Yearly that I do that checklist for ESPN fantasy hockey, I dig for inspiration. Some names lend themselves naturally to puns or popular culture references, which creates a stable, commonplace Fantasy title similar to “A Jack Hughes Brothers Movie” or “Auston Matthews McConaughey”). The key sauce, although, is to play with more difficult names; that is the place you discover your diamonds within the tough.
Occasionally a reputation comes alongside that defies all fantasy staff deal with conventions. Throws the rule e-book fully out the window. Makes you query all the pieces you’ve got ever identified.
That title? Rutger McGroarty.
This splendidly goated title (and former College of Michigan participant who was chosen 14th general by Winnipeg within the 2022 NHL draft and is now with the Pittsburgh Penguins, however that is not the main focus for this explicit piece) is each a blessing and a curse by way of naming your fantasy staff. If Rutger McGroarty did not exist as a hockey participant within the NHL, inventing that moniker in your staff would nonetheless flip heads and spark just a few questions. For those who have been listening to the title for the primary time, you would be excused in case you thought Rutger McGroarty performed towards Babe Dye and Newsy Lalonde within the Nineteen Twenties.
However Rutger McGroarty is an S-tier fantasy hockey staff title in itself, no intelligent modification or linking wanted. It does the give you the results you want. It’s the Mona Lisa or the Raygun of fantasy names; 10/10, no notes.
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Soccer hockey names
RJ Ui-Umberger-Lei
Lester Patrick Mahomes
Ryan Christian McCaffReaves
Brandon AiyUtah Hockey Membership
Justin HerBertuzzi
Dak PreScott Stevens
Zack Martin St. Louis
Deebo Samuel Girard
Jalen Ramsey Abid
Wrestling names
Brutus LaBarbera Beefcake (This was former goaltender Jason LaBarbera’s precise hockey nickname and it is among the best hockey names in historical past!)
The Folks’s Elbo Room
Dale Hunter Hearst Helmsley
Michael Cole Caufield
Corey Adam Graves
Jim Ross Colton
Damian Cody Rhodes
Rhea Mike Ridley
Darby Allan Bester
Paul Swayman
Motion pictures and tv
I am Simply Ken Holland
Andrew Coppenheimer
OppenReimer
RuhwedelJuice RuhwedelJuice
Tyson Jostbusters
It Ends With Gustavsson
Ted Brazeau
Cobra Kai-Le Okposo
Solely Kurvers In The Constructing
Schmid Recreation
Yegor Shoresy-ngovich
The Briere
Succ-Sissons
How I Met Your Montour
The Andrew Soproglianos
Memes
Very Demers, Very Aware
Let Him Matt Cooke
Dansk Like No One’s Watching
Life Occurs. Paul Coffey Helps
Nate Schmibidti
Rasmus Rizz-Tolainen
Simply Put The Knies In The Bag, Bro
Deluluongo
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Music
Good Luck, Babe Dye!
Not Like Rust
Hi there Bowness My Outdated Good friend
Kendrick Lamundqvist
All I Need For Christmas Is Hughes
Hit The Put up Malone
Justin Bieber’s All-Star Jacket
Drop It Like It is Trotz
Mr. Shortside
Bardown With The Illness
Star Wars
The Nate Mack-Olyte
Filoni The Goalie
By no means Inform Me The Todds Bertuzzi
George Lucas Raymond
Grand Henrymal Thrun
Kay Vess-ilevskiy
Grasp Cole Caufield
Luke Nathanwalker
Boston seventh Fleet
Minnesota Frosty Sulphate
Montreal Vic Vankoh
New York Thala-Sirens
Ottawa Seismic Fees
Toronto Spectre Cell
Skeleton Crew Lamoriello
Kaiden Gro-Guhle
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Meals
Andrew Cobb Sa-Ladd
Scrambled Greg McKeggs
London Poile
Baba Ghanugent-Hopkins
Hamburglar And Fries
In our hearts
Johnny Hockey Eternally <3
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