Please Do Something With Ladd

[periferal]

Other than his contract, I generally had no issues with Ladd.
But since he's come back, he seems lost and disinterested.

If I'm Trotz, I would tell him straight up, you are losing your spot on the roster, wake up or you sit...

You thought he looked "found and interested" prior to this season?

 

[Uncle Duke]

Ladd has been back 8 games now and I expect him to be getting his legs and picking up his game to where he was earlier in the season. Ladd has to be physical to be effective so if he is 100% then I expect he will be physical and a valuable piece in these next 10 games and playoffs.
If he is not 100% and this is the best we get, he needs to sit and Dal Colle needs to be inserted.

I have been keeping an open mind on Ladd and was hoping for the best, still am, but I am seeing no evidence of any desire to at the very least be physical presence out there. If his game is failing him due to injuries or whatever, then that's the way it goes, we got screwed on the deal and maybe Lou can work something out, but he's being paid a ton of dough and the least he can do is lay the body when he has the chance. If he gets injured again he gets injured, but he owes it to the people who are paying him and his teammates to bring a lot more desire than he's bringing. Somebody posted here a week or two ago about what a good guy he is when he sees him at his kids hockey games, well, sorry, you ain't a good guy if you're stealing money. Bottom line, if he doesn't have it anymore then at the very least I'd like to see him give whatever it is he's got.

 

[periferal]

Ladd and his contract are what happens when someone (snow) didn't have a plan post Nielsen/Okposo.

That's why if any Nelson/Lee are not resigned, that Lou has a concrete plan that doesn't get us stuck with another horrid contract for a bottom-6 player (whose effort is on par with a zombie).

 

[The Winter Soldier]

I think we should start calling Komarov the "black hole," because when he's on the ice it feels like he shuts down ALL scoring.

I got to give you one of these. Nice post.

 

[doublechili]

I think we should start calling Komarov the "black hole," because when he's on the ice it feels like he shuts down ALL scoring.

For our team that's a good thing. We try to keep it scoreless until we happen to make a play and put one in. That will be the plan in the playoffs too. So, a Komarov who kills time off the clock with no goals being scored is part of the plan.

 

[Palfmeister]

Reading through the posts seems like everyone would agree it looks like Ladd isn't trying. I see no reason to put him on the ice over HoSang, MDC or Kunackl at this point. I know I'm crazy but I'd put Leddy on wing when Boychuck comes back over Ladd at this point.

 

[PK Cronin]

Reading through the posts seems like everyone would agree it looks like Ladd isn't trying. I see no reason to put him on the ice over HoSang, MDC or Kunackl at this point. I know I'm crazy but I'd put Leddy on wing when Boychuck comes back over Ladd at this point.

I think he's trying, he just can't skate anymore.

 

[periferal]

For our team that's a good thing. We try to keep it scoreless until we happen to make a play and put one in. That will be the plan in the playoffs too. So, a Komarov who kills time off the clock with no goals being scored is part of the plan.

You talk about "duct-taping" a lack of talent into wins on the ice.

 

[doublechili]

You talk about "duct-taping" a lack of talent into wins on the ice.

Better than watching lack of talent lose on the ice....

 

[beach]

If he is not hurting, he will be ready.

He's ready for Del Boca Vista.

 

[CBG]

He's ready for Del Boca Vista.

BUT is Del Boca Vista ready for him !!!!

 

[Pumpkin Pal]

Remember when multiple people here claimed Ladd was our big trade deadline acquisition?

 

[Finnislander]

I think Ladd was decent in the beginning of this season, not worth his contract decent, but decent anyway. After the injury he is really slowed down and looks like he is scared to play physical cause he knows next big injury is propably his career ending.

He will be on LTIR in couple years, collecting his big fat paycheck healing his back on the pool side. And that will be the best, for the team and for Andrew and his family.

 

[Le Grec]

You thought he looked "found and interested" prior to this season?

Prior to this season he looked like someone playing with an injury...

 

[doublechili]

Remember when multiple people here claimed Ladd was our big trade deadline acquisition?

I think most of them were being facesious, phesicius, feceses... I think they were kidding.

 

[CBG]

I think most of them were being facesious, phesicius, feceses... I think they were kidding.

Well IF IF IF they weren't they sure SHOULD have been !

 

[ThreeLeftSkates]

I think most of them were being facesious, phesicius, feceses... I think they were kidding.

facetious. Looked it up anyway, but I guessed right.
Garth was feeling his oats with the roster that year. Julius Ceasar type ego.

 

[Poliz24]

Wonder how much hate Trotz gets if he continues putting Ladd in the lineup, will it be at a Brain Strait level or a Shane Prince level of hate?

 

[The Real JT]

I got to give you one of these. Nice post.

Is it me or is Butchie morphing into George Constanza?

While we're at it, pencil in Milbury for the role of Kramer.

 

[Sparksrus3]

I think he's trying, .

Almost as much as Bailey.

BAM! SLAM! BOOM! WHACK! POW!
Like what pops on the screen from the old Batmans

 

[PK Cronin]

Almost as much as Bailey.

BAM! SLAM! BOOM! WHACK! POW!
Like what pops on the screen from the old Batmans

You just took me to the...

 

[Palfmeister]

Ladd got PP time tonight. Wow.

This guy is done. He's killing whatever line he's on. Can't believe Trotz is playing him. He should go back to the AHL for a while.

 

[Newsworthy]

Remember when multiple people here claimed Ladd was our big trade deadline acquisition?

No one bigger than LOU LAM himself.

 

[Finnislander]

Send him to AHL. Tell him if he ever discovers allergy for ice or sweat or bus or whatever, the team will do everything they can to help him get as far away of the thing that makes him itch, as possible

 

[MarsTBOW]

Ladd got PP time tonight. Wow.

This guy is done. He's killing whatever line he's on. Can't believe Trotz is playing him. He should go back to the AHL for a while.

I have a feeling he winds up in the AHL after camp this summertime. I think the handwriting is on the wall. To me it looks like there is an issue with the Abdominal Muscles (Guessing here). That Hernia surgery he had likely was all screwed up. Organizationally they need to decide this summer what to do with him, pray for the NHL to grant each team an amnesty...