Mike Milbury likely just opted to make the decision NBC Sports would have imposed anyway on his immediate broadcasting future. But the former Islanders general manager departed Toronto on Saturday and will not work any more games on television in these NHL playoffs.
It comes a day after the NHL condemned Milbury’s remarks regarding women made during Thursday’s broadcast of the Islanders’ series-clinching win over the Capitals as “insensitive and insulting.”
“In light of the attention caused by my recent remark, I have decided to step away from my role at NBC Sports for the remainder of the Stanley Cup Playoffs,” Milbury said in a statement released by the network on Saturday.