NHL Analyst Mike Milbury Joins "Hockey Night In Canada" Crew
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Milbury Inks Deal To Be Part Of The
CBC's "Hockey Night In Canada" Crew |
The CBC has signed NHL analyst Mike Milbury to a two-year deal with an option year to appear on the net's "Hockey Night In Canada" after he "failed to reach a contract extension with TSN," according to William Houston of the GLOBE & MAIL. Milbury will appear on the "HNIC" pregame show and as part of the Hot Stove panel during the second intermission. He also will "write a weekly column for CBCSports.ca and do spots on the 'Hockey Night' satellite radio show." Milbury was offered "upward of $300,000 a year," from both the CBC and TSN, but he would have "been required to work three or four nights a week" at TSN, compared to just Saturday for "HNIC." Milbury has "developed into a top studio analyst, largely by mixing humour with hard-hitting commentary," and the deal "rates as ['HNIC's'] most important acquisition in years." He is the "second big hockey name to leave TSN in a little more than a month," as analyst Glenn Healy left the net in June to take a job with the NHLPA as Dir of Player Affairs. Milbury: "There's nothing bigger than 'Hockey Night' when it comes to doing hockey games" (GLOBE & MAIL, 7/22). The move reunites Milbury with the CBC's Don Cherry, who coached Milbury for three years with the Bruins (CBC.ca, 7/21).
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