Wanted: Anders Lindback's nickname
Hockey, perhaps more than any game, has a litany of high-quality player nicknames. NHL-wide, there's "The Great One" (Wayne Gretzky), "The Great 8" (Alex Ovechkin), and many, many others. Here in Nashville, we're pretty plain - "Toots" (Jordin Tootoo), "Peks" (indeed, its on Rinne's goalie mask), "Shea Freaking Weber" or "The Beast" for our captain, and many others. At any rate, whether they are hilariously creative or a variation on the player's name, everybody needs a nickname.
In that spirit, then, we should endeavor to find a suitable nickname for Nashville's latest backup goaltender, Anders Lindback. He's 6'6 and from Sweden, so there should be plenty of options, right?
The Choices
I posed this question on Twitter early in the day, so what follows are the options I was presented with. If you have better suggestions, please leave them in the comments.
- "Lindy", via @jam911 and @PredsOnTheGlass.
- Lando", via @racheladdison.
- "Triple Lindy" via @SingletonPreds.
- "Lindbackup" via...I can't remember. This was from several days ago, so whoever this idea was from - forgive me.
- Finally, my personal favorite: "Anders the Giant". This was initiated by @crummyjoel on the @PredFans Twitter group, and then later taken to the next step by @racheladdison with the following poster:
My vote out of the above options has to go for "Anders the Giant". It encompasses popular culture, his height, and his first name is obviously quite similar to the nickname's origin, Andre the Giant.
So what do you think? Vote in the poll and sound off in the comments.
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Lindy Hop is my nickname. That is, if there’s any footage of him dancing…
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by Kevin Sellathamby on Oct 12, 2010 6:04 PM EDT reply actions
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How about The “Andes”, like the mountains? Or maybe A-back?
Something to do with his height
Someone called him The Taller One in the game thread I think. That was pretty funny.
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by Aditya T (smashville) on Oct 12, 2010 6:24 PM EDT reply actions
how about
Anders " neutral" lindback.. thats because Sweden is considered a neutral country, . yeah i know it’s lame but it’s all i got….
Just for kicks
How about Salanders Lindback after Lisbet Salander, Sweden’s take-no-prisoners Swedish heroine of “The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo,” “…Played with Fire,” “…Kicked the Hornet’s Nest?”
by Hockey Hillbilly on Oct 12, 2010 6:42 PM EDT reply actions
I like "Anders the Giant"
But I think the guys have already nicknamed him Linny (I know… how original that hockey players call team mates a shortened version of their last names with a Y on the end??).
I also like what someone came up with for Lombardi on gameday…“Trophy”.
by TitanPredBearFan on Oct 12, 2010 6:49 PM EDT reply actions
Anders the Giant gets my vote but you should consider...
The Swedish Thing. Meatball. Stretch Saab. Ikea.
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IKEA
I like the name ‘IKEA’ because the stores are Swedish and huuugeee just like him.
by Smashvillian on Oct 12, 2010 8:36 PM EDT via mobile reply actions
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Big AL….
As someone else said, that’s all I got.

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