Andrew Ladd decided to join the New York Islanders when he hit free agency at the July 1st deadline. Brian Compton writes that he was happy to join the team.
Not only was the thought of playing alongside John Tavares part of the reason for his decesion, but Ladd also liked the area itself. A player with a family liked the idea of coming to Long Island? What a concept.
Ladd said that when he would come to play the Islanders all he ever saw of LI was the Marriott and the Coliseum.