Hockey players suck at nicknames.
When the Vancouver Canucks opened training camp with media interviews on Thursday, it was the players’ first chance to talk about their offseason training regiments, their goals for the season and their first impressions of their new teammates.
But when Chris Tanev was asked the latter question, he unknowingly admitted the team has one smaller issue to work out; the new guys really need new nicknames.
Lach in the Crease 