Octopus throw banned by NHL

Yahoo Sports ^ | Friday, May 23, 2008 | Greg Wyshynski

[swampdweller]

[My Favorite Headache]

That means even more are going to be thrown this time in Hockeytown.Bettman has all but destroyed this great game. I can’t wait til someone with a brain and balls comes along and takes over the NHL.

That being said...what a series this is going to be.

[Not A Snowbird]

Octopi will be sold out in Detroit for this series. The games are going to be two hours longer because of all the protest octopi that are going to be sailing through the air.

[swampdweller]

Excuse my stupidity, but where would one get octopi to toss if one wanted to do so????

[skr]

I’m so very, very blessed that my northeastern-born father isn’t a hockey fan.

[Not A Snowbird]

Excuse my stupidity, but where would one get octopi to toss if one wanted to do so????

I've wondered that myself. Open air Lake Michigan fish markets?

[Clemenza]

1. Octopi aren't cheap.

2. Octopi are hard to find away from the coasts.

3. Octopi belong on the grill, not on the ice!

[EQAndyBuzz]

“Excuse my stupidity, but where would one get octopi to toss if one wanted to do so????”

Octopi-R-Us Saturday is 2 for 1 Octopi with a purchase of the Ninja Turtle dress up kit.

[Trteamer]

Wouldn’t giant squid be a fair compromise?

[Blood of Tyrants]

From the ocean, silly!

[RepublitarianRoger2]

I’m no Bettman fan, and I think his reasoning is a bit off — octopus are usually thrown during breaks in the game and are almost immediately cleaned up, so the risk to players is minimal to none. But I always thought this tradition was sort of, well, strange and a bit gross anyway, so my reaction to this one is mostly “oh well, not a big deal.”

I’d rather just concentrate on watching a great game than get uptight about fans’ rights to chuck ocean molluscs onto the ice. Now if they take away the hat trick hat-throwing too, I might feel a little differently, I admit.

Gonna be a good series, though. I still think that this is the best major spectator sport there is. Game on!

[YCTHouston]

Yeah, any idea what the significance is to this tradition?

Are octopi lucky or something?

[YCTHouston]

Yeah, any idea what the significance is to this tradition?

Are octopi lucky or something?

[RepublitarianRoger2]

The eight arms signifies the number of games that the Red Wings have to win to win the Stanley Cup. So the octopus is thrown out when there are “eight more games to go.” Kind of silly if you ask me.

[scrabblehack]

I hadn’t known it myself until recently — back in the day, you just had to win the semi-finals and then the finals — 8 wins. Now it’s 16.

But the plural of octopus is not octopi — it’s octopodes.

[RepublitarianRoger2]

And yes, it is also a symbol of good luck, because I believe the Wings swept all eight games after the first time, or two, that the octopus was thrown. So ever since then it was a good luck charm of sorts.

[GinaLolaB]

There is no excuse for animal abuse.

[The Spirit Of Allegiance]

The games are going to be two hours longer because of all the protest octopi

Bah! Bottom-dwelling rabble shouting,

"To Two arms!"

"To Two arms!"

"To Two arms!"

"To Two arms!"

On second thought, perspective is important. You see protest octopi. I see Zamboni Sashimi.




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LOLOL!

[The Spirit Of Allegiance]

Q: What did the boy octopus say to his date?