Golden Knights get a major injury update on Robin Lehner
Vegas Golden Knights goaltender Robin Lehner had successful surgery on his injured shoulder on Wednesday.
Road to recovery now begins for the Golden Knights #1 netminder #VegasBorn @FOX5Vegas
Now the recovery process will begin. Lehner has three years remaining on his contract at $5 million cap hit per season, and has an 8-team no trade list. DeBoer's comments to the media toward the end of the season weren't too kind to Lehner, and that was before fans knew that the Golden Knights' starting goaltender was having surgery.
He did walk things back a bit, but it doesn't make things all that much better considering that Lehner was battling multiple injuries so it would be odd for the Golden Knights' head coach to not have a true read on the health of his starting goaltender.
"When I used the word healthy, they was the wrong word to use and that was on me." -DeBoer
Said the way he views it as a coach is that if you can play you are "healthy." He regrets using that term.
Added that he wouldn't have started Lehner is he thought he was compromised.� SinBin.vegas (@SinBinVegas) May 3, 2022
The 30-year-ld, native of Sweden finished with a 23-17-2 record. He finished the season with a .907 save percentage through 44 appearances, his lowest mark since the 2014-15 season when he was still with the Ottawa Senators. The two-time Jennings Trophy winner will also likely face a long rehab, though no timeline on his recovery has been released at this point.
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Will Robin Lehner be back with the Golden Knights | ||
| Yes, deserves to come back healthy | 31 | 17.2 % |
| No, there is a disconnect between coach and goalie | 149 | 82.8 % |
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