Comments on: Andrew Ladd: Perception or Reality?

By: Timothy Bonnar

Timothy Bonnar — Fri, 23 Mar 2012 21:32:00 +0000

Great post. Ladd is a very good hockey player and some of the criticism is silly. That said the timing of his penalties has been frustrating as they have seemed to kill momentum a number of times.

I look forward to this team being deep enough to throw Ladd on the second line. I like him, but he is better suited for that kind or role.

By: peg911

peg911 — Thu, 22 Mar 2012 18:31:00 +0000

My concern about Ladd has nothing to do with the penalties he takes. It’s that he makes a lot of unforced giveaways. No statistical analysis here but so often he seems to make many weak clearing efforts that leave us trapped in our defensive zone or soft passes that are intercepted when we are pressing offensively.

But just when I am totally frustrated with him, he makes a brilliant rush, scores a must goal, stands up for a team mate, and looks like about as good a leader as you can find. I just wish he was a bit more consistant.

By: Richard Pollock

Richard Pollock — Thu, 22 Mar 2012 16:58:00 +0000

Was thinking that as well. If we did consider holding as part of that category, it’d still push them very close together in that category (within 5%).

By: Hart Jacob

Hart Jacob — Thu, 22 Mar 2012 16:53:00 +0000

Great analysis. I would argue that although it is not a penalty of the stick, ‘holding’ is also a ‘lazy’ penalty