Robin Lehner is the first New York Islanders player to win the Masterton Trophy since Mark Fitzpatrick won it back in 1992. Lehner was the odds on favorite to win the award and for good reason.
Just before the season started he went public with his mental health struggles and diagnosis (bipolar with PTSD and ADHD with trauma). It was an incredibly honest account of his life leading up to joining the Islanders.
No one knew what to expect from Lehner. Signing a single year $1.5 million deal in free agency, the expectation wasn’t that he’d light the league on fire.