Just How Bad Are Things In Buffalo...??? (UPDATE: Mike Milbury Explodes And NHL Responds)

((HT: Sportsnet/NHL on NBC))

Let's face it... the Buffalo Sabres are not a very good hockey team and the only thing saving them from being a horrific hockey team right now is the goaltending of Ryan Miller...

The Wednesday night game against the Boston Bruins showed just where the franchise is...

After Boston took a first period lead, the building shut up until this moment in the third that should get John Scott a phone call from the league office...

Here's the short version...
Scott went straight for Loui Eriksson's head and didn't even mask it... Here's the long version... ((HT: Fred Murtz)) The Twitter machine has been in overload identifying that Sabres head coach Ron Rolston won't even make the end of the year with his team and apparent coaching style. NBC Sports Mike Milbury said postgame that Rolston should be fired tomorrow and Scott should be out of the league. Evidence here... ((HT: Once again, Murtz and NHL on NBC)) But, as a history lesson, Sabres GM Darcy Regier has had heavyweights on his rosters before (read: Patrick Kaleta et al.) and there are even more who are saying that "The Code" has been thrown out the window in any future match-ups with these two teams. The only solution is to have Zdeno Chara square off against Scott since he would be picking on somebody his own size at that point... The HQ would suggest the following: The offending player sits for the same length of time that the injured player has to recover from the injury and the team gets fined a matching amount that the player gets fined as well. The coach also serves a suspension... Just a thought... that the HQ knows will NEVER EVER HAPPEN... PM UPDATE: The NHL has upheld the 10-game suspension on Kaleta and has suspended Scott indefinitely pending a hearing...

"Crack Addict" Crosby Fires Back At Milbury

((HT: NHL on NBC))

First, the HQ will show you what in the world started all this...


Now, knowing that Mike Milbury referred to both 87 and 71 as crack addicts, Crosby felt compelled to shoot back at the comments from the Pens-Flyers game...

“I wasn't aware of it,” Crosby said. “He watches so much hockey, he must know. I'll try to do a better job of playing defensively.”

What the HQ can't give you is the level of supposed sarcasm in the quote...

“It's a little irritating,” Penguins defenseman Matt Niskanen said. “I try not to get too flustered by it. He always has a bonehead remark to make.”

But it wouldn't be Milbury if there wasn't the occasional flash fire like this... and all it does is give NBCSN more ammo for their nights...

JR Versus Milbury- NHL on NBC Needs This... They Really Do...

((HT: NBCSportsNetwork))

This is what happens when there is a call on the ice and two hockey players go at it with a difference of opinion...

The HQ loves this...

Breaking sports news video. MLB, NFL, NBA, NHL highlights and more.

More, please...

Hockey Analyst accused of assaulting kid during Hockey Game

Mike Milbury

((ht: wcvb/thebostonchannel))

**UPDATED AT BOTTOM**

Mike Milbury, Hockey analyst for the Versus Network/NBC is in some trouble with the law.

The reason: He's charged with assault and battery on a 12-year-old December 9th at a Brookline, Massachusetts hockey rink.

According to Boston TV station WCVB, Milbury is an assistant coach for a team at the Jack Kirrane Ice Skating rink and is accused of doing something not specifically disclosed to the 12-year-old who plays for another team. The incident happened during a skirmish.

Read the entire WCVB story RIGHT HERE

Without knowing details, one of two things appear to have happened here. Either Milbury grabbed and hurt a kid in the ruckus or he pulled someone off the pile and a parent got mad about it.

Either way he's wrong and will be in trouble for it. The question is how much trouble he will get in. That remains to be seen.

UPDATE--per ProHockeyTalk.com: Milbury's attorney says his client was intervening in an altercation between his kid and another player. Nobody was injured or threatened.