Permanent claim record · Detroit, Michigan

The octopus logic: in the Original Six era a team needed 8 playoff wins for the Cup — and an octopus has 8 tentacles. Detroit swept to the 1952 Cup after the first throw.

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Predicate	trivia.fact
Subject	Detroit, Michigan (place)
As of
Status	Verified
Source	Michigan Pop Culture, Game Shows & Trivia Content Mine — Perplexity Deep Research (March 2026) (trust 6.5/10)
Reference	—
Document hash	pending evidence-pack link
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Claim ID	d641213d-51a7-411d-82d1-41493e540ad1