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The New York Islanders will be without defenseman Mike Reilly for an indefinite amount of time because he is scheduled to undergo a heart procedure Tuesday, per Stefen Rosner of NHL.com.
Reilly has been sidelined since he suffered a concussion during a game on Nov. 1, and the heart condition was discovered when he was undergoing concussion testing.
"It was picked up through the different echocardiograms that you do for different reasons that you go through with any post-concussion situation," Islanders general manager Lou Lamoriello said Monday. "It's probably a blessing in disguise of what transpired.