We know what happened to him in 2019, when we was diagnosed with Ewing's sarcoma, a form of bone cancer. He battled it and won his fight. Obviously, when those kind of things happens to you, you want to be an inspiration for other people who are also suffering from diseases.
A Flyers fan, Darcy Horn, started her treatment for Ewing's sarcoma. She shares the same doctor as Lindblom, and the Flyers forward met her. He gave her a stick where he wrote "To Darcy, Stay Strong!".