- Gary Lawless: The Jets had offered Andrew Ladd a six-year deal with a salary cap hit of $6 million. Is that offer still on the table after Dustin Byfuglien’s five-year deal at $7.6 million? Will Ladd take less now?
- Gary Lawless: There is not a lot of time left for the Jets and Ladd’s camp to negotiate a contract extension. There will be lots of teams interested in trading for Ladd. The Penguins, Blackhawks and Panthers are the among the teams that might be interested.
- Gary Lawless: Don’t get the sense that the Jets have put Andrew Ladd on the trade market just yet. Can expect that GM Kevin Cheveldayoff will make one more push to try and re-sign him before he puts him on the trade market.
- TSN: Jets teammates on Andrew Ladd’s contract situation.
“We don’t really talk about it that much, kind of let his agents and the team handle it,” Little said. “We do realize it’s a business. I’ve had a lot of good friends that have moved on.
“Right now, he’s my teammate and he’s still here so we kind of don’t talk about it much.”
Ladd on TSN 1290 on Friday on if his contract situation is making it harder to concentrate on the ice.
“I think it’s kind of being in limbo and not knowing what’s going on, that’s the toughest part on you and knowing it affects obviously more than just me in terms of my wife and my kids and all that good stuff,” Ladd said.
“My wife’s pregnant so there’s kind of lots of things that go into it. So, yeah, it weighs on you a little bit, but at the end of the day it’s your job to be a professional and make sure that you get the job done on the ice.”
Ladd wants to remain in Winnipeg.
“We’re kind of ready and waiting to re-engage with them whenever they’re ready,” Ladd told the show. “So, hopefully, that happens soon or we get some sort of message in terms of which way they want to go.”
