So the Red Wings' captain Steve Yzerman has dubbed 25-year-old Swedish rookie Johan Franzen
"The Mule." I wish Stevie had consulted Just Wide's nicknaming department first so we could have suggested "the Correction." It's better!
Before they're saddled with sub-rate sobriquets, here are our nickname proposals for a few other nicknameless players.
01. Filip Kuba "the Pearl of the Antilles"
02. Mike "Rembrandt" Van Ryn
03. Sami "Hon" Salo
04. Jason "Am Too" Arnott
05. Jason Allison "My Aim is True"
06. Jason "the Figment" Chimera
07. Mike "the Material Girl" Modano
08. Reed Low "the Bassoon"*
09. "The Pretty Little" Sheldon Souray "With the Fringe on Top"
10. Steve Begin "the Beguine"
Don't forget to keep using our earlier suggested nicknames that have (
still) yet to catch on! You can find them
here and
here.
*Not currently in the NHL