The day he goes into the Isles HoF is the day I change my favorite team.
I call Bailey many things. Hard to concentrate on one description when so many others are better.
The italicized part -- you have described exactly his game. Defensive, chip passes.. blah blah blah -- lovely.. he is a third line nothing. He plays a system which stresses defensive -- that's good for him, cuz after all these years, he's finally learned something.
How about the rest of my diatribe? Where I so nicely illustrate that he excels at pretty much nothing -- and the best thing you can say about him is that he is solid defensively. Big ****ing deal. The way successful teams are made nowadays, that is the name of the game. Bossy and Trotts skills in a player arent even needed anymore. And I call him a floater -- and Ill also use another favorite word of mine to describe that bucket of ****.. perimeter player. That is actually a better one.
Does he mix it up in front? No -- That's Anders Lee. Look at Zeeker and Cal get dirty and playing their ass off. You can find Bailey somewhere alone, jerking off, waiting for the puck to be passed to him. If any player comes within 10', hes dishing it off.
Since nobody answered my question (mostly, because you can't)... What is it that we lose when he is out of the lineup? What is this abyss which we have should princess get a hangnail?
I'm waiting.
I'll give you a hint. Nothing. You lose nothing other than some other third liner who can fill minutes & play responsibly. As long as he doesn't put it in his own net.. Oh wait.. he did that last year in a super critical game, right?
****ING BAILEY!
