Comments on: Minnesota Wild get a new cuddly mascot. http://minneapolis.metblogs.com/2008/10/06/minnesota-wild-get-a-new-cuddly-mascot/ Wed, 25 Nov 2009 06:27:09 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: David http://minneapolis.metblogs.com/2008/10/06/minnesota-wild-get-a-new-cuddly-mascot/comment-page-1/#comment-6578 David Tue, 07 Oct 2008 15:06:36 +0000 http://minneapolis.metblogs.com/?p=3214#comment-6578 Erica - I agree,Goldy Gopher does well on skates, but Wild games are crazy fun and don't really have many lulls (that aren't filled with getting food or booze). It's just all very weird to me. Slolee - I think the Wild administration will be facing mutiny if they mess with the hockey flag kids or the between period kid games. Mutiny, I say. Erica – I agree,Goldy Gopher does well on skates, but Wild games are crazy fun and don’t really have many lulls (that aren’t filled with getting food or booze).
It’s just all very weird to me.

Slolee – I think the Wild administration will be facing mutiny if they mess with the hockey flag kids or the between period kid games. Mutiny, I say.

]]> By: slolee http://minneapolis.metblogs.com/2008/10/06/minnesota-wild-get-a-new-cuddly-mascot/comment-page-1/#comment-6577 slolee Tue, 07 Oct 2008 01:18:35 +0000 http://minneapolis.metblogs.com/?p=3214#comment-6577 I put myself in the "We don't need a mascot" group of fans. The Wild and my enthusiasm get me fired up enough, so I can't see myself paying attention to Nordy. It's not like the mascot can be on the ice when the Zamboni (Zambonies? Which is plural?) are going. Home Wild games do a great job of involving younger kids in the entertainment, including the kid who brings out the hockey flag with the team at the beginning of each game. With the pride Minnesotans have in hockey, from Pee-Wees to Pros, I hope that the mascot doesn't take over the "kid duties." I agree with the idea that hockey kids will find a new mascot in their holiday stockings. I put myself in the "We don’t need a mascot" group of fans. The Wild and my enthusiasm get me fired up enough, so I can’t see myself paying attention to Nordy. It’s not like the mascot can be on the ice when the Zamboni (Zambonies? Which is plural?) are going.

Home Wild games do a great job of involving younger kids in the entertainment, including the kid who brings out the hockey flag with the team at the beginning of each game. With the pride Minnesotans have in hockey, from Pee-Wees to Pros, I hope that the mascot doesn’t take over the "kid duties."

I agree with the idea that hockey kids will find a new mascot in their holiday stockings.

]]> By: Erica M http://minneapolis.metblogs.com/2008/10/06/minnesota-wild-get-a-new-cuddly-mascot/comment-page-1/#comment-6575 Erica M Mon, 06 Oct 2008 17:39:35 +0000 http://minneapolis.metblogs.com/?p=3214#comment-6575 Because people in the era of ADD need to be constantly entertained and so apparently there were enough lulls in a Wild game that they needed something else to fill it. Nordy himself looks dumb. I kind of wonder about hockey mascots because there's separation between the ice and the stands and so they can't just be out on the ice and then up in the stands. The skating gopher seems to do just fine, though. Because people in the era of ADD need to be constantly entertained and so apparently there were enough lulls in a Wild game that they needed something else to fill it.

Nordy himself looks dumb.

I kind of wonder about hockey mascots because there’s separation between the ice and the stands and so they can’t just be out on the ice and then up in the stands. The skating gopher seems to do just fine, though.

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