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A Tradition That Ought To Lose Its Legs
A Tradition That Ought To Lose Its Legs
(c) OnFrozenBlog - http://www.onfrozenblog.com/ - I’m octpoi-ed out. Have had it with those Motor City slimers and the slime tosses of them. They wash up on our frozen shores whenever the Wings make a nice run, and sometimes before, and it’s an outdated tradition that is best retired. They’re about the ugliest of sea creatures, and they’ve taken hold of postseason ...
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It's Puck Daddy's fault some dude wants to sue Detroit over dead octopus tossing
Puck Daddy — ... traditions: Twirling a dead octopus on the Joe Louis Arena ice. OK, it wasn't a total loss. Zamboni driver Al Sobotka could still twirl the octopus near the ice, leading Penguins goalie Marc-Andre Fleury to defend himself in Game 5. But the fact is that the entire tradition of Red Wings fans and their airborne octopi has been scrutinized more this postseason than any time before. Scrutiny which continues even after the Wings have captured the Cup. Pucks and Books at On Frozen Blog believes that octopus tossing is an "outdated tradition" ...

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