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’

During his playing career with the Washington Capitals, Brooks Laich proved that he couldn’t be tempted by even the finest of Canadian delicacies: poutine. Laich, a self-described health nut, was part of a young Capitals team in the late 2000s and early 2010s that didn’t all exactly ascribe to the same diligent routine as their