Joe Sakic demanded his players touch 'the damn trophy' after last night's win

Last night the Avalanche eliminated the Oilers in a clean sweep of their Western Conference Finals matchup. With the victory comes the old superstition of whether or not the team should touch the Championship trophy.

Thanks to a lip reader, we have a bit more context to why the Avalanche players touched the cup.

According to this tweet, Joe Sakic told the players to "touch the damn trophy."

I did a lip read of the Avs will they touch it moment. pic.twitter.com/Jy2H84eB0B� Nathan Rudolph (@Nathan__Rudolph) June 7, 2022

Joe Sakic had touched the trophy back in the 2001 playoffs and luck had it that the Avalanche won the cup that year. I guess for Sakic, the superstition is to "Touch The Damn Trophy."

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