With the 4th overall pick in the 2012 draft, the New York Islanders selected defenseman Griffin Reinhart. The left-shooting defenseman was ranked 10th in North American skaters by the NHL Central Scouting Bureau and was the 6th highest defenseman behind Ryan Murray, Morgan Rielly, Cody Ceci, Olli Määttä and Jacob Trouba. Murray was selected at 2nd overall by the Columbus Blue Jackets and Rielly was selected right after Reinhart at 5th overall by the Toronto Maple Leafs. Standing at 6’ 4” at the age of 18, Reinhart was seen as a big two-way defenseman that already had NHL size despite not being the best skater compared to the other defensemen that were still available. That said, he had a successful junior career with the Edmonton Oil Kings of the WHL putting up 111 points in 209 games and won the WHL Championship twice. Reinhart made the Islanders roster after the 2014-2015 training camp and played 8 games before being sent down to their AHL affiliate, the Bridgeport Sound Tigers, and ...