SportsPulse: Mackenzie Salmon provides an in-depth breakdown of the NHL's new plan to return to action which includes a 24-team tournament leading up to the Stanley Cup Finals. USA TODAY
After two years of waiting, NHL fans finally learned the identity of the next franchise to join the league. Ownership in Seattle announced on Thursday that their team would be called the "Kraken," a mythical cepholopd historically depicted in literature and movies.
But the Detroit Red Wings, one of the members of the NHL's Original Six, have had ties to a real octopus since the 1950s when one purchased from a local market was thrown onto the ice.