Noah From Maine Wants to Resurrect Milbury's Coaching Career

Since we've been doing full on Milbury talk for the past week here, I might as well torture you with one more little piece.

During Saturday's Flyers/Bruins game, Milbury wasn't on the NESN telecast since he was in Pittsburgh for Sunday's Pens/Wings game. But that doesn't mean the folks on NESN have to stop talking about him. During one of the intermissions, Kathryn Tappen and Gord Kluzak took a question from the viewers. And you can guess what that question is about...

Was that seriously the best question they received? Furthermore, is there any universe in which that is a relevant question?

I think Noah from Maine is likely the only Bruins fan who is thinking about ousting Claude Julien and replacing him with Mike Milbury right now. No, being the best team in the league by six points in February isn't enough. We need Mad Mike to torpedo the operation, too.

Somehow, I think Noah's real name might be "Mike" and his last name might end in "ilbury." Either that or the producers decided to have a little fun in Mike's absence.

Milbury, McGuire Spark Memories of an Old Rivalry

Over at Puck the Media, Steve Lepore concludes that the best part of the Wings/Pens game on Sunday will be the match up in the studio. Pierre McGuire vs. Mike Milbury during the intermissions. I'd have to agree -- that's the return of Must See TV right there. The game on the ice could go to a shootout and still may not be as exciting as these two guys going punch-for-punch (possibly, literally).

But this all got me thinking about another great rivalry from the past. I think you know the one I'm talking about.


No, not that one. That's barely a rivalry.



Getting warmer, but still not what I'm looking for.



Yeah, that's the one.

You Say Dink, I Say Dick... But What the Heck Did Mad Mike Mean?

So over at Puck Daddy, an excitement ruining jerk Greg Wyshynski has concluded that last night Milbury didn't call Connolly a four-letter word. He did, however, call him a "dink." Whatever that means.

I've never heard someone called a "dink" before, but that doesn't mean it's not a word. It means my vocabulary may be on the small side (Eklund says that rumor is true, E5).

Anyway, the point of this post is, well, what is a dink? I would assume it's a synonym for idiot, but I wouldn't know. So, I've consulted two great resources, Dictionary.com and UrbanDictionary.com.

From dictionary.com, we have the following:

1. Noun: meaning dinghy.
2. Noun: Tennis, Volleyball. a softly hit ball that falls just over the net.
3. Noun: Slang: Disparaging. an Asian, esp. a Vietnamese.
4. Noun: Informal. either partner of a married couple having two incomes and no children.

I'm pretty sure Connolly doesn't fit any of those descriptions.

From UrbanDictionary.com, there are 70+ definitions. I've selected some of the most popular.

1. double income no kids
2. a disparaging term for a person of East Asian nationality or decent
3. Slang for Engelbert Humperdinck
4. Local slang in Vermont. A stupid person, a jerk, an a-hole. A general putdown of one's abilities.
5. Australian colloquialism for pillian riding on a bicycle. A double.
6. A polite version of dick or !@#hole.

Forget about the regular dictionary, if Urban Dictionary can't find anything, then we're really in a pickle.

Are we supposed to assume that Mike is slightly racist and also thinks Connolly is Asian? Did Milbury mean to call him the "polite version" of a the four letter word? Did he want to ride a bicycle with him? Or, since Milbury is from Massachusetts -- borders on Vermont -- did he mean the nice version of a-hole?

Honestly, I've found no definition here akin to "dolt" or "big dumb jerkface," as I was expecting. Now I'm thoroughly confused. So, are we really going to pass this off as Mike being Mike? I mean, OK, but suit yourself.

Ah, yes. The things I think about when I have nothing to do.

Mad Mike Rule #37: Whatever You Do, Don't Ask Him About Tim Connolly on Live TV

Mike Milbury and Tim Connolly have a bit of a history. Milbury drafted Connolly in 1999 when he was GM of the Islanders and then subsequently shipped him off to Buffalo two years later in a draft day trade. I have no idea what things were like behind the scenes, but after tonight, I think I've got a pretty good idea.

Thanks to NHL GameCenter -- the best invention ever -- I am currently watching the Bruins/Flyers game tonight. Milbury is the studio analyst for NESN, the Bruins network. He's flanked by a nice young lady who is the studio host, Kathryn Tappen.

During the second intermission, they're going through highlights from games around the league. You would think things would be pretty tame. I know, it's Milbury, but we're talking about simple highlights here. Well, when they get to highlights of the Buffalo game, they play the video of Connolly's goal, which opened the scoring. Tappen decides to ask Milbury for some comments on Connolly and he responds in the way we've kind of come to expect: "Yeah, when he's not being a self-centered little dick [he's pretty good.]" "Tim Connolly, a former fifth overall pick...when he's not injured or acting like a self-centered little dick he's a very good player"

Live TV and folks who don't have any internal mute buttons, a match made in heaven! A big thanks to NESN for giving Milbury a mic when he's not on NBC or CBC. You're keeping the masses entertained!

I'm currently banging my head against the wall for not pressing 'record' on my video capture program, but as soon as video surfaces on YouTube, it'll be here. For now, I'm going to go have some Advil.

UPDATE is here.

A Canadian Gay Rights Group is Not So Fond of Mike Milbury

Remember last week when Pierre McGuire and Mike Milbury looked like they were going to actually fight each other during an intermission debate about fighting? You know, the one where Milbury said eliminating fighting would 'pansify' the sport.

Well, not only was it a hilarious exchange, but this story isn't going to go quietly into the night. The Globe and Mail is reporting that Milbury pissed off a gay rights group in Canada, where he has used the term 'pansification' on CBC a couple times this season.

Egale Canada, a gay advocacy organization, protested last week. But Scott Moore, the head of CBC Sports, said through a network spokesman yesterday that commentators are free to make their own decisions whether to use the expression.

"That's ridiculous," said Helen Kennedy, the executive director of Egale Canada. "So it's okay for people to go around using these slurs — derogatory, stereotypical terms against a group in society? That's outrageous."

A fair point, no doubt.

But to be honest, I'm not sure these folks know who they're dealing with. This is Mike Milbury. He has unbelievable wisdom. Take for example this 'pansification' exchange. It allowed him to agitate Pierre McGuire, ignore the recent death of Don Sanderson completely and anger homosexuals all in one fell swoop. It takes a special kind of person to be able to do that, folks.

Milbury: McGuire Wants to 'Pansify the Sport'

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If you didn't watch the Penguins/Rangers game on NBC yesterday, well, you didn't miss a whole lot.

If you didn't watch the intermission report, you did. What you missed was Mike Milbury and Pierre McGuire having a big hissy fit about fighting's place in the sport. McGuire's point was that we need to rethink it and evalute it. Not necessarily get rid of the thing, but think about where it's going in the wake of Don Sanderson's death.

To which Milbury retorts-- in classic Milbury form -- "Pierre, you're trying to pansify the sport."

It's a hilarious video and it likely would have come to blows if McGuire didn't have to report back to his post between the benches. Now that would have been must see TV!