Flyers Jakub Voracek goes off on reporters for asking about his health

Jakub Voracek was held out of the Philadelphia Flyers practice on Saturday for undisclosed reasons. He returned on Sunday but appeared to be flustered when reporters asked him about his health.

Voracek revealed to reporters that he had been held out Saturday after a COVID-19 test came back inconclusive, meaning neither a positive or negative result. He's since been tested again and the result was negative. Asked how he felt, Voracek seemed to get somewhat annoyed with the question.

"I felt good, why do you ask? ...Holy f-k, you guys make it like I'm dying. ... Everything is fine," Voracek insisted.

"You have to protect the players' privacy. Not everyone needs to know..... The problem with this world today is everyone needs to know everything. There's nothing wrong with some privacy," Voracek added.

"It's our health. If you want to share it with someone, share it."

On a more relaxed note, Voracek was asked why he wasn't wearing a visor at training camp as he usually does. He explained the heat in the arena is really causing it to fog up and making it hard to play with. It will be interesting to see if this causes any issues during the games slated to take place in Edmonton and Toronto, which get underway on August 1st. There is currently a heat warning in effect for Toronto, with a high on Sunday of 34 degrees Celsius and a humidex of 41. That 93 and 106 degrees Fahrenheit for those in the U.S.

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