Thomas Greiss in Search of a Nickname

by idunno723 on Feb 5, 2010 7:30 AM PST

Recently there has been some talk about Niklas Wallin coming to the Sharks, but in this post we'll stick to more important things. Like Thomas Greiss and his nickname to be. There have been many options but it boils down to two. Meth Squirrel or Thomas Greiss Superstar.

Origins:

Meth Squirrel comes from GhostofLinkGaetz when he described Greiss's absurd reflex abilities.

Thomas Greiss Superstar comes from xarexerax when a night of super-puns were made up.

So FTF, I now turn to you to decide which nickname is better and/or why. Which one Thomas Greiss likes better? Irrelevant.

Poll

What should Thomas Greiss's nickname be?

Meth Squirrel

55 votes

Thomas Greiss Superstar

45 votes

100 votes | Poll has closed

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No “other” option on poll on purpose! Pick one!

"I think people were ready to watch some hockey. We took up enough of everyone’s time."
-Jody Shelley after an 87 second hockey fight against Cam Janssen

by idunno723 on Feb 5, 2010 7:32 AM PST reply actions

Meth Squirrel is the greatest nickname a San Jose Shark has ever been given.

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by Mr. Plank on Feb 5, 2010 7:50 AM PST reply actions

I like both, now that I think about it… not the first time a player has had 2 nick names!

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by Matthew_Taylor on Feb 5, 2010 8:28 AM PST reply actions

Well yes,

but which one is better!

"I think people were ready to watch some hockey. We took up enough of everyone’s time."
-Jody Shelley after an 87 second hockey fight against Cam Janssen

by idunno723 on Feb 5, 2010 1:17 PM PST up reply actions

“Meth Squirrel” is a little too much of an inside joke for my liking. Probably the same reason I didn’t vote for “Burger Line” over HTML.

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by stufflife on Feb 5, 2010 9:36 AM PST reply actions

I like calling him...

“Greezy” like “Greasy” but a little ghetto, used in a sentence like “you hella greezy”. Sometimes I call him T-Greez . I’m not sure why, but it works for me.

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by ConditionOakland on Feb 5, 2010 1:47 PM PST reply actions

i've always called him "Jesus Greiss"

but he’s not THAT good

by Youdamanrp on Feb 5, 2010 3:35 PM PST reply actions

Kimbo Greiss

If he gets in a fight we can call him that!

"iaT"S FUCKINGE LIEK CONICO DO MAYO!!!!!111"
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by Morti on Feb 5, 2010 3:46 PM PST reply actions

I love meth squirrel but I know that I’d be really tempted to use Jesus Greiss, Superstar, when blogging about him. (my preferred variant on Thomas) This is a tough decision.

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by CTGray on Feb 5, 2010 3:53 PM PST reply actions

I hear that.

“Meth Squirrel” has some negative implications up near me (Butte County is the ‘meth capital of the West’) so, humor aside, I’m not likely to use it. In all honesty, I’ll probably call him ‘Greaser’ when I talk about him. [Thomas/Jesus] Greiss, Superstar does have a ring to it, though, and is good blog-fodder.

by xarexerax on Feb 5, 2010 3:57 PM PST up reply actions

Greiss Lightnin

If God had intended us not to rosterbate, he would've made our arms shorter.

by Mike Hawk on Feb 5, 2010 4:19 PM PST reply actions

The whole meth squirrel thing

Has a good ring to it, but it might portray the wrong image of Greiss. I sorta shudder from hearing the word meth.

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by ZombieSkittles on Feb 5, 2010 4:40 PM PST reply actions

To be fair, I doubt anyone would think Greiss is a meth user based off that nickname.

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by Mr. Plank on Feb 6, 2010 1:50 PM PST up reply actions

The Greiss is right?

"iaT"S FUCKINGE LIEK CONICO DO MAYO!!!!!111"
Mr. K. 5/5/2009

by Morti on Feb 5, 2010 4:43 PM PST reply actions

Close vote.

23 to 22 at the moment!

"I think people were ready to watch some hockey. We took up enough of everyone’s time."
-Jody Shelley after an 87 second hockey fight against Cam Janssen

by idunno723 on Feb 5, 2010 5:13 PM PST reply actions

Meth Squirrel

And if you don’t like the meth, just call him the ‘Squirrel". We’ll know what you mean. Unless you call him ‘Happy feet’, then no one will know. Eheeh!

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by GhostOfLinkGaetz on Feb 5, 2010 7:00 PM PST reply actions