In the wake of the Penguins-Flyers game-ending brawl on Sunday—which featured a heated verbal exchange between Philly coach Peter Laviolette and black-and-gold assistant Tony Granato—NBC Hockey analyst Mike Milbury criticized Pens skipper Dan Bylsma for not getting involved.
“I thought Dan Bylsma should have taken off his skirt and gone over there,” Milbury huffed.
Bylsma’s response was an all-time classic.
“I wasn’t wearing a skirt,” he wryly noted. “It was a blue suit.”
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