{"id":1300,"date":"2024-12-15T23:16:42","date_gmt":"2024-12-16T00:16:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/extraniceshirts.org\/?p=1300"},"modified":"2024-12-23T13:03:26","modified_gmt":"2024-12-23T13:03:26","slug":"lehner-opens-up-about-bankruptcy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/extraniceshirts.org\/index.php\/2024\/12\/15\/lehner-opens-up-about-bankruptcy\/","title":{"rendered":"Lehner Opens Up About Bankruptcy"},"content":{"rendered":"

In the last season he played as an NHL goaltender, 2021-22, with the Vegas Golden Knights, Robin Lehner was seemingly on top of the world<\/strong> \u2013 44 games started, 23 wins, 2.83 goals against average, and a .907 save percentage.<\/p>\n

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Vegas Golden Knight’s goaltender Robin Lehner opened up to the Las Vegas Review-Journal this past week about all the chatter around his financial difficulties. Images\/AP<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Five-Year, $25 Million Contract in 2020<\/h2>\n

He was a very good NHL goaltender, maybe not elite, but certainly good enough to backstop a contending team. In 2020 he had signed a five-year, $25 million contract extension with the Golden Knights. The Knights were up and coming, leading to their Stanley Cup win in 2023.<\/p>\n

But Lehner\u2019s career went off the rails.<\/strong> In 2018-19, he wrote in The Athletic<\/em> about his battle with bipolar disorder, post-traumatic stress disorder, and drug and alcohol addiction. He decided at that time to seek help. In 2019 he was awarded the NHL\u2019s Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy, given to a player who best exemplifies the qualities of perseverance, sportsmanship and dedication to hockey.<\/p>\n

Bankruptcy Filing<\/h2>\n

Lehner wasn\u2019t with the team when they hoisted the Cup in 2023, and this past September didn\u2019t show up for Golden Knights\u2019 training camp.<\/p>\n

Lehner and his wife filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy in 2022, according to reporting by the Las Vegas Review-Journal. Last September a federal bankruptcy court granted an injunction to freeze Lehner\u2019s assets<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Gambling and Luxury Lifestyle Expenses<\/h2>\n

In those documents, Aliya Growth Fund, a creditor, claimed they were worried they weren\u2019t going to get the $4.8 million owed to them because Lehner and his wife were transferring money from their bank accounts to non-creditors, including shell companies tied to Dubai, Review-Journal reporting said. Court filings have detailed claims that Lehner wasn’t responding to lawyers involved in the Chapter 7 bankruptcy protection.<\/p>\n

There were accounts of out-of-control spending, including allegations in the filing by a creditor about $1.5 million spent on vacations, gambling, and luxury items<\/a> in 2022 after the couple\u2019s bankruptcy filing.<\/p>\n

This week, Lehner spoke with the Review-Journal<\/a> about his bankruptcy, and allegations he had been incommunicado with the financial storm winds blowing.<\/p>\n

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I don\u2019t need sympathy or anything; screw that,\u201d he told the paper. \u201cBring up something that\u2019s 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\u2019t answer anyone.”<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n

No Cap Hit for Golden Knights<\/h2>\n

Lehner is reportedly in debt to creditors for $27.5 million, and told the Review-Journal he wasn’t sure his playing career was over.<\/p>\n

The National Hockey League Players’ Association and the NHL agreed in October that Lehner’s salary wouldn’t be counted against the Vegas Golden Knights’ salary cap.<\/p>\n

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