Bettman speaks on Lehner's allegations

This past weekend, Vegas Golden Knights goaltender caused quite the stir on Twitter after he put out a bunch of tweets that accused many teams of giving out Benzodiazepines and Ambien to employees when they travel.

This quickly blew up in the hockey community, and shortly afterward it was confirmed that the league reached out to Lehner to try and set up an interview in regards to his allegations. On Monday, league commissioner Gary Bettman joined The Jeff Marek Show to comment on the situation.

«We take his comments seriously and we'd like in short order to be in a conversation with him so we can hear his concerns directly and we're going to follow up to see what merit there may be to his concerns,» Bettman said. «You don't have to tweet to get our attention. We have an 800 number people can call. You can call us directly, we're an open book. But if he has concerns we want to hear them and see how they need to be addressed.»

It is very rare for a current player to call out the NHL and NHLPA the way Lehner did, but you have to give him credit. He has shown over the years he isn't afraid to say what's on his mind, and isn't shy to speak up on what is right. Expect to hear more on this situation in the coming days and weeks.

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