The MLB is doing its Players' Weekend at the end of August and the main highlight of the Players' Weekend is every player choosing a nickname to put on the back of their jersey.
Some go with a simple nickname while others go with emojis. At the end of the day, it's a creative way to market the game to a younger demographic, even if it is for only one weekend.
We're not sure if any other leagues would consider doing something like this, but we hope they consider it. If they don't, that's cool, too, because we can always just make our own and that's exactly what we did for 10 NHL players.
Connor McDavid - McJesus
Sidney Crosby - The Kid
Nathan MacKinnon - MacDaddy
Phil Kessel - The Thrill
Alex Ovechkin - The Great 8
Sergei Bobrovsky - Officer Bob
Marc-Andre Fleury - Flower
Johnny Gaudreau - Johnny Hockey
Henrik Lundqvist - The King
Patrick Kane - Showtime
