Wattsa octopus matter?

Mike Thompson, a Detroit Free Press cartoonist, posted a blog entry proving octopus matter doesn't fly off the handle, unlike the way Gary Bettman's NHL decisions do.

As the photos in the blog entry or below show, whether twirled fast or slow no matter flies from the octopus. The last photo clearly shows a plain, white shower curtain.











Mitch Albom, a Detroit Free Press journalist who is unbelievable writing NHL articles again, chimed in about the octopus matter in the first Red Wings - Avalanche game in round two.

... the other when they showed Al Sobotka taking the octopus he'd been told not to swing on the ice and swinging it in the tunnel instead.

Good for Al. He turned a stupid NHL edict into instant nostalgia.

And in yet another Free Press article, the writer references the matter as Octopus-gate.

The game marked the Wings' second at the Joe since being slapped with a octopus-twirling ban by the NHL late in round one.

But the saga of Octopus-Gate came up when a giant specimen landed on the ice in the usual spot; with Al Sobotka denied his right to twirl, it was up to linesman Jean Morin to shovel away the creature.

Here's to hoping Bettman's NHL will reverse the ludicrous decision.