Free agent defenseman Mike Reilly, a fourth-round pick of the Columbus Blue Jackets in 2011, did not sign with the team before the June 15 deadline on which his draft rights expired. Though he is still eligible to sign with the team, The Columbus Dispatch reports he will look elsewhere.
Reilly's agent, Pat Brisson, informed the Blue Jackets of the decision shortly after noon today.
"We did everything we could possibly do," Blue Jackets GM Jarmo Kekalainen told The Dispatch today. "From player development since we drafted him, to recruiting him -- or whatever you would call it -- over the last few months .