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.
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:
“I think the younger guys are obviously the guys who fall victim to pranks and whatnot the most.