Boston Bruins have ditched forward Mike Reilly

It's going to be a major summer of change for the Boston Bruins, who re-wrote the NHL record books with 65 regular season victories but flamed out in the first round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs against the eventual Eastern Conference champion Florida Panthers. 

In the first place, it's beginning to look more and more as though veterans Patrice Bergeron and David Krejci will in fact hang up the skates and end their NHL careers. Additionally, it looks like Tyler Bertuzzi, Dmitri Orlov and Garnet Hathaway all won't be back next season. 

But while those issues work themselves out, one player who is guaranteed now not to be returning is forward Mike Reilly, who was placed on unconditional waivers for purposes of a contract buyout.

In 339 career NHL games spent with the Minnesota Wild, Montreal Canadiens and Bruins, Reilly has scored 12 goals and 86 assists. He spent most of last season playing with the American Hockey League affiliate Providence Bruins, appearing in 36 games while scoring seven goals and 19 assists. 

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