Like gullfoss said, I'm pretty shocked he wasn't able to go on LTIR and get his money if he was suffering from mental illness. I hope the guy didn't feel he needed to do it to avoid stigma as I've never seen an NHL player go on a stress leave publicly and wonder if he initiated not wanting to advertise what he was going through.
Maybe that wasn't the case but I'm continually amazed how our society treats mental illness as somehow less of an injury than a broken bone and how many folks feel that kind of shame.
Hope he's in a better place mentally soon.
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