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“Life is not easy and it took me a long time to get here. I have a five-year-old son who has my five different jerseys. He changed schools, friends … We live hockey players with benefits, but you also want to give your family some security, “he wrote. Lehner on the weekend on twitter.
The 29-year-old Swedish goalkeeper couldn’t give much. In the NHL, he has replaced Ottawa, Buffalo, the New York Islanders, Chicago and finally Vegas in the last six seasons.
On his way to the west coast of the United States, he experienced so much that you just shake your head.
Can’t put in to words how happy me and my family are to finally find a home. Especially in a fantastic place like las Vegas with this great team and organization. It’s been a long road to get here for me and I could not be any happier. Life is at times not easy and
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In 2018, his bipolar disorder culminated, a treacherous disease in which he alternated phases of enthusiasm with depression, which he also accompanied by a pile of sleeping pills and drinking beer.
From hell to prominence. The Swede was thinking of death, now reigning for NHL goalkeepers |
“I had only two options. “To board a plane to Arizona for treatment, or to end everything for good,” he later recalled. “For me, the battles on the ice were a titre compared to the fight in my brain.”
Doctors also diagnosed him with ADHD, and he himself is not afraid to admit that he also suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder.
That’s when he boarded the plane, and he’s been treated ever since.
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And today he says: “I want to show everyone that even if you struggle with something, it works. Yes, I suffer from bipolar disorder, anxiety. But it does not matter! Yes, I take pills. But it does not matter! And it doesn’t matter that I go to a psychiatrist. You always work on yourself as best you can. People may look at you differently, but I fought terribly for that. It gives me hope for the future. Thank you!”
It was after his engagement in Buffalo in 2018 that he began to put together not only his head but also his career.
He signed up for the NY Islanders, led the team to the playoffs and, with 93% success, ranked among the narrowest players in the league.
Chicago reached for him last season before sending him – by loop through Toronto – to fateful Vegas.
Apparently he was originally supposed to be just a quality replacement for star Marc-Andre Fleury, but the management of the Golden Knights believed him so much that Lehner caught fifteen of the nineteen playoff games from the beginning.
He was also unaffected by the play of Fleury’s agent, Allan Walsh, who posted a photo of Fleury’s sword with his sword in his back. With a sword engraved on the name of coach Peter DeBoer.
“The agent wanted to stand up for him. In the playoffs, these things are dealt with twice as much in the media, but it was a team matter. Fleury apologized for the agent and we didn’t deal with it anymore. It was rather funny, but it also shows that they don’t even count on Fleury anymore, ” recently told Nosek for iDNES.cz.
His words were confirmed, Vegas makes it clear to Lehner who he trusts in the future with a new contract, although the management obligatorily says that he will like to keep Fleury as well.
But Lehner takes five million a year, Fleury even seven for the next two years, which is too expensive a pair to believe.
“As an organization, we felt it was in our best interest to insure Robin,” says general manager Kelly McCrimmon. “When we ask who our next goalkeeper will be, he comes out.”
“We have a great relationship with Robin. But I also don’t think I want to be just a substitute. What happens will happen, “Fleury replied.
You feel that the Vegas goal area belongs to a new man. Lehner. The guy who struggled with alcoholism is bravely fighting for fame on the ice and mental problems.
For that, the league awarded him the Bill Masterton trophy a year ago – for his devotion to hockey.
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