Quondam

CarolinaHurricanes.com has a nice article about Rod Brind'Amour and the trade years ago from Philadelphia.

5 days until the Pittsburgh game. According to the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, Orpik will play in Pittsburgh's game against the Quondam-Mighty Ducks.
(I can't believe quondam is an actual word. It just sounds cool. I mean, look at it! It even looks cool. Quondam. See, the word just emanates coolness. Emanates is kinda cool, but definitely not as spectacular as quondam. Even spectacular looks dull in front of the mighty quondam. Quondam.)

Anyways... The point of all this being that Orpik is getting put back in the lineup at the right time...
Heh heh.