Nickname that Jori!

[Darth Vitale]

Should have went with Dean instead of Sammy Davis Jr., as in The chairman of the board Frank Sinatra and Dean Martin

I'm just an outsider, but I concur. "Frank and Dean" would be pretty classic as far as nicknames go.

 

[LGB51]

He looks like a Silverback to me as well. Then there's Frank & Jesse (James.) Of course we call Tarasenko Frank, so there's always Bill, Bob or George. I still like Biff the best though.

 

[Finnpin]

IMO he looks like Brand (Josh Brolin) in The Goonies

 

[ChicagoBlues]

Snufkin is an obscure character from an extremely bizarre Finnish cartoon.

 

[MMANumminen]

A longtime Finnish fan of Jori here... Me and my friends have always called him "Jorge", pronounced in the Spanish way Can't really remember where it came from. We are always shouting "Vamos Jorge" etc

Or how about Hannibal Lehter, because he pretty much consumes his opponents

Jorge would actually be really good!

 

[Minttu]

The original Flyinn Finn was Kalevi "Häkä" Häkkinen.

There were at least three athletes with the nickname the Flying Finn before Kalevi Häkkinen was even born.

I hope there will be no forced nickname

Yeah. Forced nicknames are awkward and so fake. I don't get the hype of everybody having a nickname.

 

[Jack Bandit]

Nicknames! Jori TheTerror. (kinda sounds like Lehtera if you don't enunciate the R)

Eh.. I give up. Anybody remember that interview he did after Finland beat the U.S. last Olympics? The one where he said Patrick Kane had no hands? That swagger is great, I've liked him ever since.

 

[Vincenzo Arelliti]

Anybody remember that interview he did after Finland beat the U.S. last Olympics? The one where he said Patrick Kane had no hands? That swagger is great, I've liked him ever since.

Can anyone find a link to this? Please let this be true.

 

[Jack Bandit]

http://hfboards.mandatory.com/archive/index.php/t-1609301.html

A couple of posters reference it there, but I can't find a link to the actual interview. Just find his name in that archived thread.

 

[TheKurkey]

Maybe just the Joker. Cause he's funny and got that smile, and he played for Jokerit back in Finland.

 

[mattihp]

He is the kind of guy who will make himself a nickname in a couple of years. He is such a funny guy and oozes of confidence and humility.

 

[jura]

Maybe just the Joker. Cause he's funny and got that smile, and he played for Jokerit back in Finland.

yeah the Joker is the best so far :yori:

 

[LGB51]

Jojo.

 

[traffic cone]

Jorsti.

 

[LGB51]

Thought I'd bump this to see if anyone had any new ideas. How about Opie?

 

[Vincenzo Arelliti]

Hey, what about Lehterasenkshow?

It's perfect.

 

[ChicagoBlues]

"Who the hell is Lehtera?"
Some Sabres fan after the third goal

Reading through this thread and found this funny!

 

[mattihp]

He isn't pushing in the points anymore but is his play still good?

 

[BluesTraveller]

He is adjusting to the grind of the NHL. Doesn't appear to be accustomed to this much hockey, and so many back-to-back games. For him to make it to the next level he needs to join Tarasenko in the offseason to work on conditioning.

 

[jura]

he's ok but looks out of gas

 

[2 Minute Minor]

He isn't pushing in the points anymore but is his play still good?

Kind of a predictable fall off in effectiveness due to the rigors of the NHL compared with what he's used to. I think he'll probably get bumped and Stastny will start getting more of the minutes with Schwartz/Tarasenko. Won't be surprised if he gets a healthy scratch once in a while to get some rest.

As much crap as Berglund takes on this board, he's strong and durable. There are worse things than having him function as the 3C now and then.

 

[BluesTraveller]

I voted Ookla the Moc. Loved that cartoon

 

[STL fan in MN]

The guy doesn't have a good name for a nickname IMO.

The guy's always smiling though so how about Dimple twinkles?

 

[sst338d]

He isn't pushing in the points anymore but is his play still good?

He looks absolutely no different now than he did at the beginning of the season when he was getting points. If you liked him then, you would like him still now. If you didn't like him then, you still don't like him now. He has played like he was out of gas since game #1, but he was finding away to get on the score sheet then, just not happening now.

 

[Robb_K]

I voted for "The Jokerit Joker" (my first idea).