Late this morning the Philadelphia Flyers unveiled their new mascot “Gritty”, and let’s just say the reaction on social media is hilarious!
Check out these tweets:
Join us in welcoming the newest member of the #Flyers Family, @GrittyNHL!!
Learn more about Gritty: https://t.co/eQRwTtD54w pic.twitter.com/njHQO1824b
— Philadelphia Flyers (@NHLFlyers) September 24, 2018
It me. #Gritty pic.twitter.com/HfTMVtEAFy
— Gritty (@GrittyNHL) September 24, 2018
What… are you?
— James Mirtle (@mirtle) September 24, 2018
lmao noooooooo what is this?! what have you done???? https://t.co/Sk3elelLGt
— Pete Blackburn (@PeteBlackburn) September 24, 2018
Glad to see @LDAngeli love for the flyers manifest into…an orange thing. Congrats Lou!!! https://t.co/DaStYy9E5R
— Coach (@CMPunk) September 24, 2018
Gritty looks like Youppi after a bender in the parking lot.
— Ted Starkey (@TedStarkey) September 24, 2018
Before and after: pic.twitter.com/4wJVP3003c
— Ted Starkey (@TedStarkey) September 24, 2018
“I was looking in the mirror,” Jakub Voracek said. https://t.co/ec9eTWi4nA pic.twitter.com/YLo4FhJawr
— Jordan Hall (@JHallNBCS) September 24, 2018
He should lift the cup first if the Flyers win it https://t.co/1upJqC83sG
— Brandon Cohen (@brandonco4) September 24, 2018
lol ok https://t.co/3sSJcbLSfF
— Pittsburgh Penguins (@penguins) September 24, 2018
— Ian (@le_canuck) September 24, 2018
I can’t stop laughing! https://t.co/8eeBPg1B52
— Xperience Hockey (@TXHT_Hockey) September 24, 2018
And lastly in a conversation with his father, a Flyers fan, Host and Producer Michael Lindenbaum can confirm the official comments of his father, “I hope he dies.”
Not a good start for the nightmare enducing mascot. Let’s just hope Gritty stays away from the upper levels of the arena for its safety.
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