CALGARY, Alberta — Speculation on how active Islanders president and general manager Lou Lamoriello will be before Monday’s NHL trade deadline has ranged from extremely to not at all. At the very least, left wing Andrew Ladd and defenseman Thomas Hickey are ready to rejoin the team.
“Right now, they’re still day to day, but not today,” coach Barry Trotz said before the Metropolitan Division-leading Islanders faced the Pacific Division-leading Flames on Wednesday night at Scotiabank Saddledome to open a three-game Western Canada swing.
Both Ladd, out since Nov. 15 with a suspected foot or ankle injury, and Hickey, out since Dec.