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What's with the "giving players hamster names" obsession?

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Agreed it's just a hockey thing. Mostly a teammate to teammate kind of thing.. People posting online hear short nicknames in interviews sometimes so they repeat them.

And, like all things on the internet, some people get carried away.

It's one thing if it's an actual, naturally occurring nickname. Z, Babs, etc. it's an entirely different matter when people are making them up and hoping they catch on. See: Diesel, or any of the rher endless nicknames no one but Internet posters use that aren't even related to their name.

And then there are those that are blatantly for marketing purposes. Megatron. Don't get me started on those.

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It's one thing if it's an actual, naturally occurring nickname. Z, Babs, etc. it's an entirely different matter when people are making them up and hoping they catch on. See: Diesel, or any of the rher endless nicknames no one but Internet posters use that aren't even related to their name.

And then there are those that are blatantly for marketing purposes. Megatron. Don't get me started on those.

I think Megatron's a sweet nickname.

He looks imposing as hell with his frame, and he's on the lions, So he can't be optimus prime.

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Teammates gave me a sweet nickname that somehow caught on with my coach, other teams, refs, and even fans. Which was weird cause we didn't have names on the backs of our sweaters. But still everyone called me nine.

Haha.

Did you wear number 9 by any chance?

I got called Mario when I was in squirts, when i wore #66.

not because the number, but because I wore red overalls, grew a mustache and saved a princess.

Ha

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And then there are those that are blatantly for marketing purposes. Megatron. Don't get me started on those.

Megatron? Blatantly? Ohkay.. Haha the guys a best.

Haha.

Did you wear number 9 by any chance?

I got called Mario when I was in squirts, when i wore #66.

not because the number, but because I wore red overalls, grew a mustache and saved a princess.

Ha

You grew a mustache way back then while crosby is still trying to grow his.

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My wife has nicknames for a bunch of players:

Zoidberg, Gadzooks, Fornicator, Nyquil, Tater, Frozen, Jerkoff, Pokemon, Cornhole, Dick, Quimby, Wallet...

For the most part it's because she doesn't (or didn't at first) know the real names. I think she still doesn't know that it's Weiss and not White.

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My wife has nicknames for a bunch of players:

Zoidberg, Gadzooks, Fornicator, Nyquil, Tater, Frozen, Jerkoff, Pokemon, Cornhole, Dick, Quimby, Wallet...

For the most part it's because she doesn't (or didn't at first) know the real names. I think she still doesn't know that it's Weiss and not White.

Weiss means white in German.

And calling zetterberg zoidberg is almost sacrilege

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My wife has nicknames for a bunch of players:

Zoidberg, Gadzooks, Fornicator, Nyquil, Tater, Frozen, Jerkoff, Pokemon, Cornhole, Dick, Quimby, Wallet...

For the most part it's because she doesn't (or didn't at first) know the real names. I think she still doesn't know that it's Weiss and not White.

If she talking about Datsyuk as dick, she's right! That dick steals the puck from the other team all the time, never gives them a chance!

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