There was no such thing as an ideal outcome for the Islanders once Adam Pelech went on long-term injured reserve with an upper-body injury, but Mike Reilly becoming available on waivers might have been about as close as they could have reasonably gotten to one.
An NHL veteran of nine years, Reilly has played 341 games in the league and should help shore up the Islanders’ bottom pair as things are shuffled around to make up for the absences of Pelech and Sebastian Aho (upper body).
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