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Brooks Orpik Today

05/02/2016 at 12:57pm EDT

via Tom Gulitti tweets,

Orpik said he spoke to Maatta after the game Saturday. Called him a "good friend"

Orpik called the hit "a bad decision". "There's no denying it was late.'

"Hopefully across the League they'll start punishing other guys the same way."

Orpik basically said the suspension was fair. Accepted full responsibility.

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