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Robin Lehner Will Miss Entire 2022-23 NHL Season Following Hip Surgery

Trey Daubert / NHL / August 11, 2022

Robin Lehner Will Miss Entire 2022-23 NHL Season Following Hip Surgery

Welcome to the Logan Thompson show. This was always going to be the case but it’s really official this time. Robin Lehner is set to miss the entire 2022-23 season following hip surgery. Lehner’s season is over before it ever began.

The team has already reported the news.

NEWS: Robin Lehner is expected to miss the entire 2022-23 NHL season after it was determined that he will require hip surgery. An exact timeline of his recovery is to be determined. #VegasBorn
— Vegas Golden Knights (@GoldenKnights) August 11, 2022

Lehner, 31, is a very good goalie when healthy. That has not been the case for a year and a half. The advanced metrics were kind to Lehner and maybe the declining team defense had something to do with it. However, Lehner wasn’t healthy last year and everybody knew it. Vegas picked the wrong guy. Marc-Andre Fleury should still be with the club.

Robin Lehner, out for the 2022-23 season due to hip surgery, has been one of the better goalies in the NHL in the past three seasons. Advanced metrics suggest he's unfairly gotten a bad rap lately due to the decline of Vegas' team defence. #VegasBorn pic.twitter.com/LXrivAMGKQ
— JFresh (@JFreshHockey) August 11, 2022

With Lehner out for the season, his money will go on LTIR allowing Vegas to make more moves. That’s the good news in all of this. A new contract for Nic Hague still needs to be taken care of. There are still free agents available on the open market. Sonny Milano and Paul Stastny are two names that immediately come to mind as potential additions. Lehner’s $5 million AAV will go to LTIR along with the Shea Weber money.

This is the Logan Thompson show until further notice. He played well last year in his stint with the Knights. Outperformed Lehner too. Laurent Brossoit will likely be the back up although Jiri Patera is likely the better play. Just needs more seasoning. Michael Hutchinson is the only other goalie on the roster of note.

Logan Thompson Has Earned The Golden Knights Starting Goalie Job

The biggest thing is Butch Cassidy was brought in to fix this team defense. His track record in Boston speaks for itself. Thompson will be just fine in net. With Lehner out for the season, he’s probably saved five years off my life. I no longer have to watch him fall in while he lets in cookie goals. Could be a blessing in disguise for a Knights team that needed more financial flexibility.

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