I'm thinking of trying a new mailbag-type feature over the summer that I would call Nickname Court. As we know, modern NHL nicknames are terrible, with most of them either just being a player's name with an -er or -y ending tacked on, or something based on player initials that features zero creativity. Let's fix that.
Basically, readers would send in nicknames for players (or lines or pairings or whatever), and a small group of us would rule on whether they were good or not.
I think we'd be looking for either of two kinds of submissions: - Brand new nicknames that you came up with, or that are percolating in a fan base but haven't fully caught on yet - Actually nicknames that are in use but need a ruling on whether they work or not
I'd love to get some entries to mull over. Please be clear on where the nickname came from, if anywhere, and who it would apply to. Send your submissions to dgbmailbag@gmail.com and let's see where this goes.
Sebastian Aho (the Carolina one, not the other one) is sometimes referred to locally as "Fishy"
ReplyDeleteSEBAStian --> "SEA-BASS" --> "Fishy"
–– BD G
Winning entrant gets inducted into the Haula Fame-a Hall of Fame. Seriously, the only recent nickname I can even think of.
ReplyDeleteI presume Dan Vladar is nicknamed Darth? I've never heard it in the media, but surely?
ReplyDeleteThe Avs call their Blackwood/Wedgewood goalie tandem The Lumber Yard.
ReplyDeleteI ready "Logan Mailloux" wrong when I first saw it and so for me his name will always be "Logan Mailbox"
ReplyDeleteThe new draft pick Brendan Cootes shall hearby be known as "Cooter"
ReplyDeleteThis one kind of killed me because as a Thunderbirds fan, Cootes' much more common nickname is actually Cootesy—one Instagram story from Mynio later and history is rewritten lol.
DeleteJack Hughes -> J'accuse -> "The Prosecutor"
ReplyDeletePoking and prodding "the defense" until he finds the weak spot.
Snacks for Sam Montbeault of Habs. Apparently he likes to eat snacks. And during their team nickname night he had it on his jersey. The rest of the team was boring. Might be a good place to look for Habs Nicknames
ReplyDeleteWe used Darche Vader back in day when Mathieu Darche was a Hab. Also have a ton more of older Habs ones in case you care about guys like Marc-Andre Bergeron.
ReplyDeleteSam O'Reilly who was just traded from Edmonton to Tampa for Issac Howard is nicknamed "Peanut" due to a peanut allergy.
ReplyDeleteChris Kreider is "The Human Eclipse" or "Tipsy."
ReplyDeleteRoope Hintz - The Ace of Spades
ReplyDeleteWhatever collection of Finns the Stars have at any given time - The Finnish Mafia
Here’s a few older ones if you’re taking them.
ReplyDeleteSteve Sullivan: The Timmins Tornadoes. No one in Timmins calls him this. No one can tell where it came from.
Ken Linseman: The Rat
Modern day:
Ivan Demidov: Demigod. He’s gonna be awesome but it’s just way too soon. At least until October 14th when he has 8 points in 3 games.
Auston Matthews: look. I hate the leafs. So maybe I’m a little biased. But grown ass adults calling him Papi is very, the kids say, cringe.
Toronto Maple Leafs. Living rent free in the heads of anonymous internet trolls since whenever the hell the internet came along.
DeleteMy friends would call Desharnais “Deshar-Doob” because I would only smoke up when he scored.
ReplyDeleteDowntown Robbie brown. Either xane from his kamloops blazer junoir days, or from his penguins days... guiding from his scoring abilities in the slot.
ReplyDeleteHow about this guy?
ReplyDeletehttps://x.com/VikMaudr_716/status/1938754958951907677
I'll swear that last season's St. Louis Blues 4th line of Walker-Toropchenko-Faksa being called the WTF Line was perfect, cuz that's the look left on opponent's faces.
ReplyDeleteMarian Hossa dubbed Teuvo Teravailed “Finnish Cold” - love that one
ReplyDeleteTeuvo Teravainen - dang autocorrect
DeleteThe panarin-Trocheck-Lafreniere line should be called the French Bread Pizza line.
ReplyDeleteWill Nye, the wrist shot guy
ReplyDeleteHow about MP3 for Marcus Pettersson in Vancouver?
ReplyDeleteCan we have a ruling that Pat Verbeek is the Little Ball of Hate and that Ken Linesman is the Rat? Give Marchand his own nickname.
ReplyDeleteWhen did Patrick Kane's nickname switch from Kaner to Showtime? The first time I heard Showtime was during his stint with NYR. Was it ever used before then?
ReplyDeleteThat was a rebrand after the sxl assault stuff, similar to how Kobe had the Mamba Mentality rebrand
DeleteNick Paul - 2-fer (two first names)
ReplyDeleteA couple special entries for the new sponsor of the Minnesota Wild arena, moving away from the Xcel Energy Center to Grand Casino Arena.
ReplyDelete#1 - The Slot
#2 - The Pit
#3 - The House
Michael Misa (when he gets to the NHL)- Jar Jae
ReplyDelete*Jar Jar
Deletethere is a large group of flyers/flames fans online that call Morgan Frost "webkinz milk cat". I'd be happy to elaborate though many find it self explanatory.
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