Robin Lehner revived his career this past season with the New York Islanders and helped them back to the playoffs.
He goaltending got through the first sweep of the Pittsburgh Penguins.
Lehner has also been able to turn his personal side around leaving the Buffalo Sabres and signing with the Islanders. 
After a one-year stint with the Isles, Lehner is moving on again, this time tot the Chicago Blackhawks.
In Chicago he will have to continue settle his issues off the ice and battle for a position in the net with Corey Crawford.
Crawford has had concussion issues for the past two years and has missed 80 games in those two campaigns. Depth in goal would provide the Hawks with a bit more confidence in the defensive zone.
“We have two high-end goaltenders, we’ve improved our defense, and we’ve made changes up front. So we’re a different team,” Chicago general manager Stan Bowman said. “I’m very optimistic for where we’re headed.”
Lehner struggled in Buffalo with a team in front of him that offered little offensive support and a porous defense.
With the Isles, Lehner, 27, posted a record of 25-13-5 with a 2.13 goals-against average, .930 save percentage; he added six shutouts to the scoresheet.
After winning the he won the William M. Jennings Trophy for fewest goals allowed in the season (shared with Thomas Greiss), Lehner signed a one-year deal worth $5 million with the Blackhawks.
In other moves, the Vancouver Canucks inked Micheal Ferland to a four-year contract worth $3.5 million annually.
Ferland had 40 points on 17 goals for the Carolina Hurricanes and was an unrestricted free agent heading to the off season.
“They (Vancouver) have a great, young and up-and-coming team, they have great young players with [Elias] Pettersson, [Brock] Boeser and Bo Horvat,” Ferland said. “For my style, I think that’s a team that I can fit in quite nicely. It’s a young team still.”
Ferland helped the Canes get through to the Eastern Conference Final before bowing out to the Boston Bruins. In Vancouver, he will need to find a spot among the Canucks’ young talent on the forward lines.
“I would like to play in the top six,” Ferland said. “I had a good meeting with (general manager Jim) Benning and (coach) Travis Green and I’d like to play in the top six, but if I am playing in the top nine I think I can be effective on the third line also. Meeting with Benning, he told me I would have a lot of opportunity here playing with Pettersson, Boeser and the skilled guys they have, and they need a bigger guy on their line that can give them some space, and be able to play with them, so when I sat down and talked with my wife, I figured this would be the best opportunity to grow and play with those type of guys.”
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