Prior to leaving the Sabres and joining the Isles, he got help. https://theathletic.com/522117/2018/09/13/islanders-goalie-robin-lehner-opens-up-about-his-addiction-and-bipolar-diagnosis-i-could-not-stand-being-alone-in-my-brain/
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45 Comments
Thanks for opening up Shanny about your personal battles as well. Never easy to talk about it publicly. I am really pulling for Lehner to do well this year. It is never very easy living with depression. The wife lost someone very close to her last year due to depression. So the subject hits me close to home so to speak. I got a lot of respect for you Shanny and for all that you do ! Thanks again for the awesome clips, keep it up!
Steve mason. Personality problem
I hope he pulls through in a personal manner and professional. Level.
Having a disorder when you are a important role in sports is extremely difficult and I give mad probs for lehner for standing in the nhl, let alone hockey
The temper is actually part of Bipolar. One of my ex's had it. When she wasn't on her medication, she was completely random from one moment to the next.
I'm proud that he's an Islander now.
I would hope Lehner gets better with time. He will have some bad days, but hopefully he has more good than bad.
God, this makes me so sad, but I'm glad he's improving. He was one of my favorite goalies last year and I hope he has a great season with one of my favorite teams
I never really liked Lehner, until today, incredibly brave to step up and talk so openly about his problems and seek help. When i get nhl19 im gonna get that boy a cup.
Can’t help but cheer on people like this. And I’m glad everything is better Shannon keep it going
I hope he does great in NY. From a Buffalo fan I am rooting for him. I think a change of scenery will set him for huge success
Other than being a hothead sometimes he's not that bad of a goalie. He just has to get his emotions under control. Hopefully him opening up about it and accepting his issues he can work on them and move on with his career. I've gone through mental illness and severe addiction so I have a soft spot for people who are going through it (when they want to help themselves)
There is a correlation between taking drugs, whether they're legal ( pharmaceutical ) or illegal / recreational, and having mental issues. There's NOTHING recreational and healthy in taking ANY drug. Please STAY AWAY from all drugs. They FUCK people up. I speak from a rock-solid background. If you're weak and have addictions, seek help asap from your Creator; not from anyone that will offer you any drug. Drugs don't solve problems, they create them. I know that there's stubborn people out there and that there's people in denial and both of them will laugh at or ignore my advise. You have been warning. If you need help, you can reach out to me.
I always liked Lehner. I was hoping Detroit would sign him. Maybe they will down the road
Thank you so much for making this video and reporting about this.
I have a lot to be grateful for, and staying with family for a little while here on the Atlantic coast has reminded me of that, but my mind will still play tricks on me from time to time and try to convince me otherwise if I'm not careful.
Sometimes I don't get to them right away if I don't feel I'm in as good a position to watch, but it doesn't mean I appreciate them any less when I finally do.
Courageous decision by The Hockey Guy to open up about his own demons and past. Courageous decision by Lehner to make his inner struggles public.
THG, thanks for sharing all the things you do with your fans. You're awesome to listen to, a real down-to-earth guy.
And suddenly in less than 24 hours, Lehner went from being one of my least to one of my favorite goalies right now. This explains so much. It's a shame so many of us myself included can only see what's on the surface.
Nice job bud!
I have depression and anxiety issues and I hate how people walk around making fun of others for no reason. Like grow the fuck up people. I see kids doing this all the time because of shit parents who can’t raise a fucking kid
This just shows, we’re all human. It’s easy to forget that when watching sports but this just shows it. I hope he gets better, he is brave to open up about this!
You just made like 90% of sabres fans feel bad in like all of a minute……
Thank you for covering this. I suffer from ADHD and similar issues to Robin Lehner as well. I definitely hope that this starts a larger conversation about mental illness, because it's difficult to suffer like he did.
@The Hockey Guy can i request a video on what the hell is going on with Corey Crawford? I have no idea what this situation is, it fits a bizarre pattern. I am hearing everything from vertigo to needing to go to rehab. To his career being over with no explanation given. As a Hawks fan i'm just wondering if he is not only not playing this season but if hes done for good.
What I don't quite understand, why did that GM meet with Robin in the first place? Just brought him in to berate and insult the guy, clearly the GM didn't have any interest.
Some of the best goalies had insane temper so that doesn't really have to be a bad thing. I think it's actually rather common personality trait for people in that position 😛
Sad but true athletes are nothing more then living tools to a sports organization. Not much different from a race horse, gray hound etc. Owners only value and take care of you when your useful, the minute your not our trash to be bartered or cast aside.
Sickening really. An athlete is a human being that needs to be treated accordingly.
Sadly being a father of 3 kids with special needs the world needs better education of mental illness. Society as a whole is still very intolerant of people suffering from bi polar, depression, anxiety, autism, downs, the list goes on.
I like that he opened up about his struggles. Too often people assume just because someone is an athlete that they can’t be open about their emotions or mental health.
I Respect this. I never liked him cause he was always mad but this explains why. I got mad respect for him for coming out with his struggles
As a person diagnosed with ADHD at a young age. I gotta say the drugs messed (for better use of more appropriate words) me up worse then the mental illness. And yeah I’ve gotten the get over it many times before. It’s not easy
We'll covered and thank you about being so open about your past Shannon.
Cant really blame him. I would do drugs too because playing in buffalo.
Islanders will prove the whole ledge wrong LGI
Mvp
Great video man. Or should I say guy lol. Don’t want to blame the media, but it can be ruthless, even outside of Montreal. The fact that he said he didn’t feel comfortable going to the hospitals in buffalo is so understandable b/c that shit would be front page. Hope he does well in the city and I hope the nhl expands there support services after this story comes out.
Hope he gets his life and career back on track.
Great video!
Honestly everyone was trashing lehner before this got out. Some people are just fake asf
I was hoping Buffalo would give him another shot, but I understood that they didn't want to match his contract . Hope he does well for NYI. I wonder who in Buffalo was putting him down like that. Doesnt sound like Housley or Botterill
The liberal hockey league lmfao
Very good video, great insight, and nothing but the best Robyn Lehner!
He’s so underrated his goalie skills is amazing and makes awesome saves not always his fault he has more losses then wins
The Islanders have with Linus Söderstrom another Goalie in the Organisation with ADHD and Autism. Well known about that he drafted him from Sweden.
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This is secretly the best video on the channel.