Mike Milbury Says 'There's A Little Punk' In Sid Crosby, And Coach Bylsma Should 'Take Off His Skirt'
By Spike Eskin
PHILADELPHIA (CBS) – If the end of Sunday's Flyers game against the Penguins was any indication of how their potential playoff series may go, we're probably in for some hard hitting hockey, and not just the players. Flyers coach Peter Laviolette, so furious with the final minutes, had to be held back from going after Penguins coach Dan Bylsma.
Former NHL head coach and current "NHL on NBC" analyst Mike Milbury was thrilled at the series of events that ended the game. "I loved every minute of it. I loved especially the last five minutes of it, and it was great TV. And who knew that Jaromir Jagr in his old age was going to become poetic?" Milbury joined 94WIP's Angelo Cataldio and The Morning Team on Monday to talk about the bad blood between the two teams.
"It's not totally uncommon," Milbury said of Laviolette's behavior at the end of the game. "I can remember being on such a perch, or at least trying to climb over the boards to get at somebody to make a point. And I thought Dan Bylsma should have taken off his skirt and gone over there," he said.
One of the instigators of the fight was the Penguins' Sidney Crosby. "Little goody two shoes [Crosby] goes into the corner and gives a shot to Schenn. Schenn was late to the party, he should have turned around and drilled him right away, but I guess better late than never," Milbury said. "So you know, Crosby gets cross-checked, big whoop. He said after he came back from his 35th concussion, 'I'm not going to do this anymore, I'm not going to get into this scrums, I'm going to stay away from that stuff.' He couldn't help himself because there's a little punk in Crosby. He's not the perfect gentleman. He's not the sweet kid you see in interviews with his hat pulled down over his eyes. I'd say screw him, hit him," he said.
"There's a lot to settle after that."
**UPDATE** Mike Milbury issued a statementapologizing for the above comments (statement via NBC Pro Hockey Talk).
"I reached out to David Morehouse and the Penguins about the comments I made yesterday on Philadelphia radio," Milbury said. "In hindsight, I realize what I said was inappropriate and wrong, and I want to apologize to the Penguins organization and their fans."
