When Jake Waddell threw a dead catfish on the ice during the first game of the Stanley Cup finals on Memorial Day, at least two things were soon clear.
First, a great country song was bound to come out of any action involving a man from Tennessee squishing a catfish with his truck so it would fit snugly enough in his britches to get it past security at PPG Paints Arena.
Second, Pittsburgh would seek revenge.
During crises such as this one, I often am comforted by the stirring words of Eric "Otter'' Stratton, rush chairman, who memorably told his brothers in "Animal House" that "this situation absolutely requires a really futile and stupid gesture be done on somebody's part.