He justifies it in this way:
"Mike Fisher of the Ottawa Senators. He's a power forward-type player that goes out there every night and finishes all his checks. He plays hard and is just a real character guy. He's really there for his team and wants to win. When I was younger, I liked guys like Joe Sakic and Paul Kariya and the guys that would score the goals. But as I got older it became more of a power forward-type player (that I admired). I watched the little things that guys did. Mike Fisher, every time I watched him play, he'd be giving 110%. He wouldn't back down from anyone and would just be going 100 miles per hour everywhere, finishing every check, no matter how big the guy was, and giving his all – being a real team player."
Now, it makes sense that a guy like that would be Bailey's favorite player. He was a little pinball out there, forechecked hard, hit people. Caporusso is a pretty skilled forward. I was expecting a Mike Cammalleri, maybe Mats Sundin since he's a Leafs fan? But no, Mike Fisher. A player on the rival Senators, no less.
Not that there's anything wrong with that. I mean, I'm the guy who spurned the likes of Yzerman, Shanahan, Fedorov, and Lidstrom to buy a Doug Brown jersey. I love the guys that work their tails off out there. And with Fisher, you gotta like a guy whose TSN profile says that he "kills penalties with aplomb".
I just find it very strange that we've had two players in a two calendar year span who have cited him as their favorite player. Maybe it's an Ontario thing.
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A team of Mike Fishers would win the Stanley cup. But no seriously, you have to see him play every night to understand, he is in a higher gear every night, no matter what the score or opponent. If you had to have one player to use as role model he would be it.
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