Rick Nash, "Slim Reaper?"

[Chaels Arms]

Apologies mods if this is not thread worthy but I know Nash has a lot of fans around the league and in Canada.

Rick Nash was referenced in a question on Jeopardy! tonight but I seriously have no idea if the question and answer are actually correct.

Question: The NHL's Rick Nash is known as Slim this; well the hockey stick does look like a scythe (showing a picture of Nash in a Bruins uniform).

Answer: What is Slim Reaper?

In all of Nash's years with the Rangers I never heard him referred to as Slim Reaper. When I google those search terms the only things that come up are references to the Jeopardy! question.

Is Rick Nash the Slim Reaper or did Jeopardy! just pull a fast one?

For reference: The NHL's Rick Nash is known as The Slim this; well the hockey stick does look like a scythe - JeopardyAnswers.org

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[holy]

He’s slim? Always seemed a little on the thicc side to me.

 

[Poppy Whoa Sonnet]

News to me, this is the first non jeopardy reference to Nash as Slim Reaper I could find:

Win and Go Home: The New York Rangers Push the Lightning to Game 7

It links to a youtube video that no longer exists

 

[DieselBoy]

They must’ve messed that up bad cause they definitely meant Kevin Durant there.

 

[McGarnagle]

I'm not saying it's not true, but I have never heard that nickname before in my life.

 

[kingsholygrail]

A player's alleged nickname is a Jeopardy! question?

 

[Ginger Papa]

I miss Alex Trebek. As a hockey fan I believe he would have checked this and had it corrected.

 

[Peltz]

Never heard this before. Maybe from earlier in his career?

 

[Jacob]

Never ever heard him being referred to as that.

 

[valet]

only slim reaper I ever heard of is KD.

 

[Filthy Dangles]

never heard that either, I did find this on Twitter. the video is so old that it doesn't exist and wont' play though. apparently teammates reffered to him by that name.

 

[itwasaforwardpass]

Slim Reaper has been a Kevin Durant nickname for the past decade. I've never heard of anyone but him referred to as that.

 

[rojac]

I miss Alex Trebek. As a hockey fan I believe he would have checked this and had it corrected.

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Maybe. I don’t know if Trebek was a “I confidently know the nicknames of every NHL player” type of fan. And I think he’d have to be pretty sure the writers were wrong before he’d call them out on it. He’d be basically calling them incompetent.

 

[ZiGOODejad]

Idk to the Rangers fans... Most of us (at least)he was Big dick Rick lmaoo slim doesn’t fit

 

[TheDawnOfANewTage]

Idk to the Rangers fans... Most of us (at least)he was Big dick Rick lmaoo slim doesn’t fit

Now that’s a good jeopardy clue.

 

[njdevils1982]

finally something everyone on the main board can agree on….

this nickname was never something he was called……ever

 

[Jumptheshark]

finally something everyone on the main board can agree on….

this nickname was never something he was called……ever

Yep

 

[tarheelhockey]

Can you even imagine being an HFBoards level of hockey fan, making it onto Jeopardy, getting hit with a hockey question of all things, and having it turn out to be this bullshit?

 

[Angry Little Elf]

Can you even imagine being an HFBoards level of hockey fan, making it onto Jeopardy, getting hit with a hockey question of all things, and having it turn out to be this bullshit?

I don’t want people to know I post here

 

[rojac]

Can you even imagine being an HFBoards level of hockey fan, making it onto Jeopardy, getting hit with a hockey question of all things, and having it turn out to be this bullshit?

To be honest, you don’t need to have any clue about hockey or Rick Nash to get it. You’re told it’s The Slim ______ and that the hockey stick looks like a scythe. What else could it be?

It was only a $400 question (second row, Single Jeopardy). It’s the sort of clue that’s more likely to be won by buzzer speed than knowledge.

 

[DieselBoy]

To be honest, you don’t need to have any clue about hockey or Rick Nash to get it. You’re told it’s The Slim ______ and that the hockey stick looks like a scythe. What else could it be?

It was only a $400 question (second row, Single Jeopardy). It’s the sort of clue that’s more likely to be won by buzzer speed than knowledge.

I would’ve failed miserably there. Uh… uh… what is the slim sheep shepherd.

 

[SnowblindNYR]

Idk to the Rangers fans... Most of us (at least)he was Big dick Rick lmaoo slim doesn’t fit

My favorite nickname I read for him was probably a YouTube comment. It was Dick Rash.

 

[SnowblindNYR]

Also a bit unrelated but a Rangers site that sells Rangers gear has one for Reaves that says Grim Reaver. Does anyone know if that's an actual nickname?

 

[Rabid Ranger]

This has to be one of the most obscure questions of all-time.

 

[Filthy Dangles]

Also a bit unrelated but a Rangers site that sells Rangers gear has one for Reaves that says Grim Reaver. Does anyone know if that's an actual nickname?

I doubt it. I've only heard him been called Reavo by his teammates and coaches, and the fans.

Think the GrimReaver is just a WeBleedBlue thing for apparel