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Brooks Orpik and Others Talk About Brooks Orpik

Japers’ Rink reporter Jason Rogers spent much of the past two weeks talking to Washington Capitals players, coaches, and media personalities as part of a feature profiling defenseman Brooks Orpik for Washington City Paper.

You should check it out here.

But as happens with every good newspaper piece, some quotes and stories just don’t make it into the finished product, and end up on the cutting room floor.

Here are some of the best of those observations by Orpik and about him, from the people who know him best.

Brooks Orpik, on the difference between the pranks in the Capitals’ locker room and other places he’s been:

Orpik, on some automotive hijinks he witnessed in Pittsburgh:

Madison Bowey, on Orpik’s sense of humor:

Al Koken, on Orpik’s long shadow and big influence on the Penguins locker room:

Koken, on his frustrations with analytics proponents and their criticisms of Orpik:

Orpik, on judging NHL players by their on-ice playing style:

Koken, on Orpik’s friendship with 23-year-old Bowey:

Orpik was the Washington Capitals’ 2018 nominee for the King Clancy Memorial Trophy, recognizing “the player who best exemplifies leadership qualities on and off the ice and has made a noteworthy humanitarian contribution in his community.”

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