Helene St. James and George Sipple have a little blurb in today’s Wings notebook about the octopus twirling ban (otherwise known as the “Poile Rule“):
The Wings have been told rules are loosening up regarding twirling the octopus, so maybe, just maybe, Al Sobotka will get to make his moves again this round. The NHL threatened him with a $10,000 fine if he did so because debris comes off the slimy creatures and embeds itself in the ice.
If that’s true, I’m thrilled, but still mystified as to the reasoning behind the rule in the first place. The League has itself a bit of a situation here: Keep the rule in effect and look stupid. Or, relax the rule and look stupid for not standing behind whatever reasoning they had for instituting it.
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