Andrew Ladd has been an underwhelming player for the New York Islanders the last two years. Ladd has 60 points in 151 games. That is very poor considering he is a player who has hit 62 and 59 points in previous seasons.
When Garth Snow signed Ladd in the summer before the 2016-17 season, the expectation is that he would do better than what he produced. In the 2016-17 season, Ladd scored 23 goals which may cause people to overlook the fact he only had 8 assists.
Replacing the irreplaceable
Ladd, along with Jason Chimera, was essentially brought in to replace Frans Nielsen and Kyle Okposo.