Claimed off Waivers: [NYI] Islanders claim D Mike Reilly off waivers from the Panthers

[MMC]

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[Taswell]

Desperate times, desperate measures.

 

[violaswallet]

Good for islanders, good for panthers, good for Reilley. Win-win-win

 

[TotalHomer]

My condolences to NYI fans

 

[PWJunior]

With Pelech going on LTIR and Aho hurt as well last night, this move needed to happen.

 

[SI90]

We have no choice. Just lost Pelech with likely a broken wrist. Isles are weak on the left side with really only Romanov. Reilly is a vet LHD that’s likely better than anyone we have in the AHL unfortunately.

Makes sense

 

[Kevin27NYI]

My condolences to NYI fans

Just lost two dmen, is what it is

 

[cska78]

as a waver pickup he is not bad at all. You can't count on him to run your PP or defend but as a 6/7 he is just fine with a good game here and there.

 

[scholl]

Good for islanders, good for panthers, good for Reilley. Win-win-win

yes not needed at all now when Ek and Montour are back.

 

[miscs75]

as a waver pickup he is not bad at all. You can't count on him to run your PP or defend but as a 6/7 he is just fine with a good game here and there.

There’s always worse. We could be relying on Klingberg or EK65 in their own zone.

 

[Zippy316]

How long until Lou signs him to a 7 year 1 million aav deal?

 

[boredmale]

How long until Lou signs him to a 7 year 1 million aav deal?

That actually is not a terrible deal if you have a owner willing to pay since you can just dump the contract to the AHL with no repercussions. it basically give you insurance

 

[Crazy Cizikas]

I hope that this indicates that Lou isn’t trading draft capital for a D-man.

 

[Mickey the mouse]

How long until Lou signs him to a 7 year 1 million aav deal?

That would be a great deal for the Isles

 

[Crazy Cizikas]

How much does this cost the Islanders payable to the Panthers? Does it count against the cap?

 

[Mogo]

Thank you NYI!

 

[DingDongCharlie]

Incoming 7 year extension.

Edit, Someone beat me to the joke. That aside this is a good stop gap pickup for NYIs.

 

[Maurice of Orange]

I need to know how much this is going to cost the Islanders not counting against the cap.

 

[steveat]

I have conspiracy theory head goin on right now. How convenient is it that Reilly was waived just when the Isles are down 2 dmen?

 

[MMC]

I have conspiracy theory head goin on right now. How convenient is it that Reilly was waived just when the Isles are down 2 dmen?

About as convenient as it is that 2 dmen went down for the Islanders just when the Panthers waived Reilly

 

[Laus723]

I have conspiracy theory head goin on right now. How convenient is it that Reilly was waived just when the Isles are down 2 dmen?

What’s your theory?

I think it’s just that Ek and Montour came back fairly quickly and we now have 8 defensemen, Reilly was like the 10th guy with two much better guys and just an empty space ahead of him. We also my have needed an extra spot for Kane, but obviously that’s clear speculation atm.

 

[uncleben]

For those interested, this cost New York $11,250, paid to Florida and not counted against the cap.



Season total: $586,875
14 claims

 

[tmg]

I have conspiracy theory head goin on right now. How convenient is it that Reilly was waived just when the Isles are down 2 dmen?

Waiver claims are pretty rare because if GMs are doing due diligence, then the team considering waiving a player is first calling around and trying to get some small asset like a late pick for that player … and the player only hits waivers if no team is willing to even give a paltry asset to assure they get the player rather than risk another team making the claim.

So a player waived like this most commonly only gets claimed if a team has a situation change between when they declined or were uninterested in a trade, to when the player was actually on waivers and is suddenly more desirable than they were even 24 hours earlier. Like suffering two injuries that night. Like the Islanders did.

Unless your conspiracy theory involves time travel or the Sens being given marching orders to injure Isles defensemen, this is just plain old everyday timing. They suffered injuries the exact night that a player who nobody was interested in was available and could step in for one of the injured players. When the Panthers waived him, the Islanders did not yet have a need.

 

[Troublesome 85]

Bruins Legend Mike Reilly

 

[Ciao]

For those interested, this cost New York $11,250, paid to Florida and not counted against the cap.



Season total: $586,875
14 claims

Thank you @uncleben !

No waiver claim is complete without this!