Ten years ago, Paul Ranger was a legitimate top-4 defencemen with the Tampa Bay Lightning. Then, when he was 25 years old, he left the team at the beginning of the 2009-10 season for personal reasons and nobody knew why. In 2012 he signed a minor-league deal with the Marlies and had a successful return to professional hockey despite taking 3 seasons off. He played 53 games with the Leafs the season after that in his return to the NHL. After one more season in hockey in Switzerland he finally ended his hockey playing career.
Still, he never spoke about his reasons for leaving the hockey world in 2009. Last week it was revealed that he was battling with depression during that time. And with today being Bell Let's Talk day TSN released this piece where Darren Dreger sits down with Paul to discuss what he went through:
https://www.tsn.ca/nhl/video/tsn-original-the-mystery-of-paul-ranger~1315254
Still, he never spoke about his reasons for leaving the hockey world in 2009. Last week it was revealed that he was battling with depression during that time. And with today being Bell Let's Talk day TSN released this piece where Darren Dreger sits down with Paul to discuss what he went through:
https://www.tsn.ca/nhl/video/tsn-original-the-mystery-of-paul-ranger~1315254