NHL goalie Robin Lehner has concerned former teammates with a series of posts on X, in which the 33-year-old has referred to his brain as ‘broken’ and expressed suicidal ideation.
Lehner, who spent the 2018-19 season with the Islanders and produced arguably the best season of his career there, has been open in the past about his struggles with bipolar disorder.
And he has gravely worried fans and ex-teammates with his recent social media activity.
On December 13, he wrote: ‘Never had silence and my brain is now fully broken that there is no return. The chaos never stop and the fantasy and delusions that I prayed was a nightmare was unfortunately the reality.’
He later added that he couldn’t be with his family for Christmas and denied that he was experiencing mental issues.
‘Everyone in comments saying I’m having a mental attack,’ the Vegas Golden Knights goaltender said. ‘Please save those comments when truth is out. Vegas helped me dig down stories and lawsuits during seasons. Man I hate my self more than anyone. F*** all of you that think this is fantasy and if it is be happy with that it is. Unfortunately it isn’t. I only have my kids to think about now.
Vegas Golden Knights goaltender Robin Lehner has concerned his ex-Islanders teammates
Lehner played for the Islanders during the 2018-19 season and enjoyed arguably the best year of his career there
In the wake of those comments, several of Lehner’s ex-Islanders teammates expressed their concerns to the New York Post.
‘We had such a great time with Robin when he was here on the Island,’ Anders Lee told The Post. ‘Especially here for us and for him. Hope nothing but the best for him and his family. You can kinda decipher that they’re going through a tough time. Just want to be thoughtful about them. You just want to hear that he’s doing all right.’
Matt Martin also called him ‘a great teammate’ and wished him well.
‘It’s difficult to see a guy you played with and care about go through what he’s going through. And we hope he’s OK.’
While Lehner is under contract with the Golden Knights, he hasn’t played since the 2021-22 season.
He failed to report to a physical in order to remain on ‘long-term injury reserve’, an agreement was struck between the NHL and the NHLPA allowed Vegas to pay Lehner his season’s salary without it counting against the salary cap.
Lehner – who is also going through a bankruptcy case – has accused the Golden Knights of mistreating him, and also shared an alleged list of the medications he was made to take while in the NFL.
He also claimed he has been extorted.
The Islanders’ Anders Lee has expressed his concern for former teammate Lehner
Lehner, who is 33 years old, has been open about his struggles with bipolar disorder
Meanwhile, he implied that Islanders president Lou Lamoriello had reached out to help him and said his time there gave him a ‘year of happiness in the nightmare that is my life.’
‘There has been one hand that reached out to really help me and try to get me out of this. From the one organization that gave my family some hope and a new start,’ he wrote.
‘We all know who this man is and he is the same one that didn’t judge me and met me after all other teams just took me in saying bad s*** and guts to judge me after Buffalo told everyone I was in rehab without my consent. But me and this beautiful man met for breakfast and talked about family.’
Previously, the Swedish goaltender pushed back on claims that he was unreachable and expressed his frustration over his prolonged return to the ice as well as a Chapter 7 bankruptcy battle.
‘I don’t need sympathy or anything; screw that,’ he said during an exclusive phone interview with the Las Vegas Review-Journal.
‘Bring up something that’s true and I can take it like a man. But everything is fake. No one has any idea what has happened to my family and my life after a lot of these things, and a lot of, obviously, people will see in the future what actually happened.’
‘But this is portraying me like I go AWOL and don’t answer anyone,’ said Lehner, who did not tell the paper where he was living – but said that he is still in contact with family and loved ones.
Last year, he filed for bankruptcy with liabilities of up to $50million, with his problems stemming from a $1.2million purchase of exotic snakes that went badly wrong.
For support call Samaritans on 116123 in the UK or visit www.samaritans.org or www.thecalmzone.net/get-support, or call the Suicide & Crisis Lifeline on 988 in the US.
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