There's a lot about the Andersson situation that's murky, because things were coming out in cryptic interviews given by him to Swedish media figures as well as from his dad and his agent. I mean his agent came right out and said Lias didn't suffer from depression or mental health issues at all, which really IIRC was only something that our fans inferred from some unclear comments Lias had made. From the interview he gave where he talked about staying up all night waiting for the Swedes to get on Xbox and missing home or whatever it was.
And, as stated, he obviously wasn't happy with how the rehabilitation was handled, but it was also pretty clear that the Rangers didn't just neglect the situation and instead wanted to handle it differently than Lias himself.
All that is to say, there was a lot of bullshit going on with him, around him. Whether you think it was primarily perpetrated by him or not, I guess that's up to each person and the narrative they want to believe. I personally was highly critical of the Rangers at the outset of this fiasco, but it became more and more clear to me that the "blame" lay primarily with the player, here. I take it all the way back to when I argued until I was blue in the face that the medal throw situation was actually a sign of him being a fierce competitor, and not just a sign of immaturity. The kid had me fooled.
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