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!
Yeah, any idea what the significance is to this tradition?
Are octopi lucky or something?
Yeah, any idea what the significance is to this tradition?
Are octopi lucky or something?