A look inside Colin Campbell's inbox

"Wait, these e-mails seem fake. I didn't
know Marc Savard had a blog..."

The NHL was plunged into controversy this week after three-year-old internal emails between director of hockey operations Colin Campbell and former director of officiating Stephen Walkom were exposed by Toronto blogger Tyler Dellow.

At worst, the emails indicate that Campbell could be biased. At best, they paint him as a hands-on boss who was sending Walkom a steady stream of frank feedback on how games should be called.

Campbell may not have learned from past mistakes, as explosive new emails between Campbell and his staff have emerged today.

From: Colin Campbell
To: Stephen Walkom
Hey Stephen, did you happen to catch the Bruins game? I have several pages of feedback on the officiating I'd like to discuss with you.

From: Stephen Walkom
To: Colin Campbell
Colin, we've been over this. I quit as the director of officiating in 2009 and went back to refereeing. You need to email my replacement, Terry Gregson.

From: Colin Campbell
To: Stephen Walkom
Right, right, I forgot. Say, refresh my memory, why did you quit again?

From: Stephen Walkom
To: Colin Campbell
Oh, no reason.

From: Colin Campbell
To: Terry Gregson
T-Greg!

From: Terry Gregson
To: Colin Campbell
Oh bloody hell. Um, I mean…. Vacation alert! I will be out of the office, returning in … uh… May.

From: Colin Campbell
To: Terry Gregson
Nice try Terry! Look, I want to chat about last night's Bruins game. I've started watching every single one of their games this year, for no particular reason, and I'm not crazy about how some of them are being called.

From: Terry Gregson
To: Colin Campbell
OK. Just remember, no names. We don't need some blogger digging around again. Keep it generic.

From: Colin Campbell
To: Terry Gregson
Of course, Terry. I think I know the rules. So anyway, did you see that one play involving the 6-foot-9 Slovak defenceman?

From: Terry Gregson
To: Colin Campbell
OK. See, right there Colie, this is the sort of thing we're talking about.

From: Colin Campbell
To: Terry Gregson
What? That could be anybody!

From: Terry Gregson
To: Stephen Walkom
Have I told you lately that I hate you?

From: Stephen Walkom
To: Terry Gregson
You're on your own, buddy.

From: Colin Campbell
To: Terry Gregson
What's the matter Terry, did you decide to stop replying to my emails? Ha ha!

From: Colin Campbell
To: Terry Gregson
(Seriously, though, if you decided to stop replying to my emails then you're fired.)

From: Terry Gregson
To: Colin Campbell
Sorry, were you emailing me? Strangest thing, I haven't been getting them. They must go straight into my spam filter or something.

From: Terry Gregson
To: Stephen Walkom
By the way, thanks for your help with setting up that spam filter.

From: Stephen Walkom
To: Terry Gregson
It was the least I could do.

From: Colin Campbell
To: Terry Gregson
Really? I swear, everybody I try to email ends up telling me that. There must be some kind of problem with my computer. I'm going to contact tech support and see what's going on.

From: Colin Campbell
To: Tech support
Hi there. I bought a laptop from you guys this year and I'm having email problems.

From: Dean Warren
To: Colin Campbell
Hello sir, my name is Dean. How can I assist you today?

From: Colin Campbell
To: Dean Warren
… Dean?

From: Dean Warren
To: Colin Campbell
Oh. Um. Hmm. This is awkward.

From: Colin Campbell
To: Dean Warren
Hey, look, at least you landed on your feet. No hard feelings, right?

From: Dean Warren
To: Colin Campbell
[Your email was undeliverable, as it triggered the recipient's spam filter.]

From: Colin Campbell
To: Dean Warren
Oh come on!

From: Colin Campbell
To: All NHL referees and alumni
OK everyone, listen up. I've been emailing all of you with detailed feedback about calls against Gregory Cam-uh, against a mysterious unnamed NHL player. But nobody ever replies! Kerry, what's the matter, can't take five minutes from your precious book tour to chat with an old friend?

From: Kerry Fraser
To: Colin Campbell
What? Sorry, I didn't see your email.

From: Colin Campbell
To: Kerry Fraser
Let me guess… spam filter?

From: Kerry Fraser
To: Colin Campbell
Spam what? No, I just have this bad habit of not seeing really important things for no particular reason.

From: Terry Gregson
To: Colin Campbell
So anyway, I've got to go and, um, set my computer on fire.

From: Dean Warren
To: Colin Campbell
Why am I even still on this list?

From: Stephen Walkom
To: Colin Campbell
Unsubscribe.

From: Colin Campbell
To: All NHL referees and alumni
Fine, jerks. I'll find something else to do.

From: Facebook
To: Gregory Campbell
Colin Campbell just tagged you in the photo album "Squeaky clean hits that should never have been penalties".

From: Gregory Campbell
To: Colin Campbell
THIS IS NOT HELPING, DAD!