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Former NHL Player Georges Laraque on Having COVID-19: 'It's Insane'

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Georges Laraque, who was an NHL right winger who played for the Edmonton Oilers, Pittsburgh Penguins, Phoenix Coyotes and Montreal Canadiens, detailed his experience after he was diagnosed with COVID-19.

"Now I can't even get up without losing my breath. It's insane," he said, per the Associated Press (h/t ESPN).

He thanked everyone for their well wishes as part of a tweet Friday and revealed he will be living in a Montreal hospital "until my lungs clear":

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