempt to provide honest opinion along with an educational and entertaining read to your questions.

I have most appreciated the fact that many of you have come to understand the degree of difficulty and nuances involved in hockey officiating a little bit better and along the way have expressed some added measure of tolerance for NHL officiating.  While we've seen just how imperfect NHL officiating can be, there has been an acknowledgment from your end that these guys are human and attempting to do their best in a system that definitely needs re-tooling. (More on that later in this writing).

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