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Okposo rests, DiPietro goes back-to-back, Hunter a gametime decision

Those are the updates from today's brief, brisk practice before the team departed for Washington and tomorrow's game with the Caps.

Kyle Okposo got the day off and Trunt Hunter practiced fully. It doesn't sound as if he'll be green-lit for tomorrow's game -- Scott Gordon said he'd decide on Hunter on game day -- but possibly Friday in Raleigh against the reeling Hurricanes.

Rick DiPietro...

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