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Robin Lehner To Undergo Season-Ending Shoulder Surgery

May 3, 2022 at 3:09 pm CDT | by Gavin Lee 19 Comments

May 3: Vegas Golden Knights general manager Kelly McCrimmon announced today that Lehner will undergo shoulder surgery tomorrow. There’s no established timeline for his return.

April 25: The original reports from Emily Kaplan of ESPN and Jesse Granger of The Athletic have proven true, finally. The Vegas Golden Knights today announced that Robin Lehner will indeed undergo season-ending shoulder surgery. The team released the following statement:

Robin has done his best to battle through this injury he sustained February 9, and we were hopeful that rest and rehab would allow him to complete the season.

He initially rehabbed and was able to return to play March 1. At times rest and rehab were effective, but ultimately Robin, in consultation with team medical staff, determined that this is the best course of action.

Kaplan tweets that Lehner told the Golden Knights last Thursday that he was going to get surgery, and that the team doctor agreed to that course of action on the weekend. The team had him serve as backup on Sunday because of, according to Kaplan’s sources, cap implications.

Vegas has recalled Jiri Patera from the Henderson Silver Knights.

Lehner, 30, had a 19-12-1 record and posted a .910 save percentage in the 33 games before February 9, when the team states he suffered the injury. In the 11 games since (including that game against the Calgary Flames), he went 4-5-1 with an .898. During that time he suffered another injury, this time believed to be a lower-body issue, which kept him out for an additional few weeks.

It’s been a nightmare season, and one that may end up not resulting in the Golden Knights going to the playoffs at all. The team could still technically qualify, though it will be difficult as the Dallas Stars remain three points ahead of them. Tomorrow night when the two teams go head to head could very well eliminate Vegas for the first time since their inception, and cause a ripple of negative effects on the organization.

Most notable is the first-round draft pick that the team gave up to acquire Jack Eichel earlier in the year. While it is top-10 protected for this year, if it were to transfer to 2023 it does not have any protection. Missing the playoffs again next season still doesn’t seem likely for a team with so much firepower, but as the front office continues to make huge salary cap commitments, there is some uncertainty over how long the Golden Knights can stay competitive.

For Lehner specifically, major surgery will certainly complicate his own future. The 30-year-old goaltender is signed through the 2024-25 season and carries a $5MM cap hit, but the Golden Knights have proven that they hold no loyalty to a player if he isn’t providing them with what they believe is the best on-ice performance. With a no-trade clause that can only block deals to eight teams, there isn’t a lot Lehner could do if the team was looking at another switch in goal.

On the season, he’ll finish 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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  1. Bucky76

    11 months ago

    What I thought he was okay I need to stop listening to that great coach Pete. I thought he was the next best thing in Vegas…And had a handle on his players…Do something right Vegas fire his a**….

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    • MacJablonski--NotVegasLegend

      11 months ago

      @Bucky76 – Maybe Coach Pete was hoping for the favorable second opinion of one Dr. Nikolas Van Helsing…

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  2. Gbear

    11 months ago

    That 3rd period collapse last night is still hard to fathom.

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  3. The Mistake of Giving Eugene Melnyk a Liver Transplant

    11 months ago

    I am starting to think that maybe they should have kept Fleury. Maybe, just maybe, Vegas isn’t as smart as they think they are.

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    • Bucky76

      11 months ago

      They should have kept a players coach named Gallant…not a lap dog in DeBoer…

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  4. fljay73

    11 months ago

    Oh please hockey gods I pray to you!
    Make sure Vegas gets to pick #11 if they do miss the playoffs!

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  5. M34

    11 months ago

    At least I’m not the only one who can’t stand DeBoer. Dude is a tool as far as I can tell.
    With the way they run this team, I can’t wait to see them collapse. Wouldn’t it just be fitting to see lottery day be the annual most exciting day for Vegas hockey?

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    • Bucky76

      11 months ago

      Knowing our luck they will move up in the draft in the top 3…

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    • fljay73

      11 months ago

      I think the new NHL draft rules prevent a team picking in the teens from getting the top pick.

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    • Johnny Z

      11 months ago

      Twelfth, too! Yah, you can not move up more than 10 spots. The Lafreniere rule!

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  6. Swiney50

    11 months ago

    Lehner, DeBoer, and a few others won’t be back next season.. they need to cut weight after these recent albatross contracts they hold w/Eichel & Pietrangelo… might be a stretch to even see Riley Smith return…

    look to the top Knight’s fans.., it’s your owner doing this to you.. he wants winning hockey for the money, not the culture as it’s typical for teams to hold on to players too long, (i.e.: Kane/Toews, Kopitar/Brown) rather than dump them off like a sack of pups just when the fans are most endeared to them…(Fleury/Reaves/Schmidt, Tuch)

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    • kingsfan1968

      11 months ago

      Kane and Kopitar are still top line players!

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  7. FearTheWilson

    11 months ago

    You put your Lehner in. You pull your Lehner out. You put your Lehner in. And he gets shaken all about.

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    • MacJablonski--NotVegasLegend

      11 months ago

      @FearTheWilson – That’s Hokey-Pokey hockey!

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  8. Nha Trang

    11 months ago

    Yeah, and if they try to move Lehner, who’s out there that will give them goaltending that decent at that price? $5 million’s about what any respectable starter will command.

    That being said, let’s not qualify it: after dumping their franchise face VEZINA WINNER, it’s not a matter of top performance or not — it’s that VGK isn’t going to be loyal to *anybody*, period. The only N.A. sports team that comes to mind that’s that callous is the New England Patriots, and Brother Bill can boast about the fistful of Superbowl rings to go along with his hatchet. You got to think this will start costing Vegas in the free agent market … who wants to think they’re just the piece-of-meat de jour?

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    • Cedric Lee

      11 months ago

      The rays are probably the least loyal team. They still hold that spot since they’ve done it for longer but Vegas about to overtake them.

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    • M34

      11 months ago

      Agreed. Who wants to sign with vegas knowing that if you break a fingernail you will end up on LTIR, waiting for someone else to get hurt so you can play.

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  9. kingsfan1968

    11 months ago

    The big mistake was signing Lehner when Fleury still had 2 years at $7.5 mil left! He wins the Vezina and gets traded for a bag of pucks because of no leverage!

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  10. uvmfiji

    11 months ago

    They need to operate 12 inches higher

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