Islanders lock up Josh Bailey with six-year contract extension. Schedule It’s a nice result for a player who is currently wrecking his own personal records as an NHLer.Riding shotgun with captain John Tavares and the underrated Anders Lee, Bailey has already established career-highs in points (62) and assists (47) and is just one goal away from tying his previous best of 16. Playoffs "Bailey has 62 points (15 goals, 47 assists) in 58 games this season; he's third on the Islanders in scoring, three points behind "I've been given a big role in the past couple of seasons and really enjoy it," Bailey said. He played in his first All-Star Game this year and like most hockey players, he gives credit to his linemates for helping him break out.“I get to play with great players every shift in Johnny and Anders,” Bailey said. However, blocking some types of cookies may impact your experience of the site and the services we are able to offer.These cookies are necessary for the website to function and cannot be switched off in our systems. I know he's excited, and I'm sure his game will only continue to get better.
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The former first-round pick scored six goals and 10 points over New York's final 13 regular-season games, helping the Islanders reach the playoffs for the first time since 2007.
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He is the longest-tenured player on the Islanders. ET; MSG+, MSG+2, NHL.TV), is tied with the Columbus Blue Jackets (30-26-5) for the second wild card into the Stanley Cup Playoffs from the Eastern Conference.NHL.com is the official web site of the National Hockey League. That's the immediate goal, but it's impossible not to mention that the free agency fate of buddy Tavares is still up in the air.
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Click on the different category headings to find out more and change our default settings. It's nice to kind of have it done with. "He has developed within our system for several years and it's exciting to see him mature into the player we always had the confidence he would become. They are usually only set in response to actions made by you which amount to a request for services, such as setting your privacy preferences, logging in or filling in forms. Josh Bailey has spent enough time on Long Island to know he doesn’t want to continue his career anywhere else. Bailey grew up in Clarington, Ontario, playing AAA for the Clarington Toros of the Ontario Minor Hockey Association's (OMHA) Eastern AAA League. He was drafted in the first round of the Ontario Hockey League (OHL) priority selection by the Owen Sound Attack in May 2005.