Trade deadline: Andrew Ladd

NHL trade deadline is February 29th, 2016. Teams will try to fill in needs for there team before entering the playoffs. Many interesting players are going to be traded soon and the forward Andrew Ladd of the Winnipeg Jets is in this list.

The Winnipeg Jets captain is currently in his last contract year, earning 4.5 million dollars. They resigned Byfuglien earlier in the season to a contract extension, so it will be surprising to see Ladd resign with the Jets next season.

Many teams are interesting in him for plenty of reasons.

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Firstly, Ladd has experience in the league, winning the Stanley Cup twice, once with Carolina in the 2005-06 season and another with Chicago in the 2009-10 season. Secondly, he can bring depth to a team and be great on a second or third line. Lastly, his statistics aren't bad. He has 17 goals and 34 points in 59 games this season. Its okay, but we've seen him do better. In the 2014-15 season, he had a career high of 62 points in 81 games.

I think that two teams could potentially try to trade for Ladd.

Florida Panthers are one of them. The Panthers are a young and dynamic team, and they're leading the Atlantic division with 75 points. they have Jaromir Jagr, but if they want even more experience to help the younger players, they should get Ladd. Also, they have enough salary cap to bring him. He would be a great addition to there depth. Also, General Manager Dale Tallon was the GM of the Chicago Blackhawks during the organization's Stanley Cup win of 2009-10, so Ladd and Tallon know each other.

The other team that could try to trade for Andrew Ladd is the Chicago Blackhawks. Ladd has already won once with them, so why not twice? Ladd know the city and the organization well. He might be better than the previous acquisitions GM Stan Bowman had, like for example Antoine Vermette. Anyways, it's less probable that Ladd lands in Chicago because the team is also interested in Canucks forwards Radim Vrbata and Mikkel Boedker from the Coyotes. They'll have to choose between the three of them...

I'll be interested to see where Ladd gets traded

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