Robin Lehner casually skated to the bench as Corey Crawford put his gear on, ready to take over early in the second period of the Blackhawks’ Nov. 30 game in Colorado. Lehner gave Crawford a tap on the butt with his stick, Crawford patted Lehner on the chest and offered a few encouraging words, and then Lehner stepped off the ice and started down the tunnel.



But first, he leaned to his right and gave a quick — and emphatic — message to his teammates, who were plenty culpable in the five goals Lehner had allowed.



Wake the fuck up! Wake up!



As fans and pundits clutched their pearls, the Blackhawks could only chuckle.



“Good,” said Jonathan Toews, who was just a few inches from Lehner during his outburst. “Sometimes you need to hear it once in a while. What I like most about him is he’s honest. He’s truthful. He wears his heart on his sleeve. On the bench, in the locker room, on the ice, he speaks his mind,...