{"id":85440,"date":"2020-10-03T10:47:33","date_gmt":"2020-10-03T14:47:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/?p=85440"},"modified":"2020-10-03T16:58:59","modified_gmt":"2020-10-03T20:58:59","slug":"report-vegas-golden-knights-extend-robin-lehner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2020\/10\/03\/report-vegas-golden-knights-extend-robin-lehner\/","title":{"rendered":"Vegas Golden Knights Extend Robin Lehner"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/category\/vegas-golden-knights\/\" target=\"_self\">Vegas Golden Knights<\/a> have announced that they have extended goaltender <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/l\/lehnero01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Robin Lehner<\/a><\/strong> to a five- year deal worth $25 million, Frank Seravalli is reporting. Lehner was acquired by the Golden Knights at the trade deadline from the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/category\/blackhawks\/\" target=\"_self\">Chicago Blackhawks<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Goaltender Robin Lehner has put pen to paper and signed a 5-year, $25 million extension to stay with the Vegas <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GoldenKnights?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@GoldenKnights<\/a>. Announcement expected later today.<\/p>\n<p>Lehner was No. 5 on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/TSNHockey?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#TSNHockey<\/a>\u2019s Top 75 free agents list. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/FreeAgentFrenzy?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#FreeAgentFrenzy<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Frank Seravalli (@frank_seravalli) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/frank_seravalli\/status\/1312399598955233280?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">October 3, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>Robin Lehner Signs Long-Term in Vegas<\/h2>\n<p>When Robin Lehner was acquired by the Golden Knights it was thought to be just as insurance for <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/f\/fleurma01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Marc-Andre Fleury<\/a><\/strong>. However, Lehner took over the starting job heading in the Stanley Cup Playoffs and never looked back.<\/p>\n<p>During his postseason run, Lehner posted a record of 9-7. He had a goals-against-average of 1.99 and a save percentage of .917.<\/p>\n<p>During the regular season, Lehner appeared in 36 appearances between the Blackhawks and the Golden Knights posting a record of 19-10-5, with a goals-against-average of 2.89 and a save percentage of .920. He also recorded a shutout.<\/p>\n<p>Over his career, Lehner has a record of 116-120-45. He has a goals-against-average of 2.72 and a save percentage of .918 to go along with 15 shutouts.<\/p>\n<p>Lehner was originally drafted in the second round, 46th overall by the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/category\/senators\/\" target=\"_self\">Ottawa Senators<\/a> in the 2009 NHL Entry Draft.<\/p>\n<h3>Vegas Moving Forward with Lehner<\/h3>\n<p>With Vegas locking up Lehner to a long-term deal, that certainly spells the end of Marc-Andre Fleury&#8217;s time in Vegas. Fleury is entering year two of a three-year deal he signed in 2018. His deal carries a massive cap hit of $7 million which might be hard for the Golden Knights to move.<\/p>\n<p>Deciding to go with Lehner moving forward was the right move for the Golden Knights. The 29-year-old netminder rejuvenated his career after battling with addiction in 2018. Since then, Lehner has been one of the best goaltenders in the league. He signed a one year deal with the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/category\/islanders\/\" target=\"_self\">New York Islanders<\/a> where he posted a 25-13-5 record with a goals-against-average of 2.13 and a save percentage of .930. His play earned him a one year deal with the Blackhawks where despite a poor goals-against average of over three, he still managed a .918 save percentage and a 16-10-5 record.<\/p>\n<p>His play with both the Islanders and Blackhawks is why the Golden Knights decided to make a move for him. With Fleury ageing, the Golden Knights knew they needed to have a backup plan especially moving towards the playoffs and Fleury not having the best year. Now, they have a new starting netminder and will continue to be one of the most dangerous teams in the NHL for the foreseeable future.<\/p>\n<p>Main Photo:<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"An1UA3A7SuhIoK4-IaPPYQ\" class=\"gie-single\" style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.ca\/detail\/1267068951\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'An1UA3A7SuhIoK4-IaPPYQ',sig:'TYW32O7xFkT4PqRYXxxrG688oL0D8BlNJkdrEn_AfYU=',w:'594px',h:'399px',items:'1267068951',caption: true ,tld:'ca',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Vegas Golden Knights have announced that they have extended goaltender Robin Lehner to a five- year deal worth $25 million, Frank Seravalli is reporting. Lehner was acquired by the Golden Knights at the trade deadline from the Chicago Blackhawks. Goaltender Robin Lehner has put pen to paper and signed a 5-year, $25 million extension [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2506,"featured_media":85451,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4547,34,4548,807],"tags":[37,557,38,1269,961],"class_list":["post-85440","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-hockey","category-news","category-nhl","category-vegas-golden-knights","tag-hockey","tag-marc-andre-fleury","tag-nhl","tag-robin-lehner","tag-vegas-golden-knights"],"modified_by":"Jim Biringer","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85440","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2506"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=85440"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85440\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/85451"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=85440"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=85440"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=85440"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}