You could always start a new tradition in Montreal. Throw a dead horse on the ice. After all, you are beating a dead horse...."The dream is alive! 24 and counting!"
Rim shot please!
ahahahaa!!! I'll give you that rim shot! hilarious!
I don't mind that the octopus is thrown on the ice and I don't care that it's swung around before being taken off the ice...just as long as none of that "gunk" gets into our dear NHL commissioner, Gary Buttman's eyes.
did I say Buttman...I meant Bettman...my bad...
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Originally Posted by Gary Bettman
When you swing the octopus around...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.
HOCKEY is a potentially hazardous situation, occasionally.
ahahahaa!!! I'll give you that rim shot! hilarious!
I don't mind that the octopus is thrown on the ice and I don't care that it's swung around before being taken off the ice...just as long as none of that "gunk" gets into our dear NHL commissioner, Gary Buttman's eyes.
did I say Buttman...I meant Bettman...my bad...
ahahaha, yes, yuck it up.
I get pretty wisecracks from wings about my sig, and from Flyers about my name......
Guess I'd have to give him a rim shot.....that crack was pretty cute xD
Wow, I never knew too much about the octipus, look them up on Wikipedia it's a pretty interesting read. Seems like a waste to toss them on the ice being as unique as they are. They are a great playoff mascot though. Males sometimes only live 6 months and die shortly after mating.
Less is more in this case I think. Seeing 8+ flying onto the ice during one game takes the originallity out of it.
Wow, I never knew too much about the octipus, look them up on Wikipedia it's a pretty interesting read. Seems like a waste to toss them on the ice being as unique as they are. They are a great playoff mascot though. Males sometimes only live 6 months and die shortly after mating.
Less is more in this case I think. Seeing 8+ flying onto the ice during one game takes the originallity out of it.
Being at a game live, its always great to see the Octopus fly. There is always an awesome reaction from the crowd.
i dont think that you should change a tradition but then again maybe they should use fake octopuses like they do for rats in florida. Baut they did win the cup this year so if i was the a fan at the game i wouldnt change because when your wining you dont change a thing.
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”If you've only got one day to live, come see the Toronto Maple Leafs. It'll seem like forever. ” - Pat
At least the octopus has some sort of symbolic meaning, albeit, that meaning is now obsolete as it takes more than 8 games to win Lord Stanley's Cup these days. Nevertheless, the rubber rats in Florida are simply a cheesy attempt to take another team's tradition. Traditions have to mean something, and if the only thing a panther can catch is rats, as I believe throwing them onto the ice would suggest, then I think that panther might eventually die of starvation and/or stupidity.
well techically, NHL rules prohibit the throwing of anything onto the ice surface. even though most ushers don't actually enforce the rule, most wings fans i have talked to who have been thrown out for throwing the octopus will go to a scalper outside and buy new tickets and go right back in. So if anything, they are helping our economy.
throwing dead octopus on the ice.
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