Josh Bailey's tenure with the New York Islanders has been extremely bizarre. The team selected him ninth overall in the 2008 NHL Draft and he instantly jumped into the NHL. Now, usually, guys taken outside the top-three take some time before making the leap into the NHL.
Having someone go ninth overall and then make the leap into the NHL is asking a lot. He played 68 games that year and had 25 points (7 goals, 18 assists). The next year, his age 20 season, he took a little bit of a step forward putting up 35 points (16 goals, 19 assists), and he kind of plateaued from there.