Staples Twitter: Isles have hired Steve Pellegrini as Assistant GM

[PK Cronin]

On July 1st, Ladd's NMC becomes a NTC.

Which means he still isn't leaving, unless he wants to leave, right? He could be buried in the AHL and made uncomfortable...but that's about it, I think.

 

[PWJunior]

Which means he still isn't leaving, unless he wants to leave, right? He could be buried in the AHL and made uncomfortable...but that's about it, I think.

I don't expect him gone, but the decision to go or stay is no longer completely in his court.

 

[Instant]

I don't expect him gone, but the decision to go or stay is no longer completely in his court.

It still is in his court, at least until the modified NTC kicks in in 2020.

 

[SDIsles34]

I don't expect him gone, but the decision to go or stay is no longer completely in his court.

That is not correct. Unless by "go" you mean Bridgeport.

He chose the Islanders with consideration for moving his family somewhere desirable. Unless he waives his NTC, he is staying. In 2020, he is forced to give the Islanders 15 teams that he would accept a trade to.

"That's the key," Ladd said after skating with his new teammates for the first time this week at camp. "The decision was obviously hockey-related, but there's a lot more that goes into it with the family. It was important just to see the area, see what it would be like for the kids and for my wife..." (LINK: Andrew Ladd happy to join Islanders family)

 

[IODCPiper]

Which means he still isn't leaving, unless he wants to leave, right? He could be buried in the AHL and made uncomfortable...but that's about it, I think.

Yup down to ahl or accept a trade