Robin Lehner had a remarkable season with the Islanders, but indications are that it will be the only one he plays with the team.



The Masterton and Jennings Trophy winner and the Isles are far enough apart on a contract that a league source said Lehner will almost certainly play elsewhere next season. The 27-year-old goalie turned his life around last spring and summer, finally getting a proper diagnosis of bipolar disorder and receiving treatment for substance abuse. Upon the start of training camp and having signed a one-year, $1.5 million contract with the Isles, one of the few teams that had interest, he wrote the story of his recovery on this site and immediately became a role model for people, athletes and non-athletes alike, who struggle with mental illness.



Then Lehner turned in a season for the ages in Islander history along with Thomas Greiss, the first Isles goalies to take home the Jennings Trophy for fewest goals allowed since Billy Smith and Roland...