About Nicknames...

Today I want to talk about... Canucks nicknames!! Some of them have nicknames, some of them need nicknames... and others, well, take some imagination to think of a nickname for them. I'm going to make a list of current nicknames, and for each player make my own suggestion. Unless, of course, I can't think of anything better. Some of them have really, awesome nicknames!!

Andrew Alberts- A Minor, the A Train, AHLberts. Mine: Double A.

Jonas Andersson- none. I got nothing. This kid played like 2 games for us.

Keith Ballard- Bally, Hips. Mine: Goalie Killer.

Kevin Bieksa- Juice.

Mario Bliznak- none. Again, 2 games!!

Alexandre Bolduc- Duke, Duker.

Alexandre Burrows- Burr, Frack.

Guillame Desbiens- none. Mine: Guillame "thumb-inside-fist" Desbiens.

Alexander Edler- The Ice Man. Mine: Eddy.

Christian Ehrhoff- Bobby Hoff, the Hoffster, Blast-Off Hoff.

Tanner Glass- none. Mine: Tanner "Scrabble Champ" Glass, Tanner "Fights-Bears" Glass.

Dan Hamhuis- Hammy.

Jannik Hansen- The Great Dane. Mine: Jannik "Hard-worker" Hansen.

Ryan Kesler- Kes, Frick. Mine: Kes the Mess, Ryan "I hate Canada" Kesler, Grumpy, Gold-medal Baby-maker. (If you read Pass It to Bulis you'll know what I mean.)

Roberto Luongo- Bobby Lu, LUUUUUUU.

Manny Malhotra- none. Mine: Manny "Faceoff" Malhotra. (That's the only thing he's known for.)

Ryan Parent- none. Mine: Ryan "The Other Ryan" Parent. Like I said before, I don't know anything about this guy.

Joel Perrault- none. Mine: Joel "Who?" Perrault.

Mason Raymond- MayRay, MayRay Go-Round. Mine: Mason "Put out the Flames" Raymond. (He gets lots of hat tricks against the Flames.) Speedy Gonzales, because of his speed.

Aaron Rome- Romer. I got nothing else. Maybe, Aaron "In n' Out" Rome? He's in and out of the lineup a lot.

Rick Rypien- The Rypper, Pitbull. There's none better than that.

Sami Salo- Sami Solo, the Finnish MacInnis. Mine: Sami "Piece of Glass" Salo, Sami "Ouchie" Salo, Walking Disaster. Sami "Ruptured Testicle" Salo... The list of testicle-related nicknames goes on. Knock yourself out.

Mikael Samuelsson- Sammy. Mine: Mikael "they can go eff themselves" Samuelsson, Mikael "no Team Sweden for you" Samuelsson.

Peter Schaefer- none. Mine: Peter "The Suit Guy" Schaefer. All I know about him is that he gets custom-made suits. And he's with the Moose.

Cory Schneider- Schneids, Ginger Lou, Schneiderman, Ginger Jesus. Mine: Cory "the Playmaker" Schneider. (He has 3 assists on the year.)

Daniel Sedin- Brother Daniel, Danny, Dank. Mine: Daniel "Out for Blood" Sedin, Daniel "The Other Sedin", Daniel "Brent Gretzky" Sedin.

Henrik Sedin- Hank, Hanky. Mine: Henrik "Captain" Sedin, Henrik "Art Ross" Sedin, "Henrik "MVP" Sedin, Henrik "All-Star" Sedin. (Get the picture?)

Sergei Shirokov- Shiro. (What an original nickname.) Mine: Smiley. This guy smiles all the time, plus, it's way shorter than his real name.

Jeff Tambellini- Tamby. Mine: Teeny, Meanie, anything that rhymes with the last bit of his name... Jeff "The Third" Tambellini. (His dad and his grandpa were both in the NHL, and his dad is now a GM.)

Christopher Tanev- none. Mine: I would say Tanner, but Glass... Umm, he's played 2 NHL games, so I gotta get to know this kid a little more before I start pegging him.

Raffi Torres- none. Mine: Raffi "Bulgy Eyes" Torres, Raffi "Tattoo" Torres, Raffi "Don't mess with me" Torres, Raffi "Streaky" Torres, Raffi "Scores a hat trick in one game and doesn't score another for 15 games" Torres, Raffi "HIT SOMEBODY!!" Torres. (Man, this guy has a lot of possibilities...)

Aaron Volpatti- Peppermint Patti!! This guy has the best nickname on the entire team!! No way could I make another suggestion on this one. Hands down, Patti, you win.

Cody Hodgson- CoHo. Mine: Hodgepodge, Hedgehog. Just because his name reminds me of those words.

Well, that's it. If somebody has a better idea, then just give me a shout. I'd love to hear your ideas! (Anybody? Anybody? Are you out there?)