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Originally Posted by Brandinho
Dude, you have no idea what you're talking about. Brooks Orpik is a better skater than Alex Goligoski will ever be. Too slow for the NHL? Ummm...what?
Okay, I'm starting to think that many of you simply aren't familiar with Orpik's game at all. He isn't an offensive dynamo but he's perfectly capable of carrying the puck and he's a fantastic skater. Hell, the whole reason that he was such a highly touted prospect was because he combined size and skating ability like few others. He's the PERFECT style of defenseman for this kind of tournament. Big and strong enough to handle a physical team like Canada and sleek and agile enough to handle a finesse team like Russia.
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You just called Brooks Orpik sleek. I don't know why but I got a big chuckle out of that. He's an intense, scary looking dude. "Sleek" just made me chuckle a lot.