The fact that they signed Adin Hill to a new deal with a $4.9 million cap hit is very telling. The front office’s actions have told us more about their belief concerning Lehner’s status for the 2023-24 season than their words have. We’ll know more about that here with the benefit of a little bit of time.” Those will be conversations that our medical team has with Robin as we move forward. “(Lehner) had major surgeries,” McCrimmon said on June 16. The most recent updates from Kelly McCrimmon have been vague. The only real question mark in terms of health for this team remains Lehner. Logan Thompson was nearly fully rehabbed, almost reaching the point where he could’ve been an option to play, and is expected to be 100 percent for training camp. On June 16, Bruce Cassidy said he hadn’t heard of any players needing surgery following the Cup run. There were plenty of bumps and bruises incurred along the way to the title, but nothing serious. Outside of the unknown status of Lehner’s recovery from major surgery last summer, there shouldn’t be many injury concerns for the Golden Knights heading into training camp. (Some questions have been lightly edited for style.)Īre there any post-Cup-run injuries on the team that we should be concerned about? - Tim G. Here’s part one, covering everything from lingering injuries to Robin Lehner’s status, replacing Reilly Smith and improving the power play. It seems as good of a time as any to solicit questions from readers, and you responded with so many we decided to break the mailbag answers into two separate stories.

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