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– I feel very good in the Vegas Golden Knights and I want to stay here, Lehner told SportExpressen during a conversation two weeks ago when negotiations were on their way to the final stage.
Frank Seravalli of The Sports Network (TSN) was the first to announce Lehner’s new contract.
After the success in Las Vegas since the club hired Robin Lehner on the February 24 deadline, he has openly stated that he wanted to stay in Las Vegas.
And that after moving around frequently in recent years, he wanted stability for himself and his family in the form of a multi-year contract.
Five years
The negotiations were already underway during the time of the Golden Knights in the bubble in Edmonton in August and September and now it is ready.
Robin can breathe a sigh of relief, the contract is for more than five years and it gives him a good salary given the difficult new conditions that apply in the NHL with the tight budget situation of the teams after the crown crisis.
Lehner could have waited and been tested by the open market next week when he became an “unrestricted free agent.”
But he wanted to stay at the Golden Knights, where coach Peter DeBoer gave him great confidence and Lehner competed with Marc-Andre Fleury as the club’s first goalkeeper.
The salary will be the same as it had during the 2019-20 season, five million dollars,
He signed a one-year contract with the Chicago Blackhawks in the summer of 2019 after a successful season with the New York Islanders.
Lehner began his NHL career with the Ottawa Senators in the 2010-11 season and also spent three seasons with the Buffalo Sabers before joining the New York Islanders.
