Golden Knights Provide Raiders-Style Drama With Agreement To Pay Robin Lehner’s Final Year With Money Not Counting Against Salary Cap
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Story by Alan Snel Photos by J. Tyge O’Donnell
The Vegas Golden Knights will never exhibit the same level of drama as the Las Vegas Raiders.
The Raiders had a coach who resigned because of nasty private emails, a player imprisoned for killing an innocent woman in a horrific drunk driving crash and a cornerback dropped from the team for showing a gun in a social media post.
But the VGK will pay goalie Robin Lehner his final contract year of $4.4 million to finally wrap up a five-year agreement after he filed for bankruptcy amid the bizarre news that he bought a snake business more than five years ago.
The Lehner drama is right up there with the news swirling around Raiders star receiver Davante Adams, who is at the center of trade rumors after Raider coach Antonio Pierce’s “business decisions” comments after the Raiders played a miserable game in a loss to the Carolina Panthers.
Lehner last played for the Golden Knights in April 2022 before coping with hip surgery.
He has not played for the VGK since.
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The Colorado Avalanche were in Las Vegas tonight to play the VGK in the third of four preseason home games.
VGK goalie Ilya Samsonov was in net. He’s clearly the the backup to starter Adin Hill, who claimed the team’s number one slot with his performance in the 2023 Stanley Cup playoffs.
Vegas trailed Colorado, 2-1, after two periods with Jack Eichel scoring a power play goal late in the second period.
The Avs added a third goal in the final period and won their first preseason game, 3-1.
