This is Joe Beninati. You're listening to NBC Sports Washington's Capitals Face Off podcast.

Here's your host, J.J. Regan.

Thank you, Joe.

Welcome in to another edition of NBC Sports Washington's Capitals Face Off podcast.

I'm your host, the capitalist correspondent, JJ Regan.

The Luigi to My Mario, Tarak Elbuchar, is recovering from his trip to Minnesota to see T.J. Oshy's Day with the Stanley Cup.

So instead, we decide to bring in a special guest.

He is from North of the Wall. He is the northerner, extraordinaire, the Rabie with the Baby,

the radio host with the most. He is Capitals radio host Ben Rabie. Ben?

I have been called much worse. JJ, good to be with you.

Thanks for taking some time away from your summer and from reminiscing about the Expos to talk some hockey.

Daily exercise.

The Expo's reminiscing, I mean.

But yes, good to talk about.

All right.

Well, why don't we get started with this?

Brooks Orpick is back in the fold after signing a one-year deal with the caps with a cap hit of

$1 million.

Well, no one could argue that Orpick was not worth the $5.5 million cap hit his previous deal carried

anymore.

I think the movement of some fans and blogs last year really overshadowed what he still adds

to the team. Ben, what does what he still adds to the team.

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