Leafs players reveal all the nicknames given to them by teammates

There’s a new Toronto Maple Leafs season kicking off, and with it comes a whole new set of nicknames.

Ahead of their season opener, the Leafs put out a video with each of their players describing a number of nicknames they’ve had over the years.

Some of them are well known, such as Auston Matthews’ “Papi” moniker that’s been a staple for years, while others are newer, like Ilya Mikheyev’s “cobra” tag.

And then, of course, there are the standard hockey ones based on a surname, such as the ever-creative “Derms” for Travis Dermott. Ah, well, they can’t all be winners.

Here’s the video, with the full list of nicknames down below:

Soup Dawg 🥣🐶
Spider 🕷
Hammer 🔨

Which Leafs nickname is your favourite 👇 #LeafsForever https://t.co/7JFWbOkAwq pic.twitter.com/6EIS1LIV5t

— Toronto Maple Leafs (@MapleLeafs) October 13, 2021

• Alexander Kerfoot: Footer, Footsie, or Kerf
• Auston Matthews: Matts, A-Matts, Tone, or Papi
• David Kämpf: Kampfer
• Ilya Mikheyev: Mickey, Cobra, Soup
• Jack Campbell: Soup, Soupy, Soups, and Soup Dogg
• Jake Muzzin: Muzz
• Jason Spezza: Spezz, or Spetz
• John Tavares: JT, Johnny, Tavvy, or J
• Justin Holl: Hollsy, Holler, J-Bone, J-Holl, Bonesaw, or Hammer
• Michael Amadio: Matts, or Ammo
• Michael Bunting: Bunts, or Mikey
• Mitchell Marner: Marns, Bruno Marns, Mitchy
• Morgan Rielly: Mo
• Ondrej Kase: Kaser
• Petr Mrázek: Mraz Mraza, Pedro
• Pierre Engvall: Peter, or Seabiscuit
• Rasmus Sandin: Ras, Sandy, The Sandman, Sandman Jones of Gus of Kill(?), or Carl
• Timothy Liljegren: Timma, Lilly, or Timmy
• TJ Brodie: Brodes
• Travis Dermott: Derms, or Dermy
• Wayne Simmonds: Simmer, Simdaddy, Simcat, or Spider
• William Nylander: Willy Styles or just Willy

No word on where Nick Ritchie was during filming, or what exactly the source of all of these nicknames are.