Cika wannan magana: A shekara ta 2000, Milstein da Gluckstern sun sayar da ƙungiyar ga Shugabannin Kamfanin Kwamfuta Charles Wang da Sanjay Kumar. Sayarwar ta kai dala miliyan 187.5 ($ miliyan a cikin dala) kuma ta ba magoya baya fatan ƙungiyar ta juya rashin nasarar ta. Sabbin masu mallakar sun ba Milbury damar kashe kuɗi da saka hannun jari a cikin 'yan wasa masu kyauta. Ƙoƙarinsa na farko bai zama sananne ba tare da magoya baya, kamar yadda ya yi musayar 'yan wasan tauraron nan gaba Roberto Luongo da Olli Jokinen zuwa Florida Panthers don Oleg Kvasha da Mark Parrish. Daga nan sai Milbury ya kara mamakin duniyar wasan hockey lokacin da ya dauki Rick DiPietro tare da zabin farko a gasar
2000 daftarin, gaba da yarjejeniya ya zaɓi Dany Heatley da Marian Gaborik. 'Yan jarida da magoya baya sun rikice kuma sun fusata da motsi, wanda Milbury ya yarda da shi, yana cewa, "Kamar yadda wannan zai iya zama haɗari, muna tunanin Mad Mike yana da wani abu da yake faruwa a gare shi". Kafa rikodin yanke shawara mai rikitarwa, Milbury ya riƙe sunan "Mad Mike" na shekaru masu zuwa. Ya ci gaba da kasancewa da tabbacin cewa motsin sa ya inganta ƙungiyar nan da nan, wanda raunin nasarar nasararsa a wannan shekarar ya kasance a gaban kawai na farkon kakar wasan. Wasannin tawagar da ba a yi wahayi ba ya sa Milbury ya kori babban koci kuma tsohon dan wasa Butch Goring. Magoya baya sun nuna rashin jin daɗin su na Goring da ke faɗuwa maimakon Milbury, wanda ya ƙara taɓarɓarewa lokacin da Milbury ya wuce kan hayar Ted Nolan a matsayin magajin Goring; A maimakon haka, an ɗauki mai taimakawa mai horar da Boston Bruins Peter Laviolette.