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One of the names that came out is, the best nickname voted for David Pastrnak, Pasta.
One of the names that came out is, the best nickname voted for David Pastrnak, Pasta.
So what do you think?
So what do you think?
Is this the best nickname in the NHL?
Is this the best nickname in the NHL?
Is there another one that you think deserved higher points?
Is there another one that you think deserved higher points?
it’s a pretty good one.
it’s a pretty good one.
I, I like, I like Butcher for Radko Gudas, um- Mm-hmm just because of how he plays.
I, I like, I like Butcher for Radko Gudas, um- Mm-hmm just because of how he plays.
Great.
Great.
I also like Bread Man for Temi Panarin because- Oh, yeah of Panera Bread.
I also like Bread Man for Temi Panarin because- Oh, yeah of Panera Bread.
so tho- Mm-hmm those are two that I kind of, you know, I’d always kind of chuckle to myself when I hear.
so tho- Mm-hmm those are two that I kind of, you know, I’d always kind of chuckle to myself when I hear.
Yeah, if Pa- if Pasta’s the best nickname, then we’re in trouble because- No, wait, like what are- it’s like, it’s just in his name what are some of the real good nicknames?
Yeah, if Pa- if Pasta’s the best nickname, then we’re in trouble because- No, wait, like what are- it’s like, it’s just in his name what are some of the real good nicknames?
Like, what are the old school nicknames that like, make you go, “Ooh”?
Like, what are the old school nicknames that like, make you go, “Ooh”?
I was gonna say, like, what was his name?
I was gonna say, like, what was his name?
Nels, like Nels Stewart, like probably like 100 years ago, his nickname was Old Poison.
Nels, like Nels Stewart, like probably like 100 years ago, his nickname was Old Poison.
Like, how come we don’t have that anymore?
Like, how come we don’t have that anymore?
Way better.
Way better.
That’s amazing.
That’s amazing.
Right?
Right?
Old Poison.
Old Poison.
Yeah.
Yeah.
That was essentially- I never heard that one before.
That was essentially- I never heard that one before.
Yeah.
Yeah.
It’s an incredible nickname.
It’s an incredible nickname.
Um- It’s pretty good I like, I like The Factor for, for Ryan O’Reilly because at least there’s like some connection to pop culture in there.
Um- It’s pretty good I like, I like The Factor for, for Ryan O’Reilly because at least there’s like some connection to pop culture in there.
At least it shows that like one of them was watching Fox News at an airport or something and was like, “Hey, your name’s O’Reilly, too.”
At least it shows that like one of them was watching Fox News at an airport or something and was like, “Hey, your name’s O’Reilly, too.”
Oh.
Oh.
Oh, okay.
Oh, okay.
‘Cause Bill O’Reilly.
‘Cause Bill O’Reilly.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Exactly.
Exactly.
Well, I think that like the NHL has just like gotten like more and la- more lazy, like where they just like take a guy’s last name and like cut a letter off or like add a Y, and like that’s fine.
Well, I think that like the NHL has just like gotten like more and la- more lazy, like where they just like take a guy’s last name and like cut a letter off or like add a Y, and like that’s fine.
Yeah.
Yeah.
But Pasta, we love Pasta.
But Pasta, we love Pasta.
He leans into the Pasta thing.
He leans into the Pasta thing.
How about Liam O’Brien, Spicy Tuna, Ry?
How about Liam O’Brien, Spicy Tuna, Ry?
You don’t like that one?
You don’t like that one?
Oh, that is a good one.
Oh, that is a good one.
That one’s pretty good.
That one’s pretty good.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Yeah.
That one’s pretty good
That one’s pretty good