[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.

[skr]

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

[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!

[Trteamer]

Wouldn’t giant squid be a fair compromise?

[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!

[GinaLolaB]

There is no excuse for animal abuse.

[JSteff]

Are they dead yet or do they ritually sacrifice them just before the game?

[Roscoe Karns]

[valkyry1]

I dont get it.

If you buy a perished octopus, it should be for food.

As far as sports, bring back the days prior to where the 49’s were reigning, and car for, sports where they were getting 240 mph down the straits at Le Mans and Daytona.

[Phantom Lord]

The Detroit Octopus throwing isn't bad. Usually only 1 or 2 end up on the ice after the first goal.

It got out of hand with the Florida Panther fans when they started throwing rubber rats on the ice. There would be thousands of them and it took forever to clear the ice.

What next? Bettman banning the throwing of hats on the ice for hat tricks?

[Vision]

octopus 'gunk' gets on the ice and occasionally has gotten on the players -- the goaltenders -- as it goes by. Occasionally, when it freezes on the ice, it creates a potentially hazardous situation for the players. It's not about interfering with a tradition; it's about making sure nobody gets it in their eyes, like a goaltender nearby, or that nobody blows out a knee getting caught on some frozen gunk."

Idiot. I'd like to see this guy in the infantry in Irag.

[MountainFlower]

hey, thanks for a great story for me to use at work today! Keep em coming!

[The Spirit Of Allegiance]

“NHL vowed to hit the team with a $10,000 fine if Sobotka or anyone else dared twirl an octopus thrown onto the playing surface”

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It’s all fun and games, until somebody looses an octopi.

[Waco]

Would a gerbil suffice??? Must be plenty of them among any 2 teams.

[wardaddy]

good thing they don't throw these on the ice as well:

[laotzu]

... and now, back to our regularly scheduled program

Go Spurs!!

[G8 Diplomat]

Why?? Seriously, we need to ditch pointless rules like this and live a little here. It’s not like it’s destructive, you’re just throwing a dead cephalopod onto a sheet of ice for crying out loud! I think I need to wing one at Bettman....