NHL makes strong statement on Mike Milbury’s comments!

Should we even be surprised at this point? The veteran broadcaster who has a habit of putting his foot in his putting his foot in his mouth and making an ass of himself literally EVERY time he’s on the air, and Thursday night wasn’t any different.

During the broadcast of Game 5 between the Washington Capitals and New York Islanders, play by play announcer John Forslund was waxing poetically about the NHL’s “bubble” in Toronto and how great of an environment it is for the players so that they can properly focus and get down to work. So what does Milbury do? He butts in with a ridiculous comment about how “there are no women around to distract you.”

It didn’t take long for fans to loudly criticize Milbury and demand that NBC Sports fires his ass on the spot and the NHL got in the mix on Friday afternoon, condemning Milbury’s words and stating that it has communicated their feelings to NBC. 

Does that mean that NBC will fire him? 

On top of that, in Canada (of course), Don Cherry started trending with people saying that if Grapes was fired from CBC and Sportsnet for saying “you people”, then Milbury should get dismissed from his misogynistic comments (amongst other things).

The NHL did not get involved in the situation involving Don Cherry. 

But it is now loud and clear.