re octopus in detroit in detroit the octopus is a symbol from the old days of the league in the era of the original four teams made the playoffs to win the cup a team had to win two seven game series in other words it took playoff wins to win the cup the octopus legs has become a common detroit symbol every year around playoff time people start sneaking octopus octopi into the joe louis arena and throwing them onto the ice j old e mail jold vma cc nd edu
