At a $5.5 million cap hit for the next four seasons, the Andrew Ladd deal is by far the worst deal on the New York Islanders salary cap. It’s not the cap hit itself that makes the Andrew Ladd contract terrible. It’s what the Islanders are getting from that cap hit that makes it terrible.
Since being signed by the New York Islanders in the 2016 free agency window Ladd has played 177 games for the Islanders. He’s scored 71 points in that time or 0.4 points per game. That’s a return of 33 points over the course of a full season.