For those who missed it (and in the age of Hockey Twitter, I don’t see how you could have), NBC broadcaster Mike Milbury had a highly questionable response to play-by-play announcer John Forslund’s comment about the bubble playoff environment being perfect for players who enjoy the camaraderie with their teammates:
Milbury: “It’s the perfect place. Not even any women here to disrupt your concentration.”
It’s hard to believe this was an actual comment made by an actual broadcaster in the year 2020.
Milbury would later try to walk back his comments, saying it wasn’t his intention to be offensive, and he was trying to be “irreverent.