I can't stand Milbury in any way, shape or form. Why anyone continues to put a mic in front of him baffles me. I don't care to hear a single solitary word that clown has to say.
That said, he was obviously trying to be funny with regard to hurting Cory Perry. To be offended by anything Milbury says, much less this, is to take him seriously. Can't bring myself to do that.
Journalistically this doesn't tell the whole story. Mr. Milbury actually went on to say that Corey Perry is also the kind of guy he would like to have on his team. It's sort of disturbing watching grown men who make up organizations whine about wanting an apology over something that was obviously said in jest. I hope he doesn't apologize to the politically correct whiners who have no sense of humor.
Milbury may be a loud-mouth but he was obviously not "advocating for deliberately trying to inflict permanent injury on a player." He was engaging in hyperbole to show how frustrating Perry is to the opposition. Besides the fact that he says in the next breath that he would want Perry on his own team, Milbury has been outspoken about banning fighting. Do you really think the guy advocating the elimination of fighting--in the name of player safety--would seriously advocate the deliberate injury of a player? His joke may have been in bad taste, but it's not nearly as bad as suggesting he meant it.
Milbury may be a loud-mouth but he was obviously not "advocating for deliberately trying to inflict permanent injury on a player." He was engaging in hyperbole to show how frustrating Perry is to the opposition. Besides the fact that he says in the next breath that he would want Perry on his own team, Milbury has been outspoken about banning fighting. Do you really think the guy advocating the elimination of fighting--in the name of player safety--would seriously advocate the deliberate injury of a player? His joke may have been in bad taste, but it's not nearly as bad as suggesting he meant it. - josh314
Milbury must have run out of 14 y/o children to threaten.
The guy is a poor representative for the sport. He was the worst GM in history, a middling to poor coach and an average player, as a person, on air and what I've seen reported outside of the game, he's even worse. Why he still has a job, I do not understand.
