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NEW YORK. Now Robin Lehner knows where he will be for the next five years and can finally plan his life as an ordinary person.
That’s why he’s rejoicing in the new five-year deal with the Vegas Golden Knights.
– I’m bipolar and one of the most important details for those who happen to be is stability, so it feels very good that way. That I get here and be able to sign this contract after everything I’ve been through feels like a step forward in the way we view mental illness, the 29-year-old from Gothenburg tells Sportbladet.
Yes, on Saturday the rumor that started already during the pandemic playoffs was confirmed:
The Vegas Golden Knights and Robin Lehner agreed to a contract extension, and it is clear that the acclaimed goalkeeper has won a royal jackpot in the neon light in the Nevada desert:
He will earn $ 5 million per season for five years, which means a total of 220 million crowns.
“Now we in the family can plan”
But after a few years when he only had a one-year contract and had to move a few times in the short term, for example, it’s mostly the length of the contract that Robin likes, it turns out when we contacted him in Las Vegas.
– Yes, it feels great. It’s been some difficult years, on many levels, but now I know where I and the family will be in the next few years, we can plan and relax a bit. It is important to my wife and children and to me, she says.
– I am bipolar and one of the most important details for those who happen to be bipolar is stability. I get it now and focus on sinking into the role of the Golden Knights goalie.
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The 29-year-old from Gothenburg, who in a high-profile post on The Athletic before last season said he received care for drug addiction and mental health problems, sees his contract as a victory for all those suffering from mental illness.
– The way the world sees people with such problems is a subject in which I get very involved and that after these ten turbulent years that I have come here is definitely a step forward, he continues.
– There are so many in the NHL who suffer in silence, who have ADHD and anxiety and depression but are afraid to ask for help. But it’s only by doing it and being open that you can improve and that I can get this contract, despite everything that is known about me, it shows that it is possible to get help and continue with a professional career, as long as you work hard. . Because I have, I have really fought for this.
“A winning culture already strong”
Robin is also happy to have ended up in Las Vegas, a club with declared ambitions to win the Stanley Cup in the next few years.
– Yes, it is a very good organization and a good group that has already developed a strong winning culture, he explains.
– I think it’s important to play for a team that doesn’t think it’s okay to lose. The best there is for a hockey player is to win the Stanley Cup and that is what we are trying to do here.
Robin has taken no part in the speculation that he may get Henrik Lundqvist himself as “backup” if the Knights get rid of Marc-Andre Fleury, and therefore does not want to comment on them specifically.
– What I can say is that it was very emotional the other day, when the Rangers bought him and he wrote what he wrote on social media, he says.
– “Henke” has been an amazing deal to me, in so many different ways, and I really hope it ends up somewhere where it thrives and finally wins the Stanley Cup.
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