5 wildest New Jersey Devils nicknames for current players

3. Jesper Bratt
"Minion"

This one actually has a very funny story. Jesper Bratt dressed up as a minion from the Despicable Me movies back in 2019, and it’s just stuck. It’s been referenced ever since, and Bratt continues to see himself called “minion.” It was even referenced in an interview with the NHL Player’s Association back in 2020. 

Now, if you look hard enough, you can find plenty of people call Bratt a “minion.” There are a bunch of nicknames for Bratt, thanks to a creative Devils social media account. Bratt also does enough on the ice to warrant a few different nicknames.

The name Bratt also aligns itself to have plenty of nicknames. It rhymes with so much and adds itself to so many already established nicknames. Do you want to live off the Batman name? Now you have Brattman. Did you just score a Bratt trick? Jesper did that on Thursday night. Is Jesper Bratt? Ask Charlie XCX.

Yet, we’ve stuck with Minion. And that’s just fine. Even if he hasn’t dressed like a minion again (he dressed up as Ricky Bobby this year), the nickname isn’t going anywhere.