Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: N'afọ 2000, Milstein na Gluckstern rere ndị otu ahụ ndị isi Kọmputa Kọmputa Charles Wang na Sanjay Kumar. Ahịa ahụ ruru $187.5 nde ($ nde na dollar) ma nye ndị na-akwado ya olileanya maka otu ahụ iji gbanwee enweghị ihe ịga nke ọma ya. Ndị nwe ọhụrụ kwere ka Milbury na-emefu ego ma na-etinye ego na ndị ọrụ nweere onwe ha. Mgbalị mbụ ya egosighi na ọ masịrị ndị Fans, ebe ọ gbanwere ndị egwuregwu kpakpando n'ọdịnihu Roberto Luongo na Olli Jokinen na Florida Panthers maka Oleg Kvasha na Mark Parrish. Milbury mechara ju ndị ụwa hockey anya mgbe o were Rick DiPietro na nhọrọ mbụ na asọmpi ahụ.
2000 draft, n'ihu nkwekọrịta họrọ Dany Heatley na Marian Gaborik. Ndị nta akụkọ na ndị na-akwado ya nọ na mgbagwoju anya ma na-ewe iwe site na mmegharị ahụ, nke Milbury kwetara, na-ekwu, "Dị ka ihe dị ize ndụ dị ka nke a nwere ike ịbụ, anyị chere na Mad Mike nwere ike inwe ihe ọ ga-eme ya". N'ịmepụta ihe ndekọ nke mkpebi ndị na-akpata esemokwu, Milbury nọgidere na-akpọ ya "Mad Mike" ruo ọtụtụ afọ na-esote. Ọ nọgidere na-ekwusi ike na ihe ọ na-eme bụ imeziwanye otu ahụ, nke ogbenye mmeri mmeri nke afọ ahụ bụ naanị n'ihu nke naanị oge mbụ nke franchise. Egwuregwu ndị otu ahụ na-enweghị mmụọ mere ka Milbury gbaa onye isi nchịkwa na onye ọkpụkpọ gara aga Butch Goring ọkụ. Ndị Fans kwupụtara na ha enweghị mmasị na Goring na-ada ada kama Milbury, nke ka njọ mgbe Milbury gafere na-ewere Ted Nolan dị ka onye na-anọchi Goring; Kama nke ahụ, a goro onye na-enyere Boston Bruins aka Peter Laviolette.