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The best reactions to the Flyers’ new mascot Gritty

By Brennin Weiswerda

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September 24, 2018 8:42 pm

It’s been a stressful week, but at least it’s–oh. Monday.

Thankfully, the Flyers revealed their new mascot Gritty, and he/she/it is both giving us life and keeping us awake at night. It will haunt our dreams when sleep finally overtakes us. If we survive the nightmares of its gloriously gyrating belly, it will make us breakfast in the morning and stare at us with its googly eyes while we eat.

Here are some of the best reactions to Gritty thus far.

What makes him the perfect mascot for Philly? Well, first off, there’s Character. He has SO MUCH OF IT.

Also, he is essentially Jake Voracek. That’s just facts. It’s so obvious they didn’t bother mentioning it in the press release.

In true Flyers form, Gritty is already chirping the Penguins. To be fair, they DID start it. (And they ARE the worst.)

Gritty may or may not bear some relation to the Canadiens’ mascot, Youppi.

As the eternity that is this Monday wore on, the sentiment shifted: Gritty was no longer the monster under the bed, but rather, our new fall crush.

But even his biggest fans are still not entirely sure what they’re fans of.

The biography provided by the NHL provides more information, but few answers and little comfort.

He claims that he’s been around for a lot longer than we know it, and recent construction at the Wells Fargo Center disturbed his secret hideout forcing him to show his face publicly for the first time. He has some oddities that are both humorous and strange. A number of times he’s been caught eating snow straight from the Zamboni machine, and unbeknown to most, his love of hot dogs has been inflating the Flyers Dollar Dog Night consumption totals for years.

This entire Chuck Wendig tweet thread is correct and perfect.

This is merely the first of what will surely be countless poems written about Gritty’s glory.

Whether you love him, fear him, or want to be murdered by him, there is no denying: he is the mascot 2018 deserves.

Headline photo: @GrittyNHL

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