On the very first day of training camp, before even one practice, the Islanders’ new goalie felt as if he had already made it through the most grueling part of the season. Robin Lehner shed the burdens he had been secretly carrying for years. He announced that he has bipolar disorder along with problems with addiction and he vowed to finally play a season while sober.
“It’s just my reality, my truth,” he said during media day Thursday at Northwell Health Ice Center. “A lot of things happened this summer and obviously I’m starting over in a new organization.