EL SEGUNDO, Calif. — Dustin Brown won’t be forgetting Christmas Day anytime soon.



If ever.



Eight days ago, Brown spent Christmas in a Torrance hospital “feeling the worst” he had ever felt while doctors ran tests attempting to find out what was wrong.



Finally, it was discovered he had pneumonia. Brown said he had it once before when he was a child but couldn’t recall many of the details, saying he was “really really young.”



“I told my wife, I’ll never complain about getting the flu again,” Brown told The Athletic on Thursday. “When I get the flu, I feel really shitty. Like everyone does. But this was like, man, having the flu was like having a common cold.”



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Brown, who last played on Dec. 23, talked after his first practice on the ice since suffering the illness. He wore a red jersey signifying non-contact,...