Brooks Laich tells story of Capitals teammates offering him $6,000 to eat poutine at a bar: 'I'm like, I'm not eating it, because I was an obsessive health nut'

"“I remember there was one time it was Ovi, it was Nicke, it was Greener, trying to think who else was there,” Laich said. “We were in Montreal, and they had a poutine sitting on the table. We're out at some bar, they had a poutine sitting on the table, and the pot was up to six thousand dollars for me to eat this poutine. I'm like, I'm not eating it, I'm not eating it, because I was like an obsessive health nut.”"

"“They had it up to over six thousand dollars to eat this poutine. I'm like 'No, what is wrong with you guys?' I never did it. I never even had a bite of it.”"

"While Laich provided most of the story's details accurately, he was slightly corrected in the comments on the Empty Netters Instagram post by a fellow former Cap, defenseman Karl Alzner. “It was Winnipeg!” Alzner wrote. “Shark Club, remember it like it was yesterday, as I was just finishing my poutine...”"

"“Mike Green would score two goals and go get two Five Guys hamburgers on the way home and just pound them,” Laich said. “I'm like, 'Mike, you can't do that.' And he's like, 'It's workin"

Brooks Laich, a health-focused Washington Capitals player, recounted a time teammates offered him $6,000 to break his diet and eat poutine in Montreal. He said Alex Ovechkin, Nicklas Backstrom, and Mike Green were involved, with poutine placed on a table at a bar while the wager rose to six thousand dollars. Laich refused and never took a bite. Karl Alzner later corrected the location, saying it was Winnipeg at the Shark Club. Laich also described Mike Green’s earlier pattern of scoring goals and then eating two Five Guys hamburgers on the way home, which Laich viewed as incompatible with his own routine.

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