Every hockey team features a variety of nicknames assigned to various players. Most are simply created by attaching a "-y" to a portion of a player's name, hence Sully, Smitty, Leggy, etc. But we can do better, can't we?
With a nod to Dark Blue Jacket, let's take a look at some anagrams that can be formed from the names of the Nashville Predators. Follow after the jump for the list, where I have my favorites in bold. I really think we've got some budding nicknames here...
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David Poile: DO IDEAL VIP
Barry Trotz: TRY RAZOR BT
Brent Peterson: TORN BEST PREEN
Peter Horachek: PART CHEEK HERO
Jason Arnott: NOT AS NOT JAR
Wade Belak: WEAK BLADE
Francis Bouillon: COOL! SINFUL BRAIN
Dustin Boyd: TIDY BOUNDS
J.P. Dumont: DON'T JUMP
Dan Ellis: LAND LIES
Martin Erat: RATTIER MAN
Cody Franson: FANCY ON RODS
Marcel Goc: CLOG CREAM
Dan Hamhuis: HA HA! NUDISM
Patric Hornqvist: QR TO VIP'S RICH ANT
Kevin Klein: INK VILE KEN
David Legwand: WED DIG VANDAL
Cal O'Reilly: LYRICAL OLE
Pekka Rinne: PARK IN KEEN
Jerred Smithson: JEERS MIND SHORT
Steve Sullivan: STUN EVIL SLAVE
Ryan Suter: ARTY NURSE
Jordin Tootoo: TO JOIN TO ODOR
Joel Ward: OLDER JAW
Shea Weber: WHERE BASE
Colin Wilson: SWILL ON ICON