Mike Milbury's Television Act is Getting Old

Filed under: NHL Media Watch

Saturday night on CBC's Hot Stove, a panel discussion between Ron MacLean, Eric Francis, Pierre LeBrun and Mike Milbury devolved into a shouting match between panelists. The brunt of the fervent discourse was about hits to the head focusing on the recent destructions of Detroit's Brad Stuart and Ottawa's Peter Regin. Instead of intelligent discourse and debate on the subject we were left with a bunch of grown men yelling at each other on TV -- something that's a standard occurance when Mike Milbury is involved.

Whether it's with Pierre McGuire on the NHL on NBC or the recent Hot Stove panel, Milbury seems intent on being the vocal minority for the "old school hockey" crowd -- emphasis on vocal. No matter the subject, he'll talk about his playing days and give any subject the "in my day" treatment similar to what you might hear out of Don Cherry. It almost seems as though Milbury is auditioning for Grapes' job when he finally hangs up the microphone. To hear him debate the Stuart hit with the other panelists was an exercise in futility as much as it was inane.

"Loved it! Let's go to namby pamby land because I know these guys have other thoughts," Milbury exclaimed when MacLean asked for his thoughts on the Stuart hit. "Stuart had the puck, he's trying to get rid of it. You guys just wanna keep. ... You know, why don't we all just go listen to Peter, Paul and Mary records."

Instead of arguing his point in a more intelligent manner, we're treated to Milbury accusing anyone he can -- be it the panelists, league or Brad Stuart himself of being soft, not old school enough or just not seeing exactly what he's seeing. He's more than welcome to his opinion and if it's from the Don Cherry "School of Old School Thinking" that's fine with me. There's certainly a sizeable segment of the audience that thinks the same way -- although I do have an issue with referencing Milbury's playing days since Milbury was going into the stands when Ron Artest was only one month old. The issue I'm taking up with Milbury is that he devolves the conversation into something more, how do you say, prehistoric.

 

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Source: http://nhl.fanhouse.com/2011/01/09/mike-milburys-television-act-is-getting-old/

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