Robin Lehner wants star players to make a change
Robin Lehner wants elite NHL players to help him make improvements.
«I just want more players to, whatever it is, take a stand. Because we, as players, we can bring change as much as anyone else,» the goalie said Tuesday night when asked if he feels he's carrying the weight of player advocacy.
«Again, it's difficult for me and I wish more people (step) up and fight, because it's for hopefully my kids, a lot of players' kids, we want them to succeed and play in this league. We want hockey and the NHL to be as good as possible.»
«I'm not finger-pointing at anyone. I just want the new generation of players to have the safety around them to get help if they have an issue, whatever it might be, and, obviously, hopefully nothing like this ever happens again.
«I try to explain to people that fringe players - the third-liners, fourth-liners, guys that go up and down - it's been very different treatment in my experience through my, I think it's my 12th season now, what I've seen and what, say, star players get,»
«But sometimes it's unfair to put on the star players too, that they don't speak up enough, because to be quite honest, from what I've seen, they don't see a lot of the things that need to change. They get different treatment. I encourage everyone to talk to each other and have conversations. If we talk about culture or whatever, it needs to come from the players, honestly. Everyone needs to talk about it.»
Robin Lehner is a legend!
