The New York Islanders worked their tails off for a huge victory against the Montreal Canadiens Thursday night. With Andrew Ladd heading the goal scoring and the team packing on the offensive pressure, things are looking up.
A Little Rest to Ladd’s Rescue
Eyes On Isles own Farrell Hirsch picked up on a blip in the Los Angeles feed of the Kings/Isles game last weekend. The blip revealed that Ladd suffered a back injury in training camp and had been dealing with it all season.
If this is indeed true, then a whole lot makes sense when it comes to Ladd’s play to for the first half of this season.