After their 2-1 shootout loss to the Carolina Hurricanes on Sunday, head coach New York Islanders Barry Trotz spoke on how his bench was a little short during the game. Josh Bailey became too ill to finish the game and didn't hit the ice in the second or third period and played a total of 4:42.
Barry Trotz told MSG's Shannon Hogan, that the Islanders use a "next man up" strategy to deal with a shorter bench when players have to miss out. Unfortunately, for Barry Trotz those next men up are Michael Dal Colle, Tom Kuhnhackl, and Derick Brassard.