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For years, two things had been a constant for the the Islanders: losing Mike Milbury. The losing produced excuses from low-budget owners, miserable, underachieving players and home crowds so sparse you could count them. Milbury produced a famously sharp wit and a penchant for calling attention to himself and his beleaguered franchise by making reporter's notebooks and the transaction wire his personal playgrounds.
This is the guy who traded Roberto Luongo, Eric Brewer and Todd Bertuzzi before their 22nd birthdays. This is the guy who once referred to an agent as a village idiot. This is the guy who once called himself "Mad Mike," in a clear acknowledgement to ...