He's not the captain anymore, but Andrew Ladd doesn't see himself as a passenger in the Chicago Blackhawks locker room.
The former Winnipeg Jets captain was dealt to the Hawks on Feb. 25 after he couldn't come to a contract-extension agreement with the Jets.
"It's definitely different going into a room," Ladd said this morning, meeting reporters after the Hawks' game-day skate at the MTS Centre. Chicago and Winnipeg play tonight. "This team has a lot of great leaders on it and I guess in some sense it takes some of the pressure off. But at the same time, you still want to be yourself and bring your leadership qualities to the table when they need it.