TORONTO — Like many of his Islanders teammates, Josh Bailey always looks forward to a road game against the Maple Leafs, and for the same reason. He is from here. He grew up near here. “It’s a special place for me. I grew up watching them play a lot and dreamed of playing there one day,” he said.
In hockey terms, though, he has only one home. Bailey has been an Islander his whole career and apparently wants to keep it that way. He is “closing in” on a multi-year contract extension with the team, Bob McKenzie of Toronto-based TSN reported Thursday.