No matter what nickname you knew Joe Pavelski by during his 13 seasons with the Sharks, you'll wish you'd thought of the former San Jose captain's latest.
Pavelski's Dallas Stars teammates have started calling the man alternately known as "Pavs," "Little Joe" and "the Big Pavelski" by the nickname "Joe Exotic."
You read that correctly. Pavelski, in his first season with the team, shares a nickname with the "Tiger King" himself.
— Dallas Stars (@DallasStars) August 14, 2020
The real Joe Exotic, otherwise known as Joseph Allen Maldonado-Passage, was the star of Netflix's "Tiger King" docuseries released earlier this year and former proprietor of the Wynewood Exotic Animal Park.