During the past week, players after players have gone out and testified about coaches who have been harassed and abused. These "horror experiences" have, among other things, cost Calgary's Bill Peters and Chicago's assistant coach Marc Crawford the job. The former was mainly accused of making racist allegations against former SHL player Akim Aliu in 2009 when he played in the AHL farmer league.

Several former Swedish NHL professionals also recognize themselves in these stories.

One who, however, takes part for the forced coaches is Chicago goalkeeper Robin Lehner. The Swede believes that everyone deserves a second chance.

- I think this whole trainer thing is ridiculous right now. My opinion is that it is only about education in mental health. That's the whole answer and the whole question. But nobody sees it that way, he tells The Athletic site.

Lehner believes that he probably would not have played in the world's best league today if he had not been given a second chance. Two years ago, the 28-year-old said he underwent a rehabilitation program in the summer of 2017 after suffering from an addiction that led to depression and suicidal thoughts during the spring.

- I got a second chance. I was lucky enough to get it. But if we are not going to give people a second chance, I might as well quit today. And ten teammates with me. We are not perfect. But I got a second chance and think everyone deserves it.

Lehner agrees that there is a limit to racism and physical abuse, but also believes that there has never been a limit to verbal abuse.

- 95 percent of this type of trainer are not evil people. Maybe that's five percent. But these people are not. They are not evil. They don't want to fuck with people. But we judge something that a man has done many, many years ago through today's social glasses, which is highly immoral. What happened maybe 15-20 years ago was the norm then. That kind of people did what they thought was the best way to get results. In general, I think that hockey and even sports are largely derived from the military. How to prepare to go into battle and what they (the coaches) there and then thought was the best way to prepare someone to become stronger or to cope with pressure.

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