The NHL offseason offers the opportunity for general managers to reshape their rosters. While some moves turn out to be the perfect fit, other buys often leave GMs scrambling for the receipt.

Here are three players who are not fitting in with their new squads:

Andrew Ladd

The New York Islanders GM Garth Snow should call for a mulligan after signing veteran forward Andrew Ladd to a seven-year, $38.5-million deal in the offseason.

To say Ladd has struggled in his first year in Brooklyn would be an understatement. With just four goals and three assists on the season, this wasn't what the Islanders had in mind when they splurged in the summer.

Ladd's play is a stark difference from the consistency he saw in the last five seasons with the Winnipeg Jets, where his point totals floated between 46 and 62. And at 31 years old, his best days are already in the rearview mirror.

To make matters worse, New York passed on re-signing Kyle Okposo, who was a fit with the Islanders and has seen early success with his new club, the Buffalo Sabres, already potting 22 points. That's would be good for second on the Islanders, who sit last in the East. Okposo's new deal pays $500,000 more than Ladd, but seemingly comes with some production.

Brian Elliott

The discussion point of taking Brian Elliott out of St. Louis and away from Blues coach Ken Hitchcock to see it all unravel appears to have some merit.

After a draft day deal sent him to Calgary, the veteran netminder has quickly seen his season go up in flames. Last year's save percentage leader, coming in at .930, Elliott has leaked goals through his first season with the Flames. Through 15 games, Elliott has come away with just four wins, while his save percentage has tumbled to an ugly .889.

That performance planted Elliott on the bench and saw journeyman goaltender Chad Johnson run with the starter's role, who has grabbed 13 wins on the season.

At the season's beginning, the Flames initiated extension talk with Elliott, a pending unrestricted free agent, but given his lagging performance this campaign, the Flames could change routes. That would leave Elliott to explore the market for a new crease next season.

Mikkel Boedker

After eight seasons with the Arizona Coyotes, the club that drafted him eight overall in 2008, Mikkel Boedker very quickly went from the only team he'd ever known to now being on his third team.

The Coyotes flipped Boedker to the Colorado Avalanche at last year's deadline, and he put up respectable numbers in Denver, tallying 12 points in 18 games. But that performance didn't follow him to Silicon Valley, after agreeing to a four-year contract with the San Jose Sharks this summer.

With just six points on the season, Boedker is on pace for the worst campaign of his career, a far cry from the career-year he put up in 2013-14, when he finished with 19 goals and 32 assists. No doubt the Sharks aren't getting bang for their buck on the $4-million salary they handed to the Danish forward.

Such a performance could see Boedker quickly move on to his fourth team, should the Sharks choose to cut ties by leaving the streaky winger exposed for the Vegas expansion draft.

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Don't worry - Nikolaj Ehlers doesn't need a lot of room.

The Winnipeg Jets' 20-year-old forward showed off his skill in tight on the power play Thursday, going roof on Vancouver Canucks goaltender Ryan Miller.

The goal was Ehlers' second of the game and ninth of the season, as the Jets won 4-1.

Patrik Laine scored his 19th of the season in the second period, which Ehlers drew an assist on.

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Don't worry - Nikolaj Ehlers doesn't need a lot of room.

The Winnipeg Jets' 20-year-old forward showed off his skill in tight on the power play Thursday, going roof on Vancouver Canucks goaltender Ryan Miller.

The goal was Ehlers' second of the game and ninth of the season, as the Jets won 4-1.

Patrik Laine scored his 19th of the season in the second period, which Ehlers drew an assist on.

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It's bad in Denver. Very, very bad.

The Colorado Avalanche were shut out for the second time in three nights Thursday, falling to the lowly Toronto Maple Leafs 6-0 on home ice. It was the Avs' fifth straight loss, as their nightmare December continues.

Jared Bednar's crew is 2-9 this month, and up next is Chicago, Calgary, Dallas, and the New York Rangers.

"I'd be lying if I said it wasn't frustrating right now," captain Gabriel Landeskog said after Thursday's whipping, according to the Denver Post's Mark Kiszla. "It's probably as frustrating as it's ever been."

Nathan MacKinnon, second on the club with 21 points, was straightforward in his assessment of the team.

"We have no chemistry," he said.

MacKinnon was also candid Thursday morning about his club's struggles, and that makes what happened Thursday night even more stunning.

"It's embarrassing," MacKinnon said, according to the Denver Post's Terry Frei. "Even like waving at the security people around the rink, it's like ... I'm sure they're disappointed in us, being in last.

"It wears on you. I'd be lying if I said it didn't," he added. "We're very thankful to play this game and we're lucky and fortunate. But when you lose this much, it's a horrible feeling, whether you're in bantam or the NHL. ... We need to have a good game (Thursday night), that's all we can really focus on."

Imagine what MacKinnon's going to say Friday.

The Avalanche are completely lost. Where they go from here will be one of the more fascinating storylines to watch as the season progresses. Every night can't be rock bottom.

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DENVER - Nazem Kadri scored twice, Frederik Andersen stopped 38 shots for his first shutout this season and the Toronto Maple Leafs routed the last-place Colorado Avalanche 6-0 on Thursday night.

Auston Matthews scored his team-leading 16th goal to get the Maple Leafs started in the first period. James van Riemsdyk had a goal and an assist, and Connor Brown and Frederik Gauthier also scored for Toronto.

Andersen earned his seventh career shutout, and it was an easy one for the NHL veteran. The Maple Leafs scored five goals in 21:29 spanning the first and second periods, starting with Matthews' goal at 7:13 of the first.

Gauthier's first goal of the season at 8:42 of the second ended Semyon Varlamov's night. The Colorado goalie allowed five goals on 18 shots and was replaced by Calvin Pickard.

Pickard made 12 saves for the Avalanche, who are 0-7-1 in their last eight home games. They have lost five straight overall.

Kadri scored a power-play goal in the third, his 13th.

NOTES: Maple Leafs C Byron Froese made his season debut after being recalled from the Toronto Marlies of the AHL on Wednesday. ... The Avalanche failed to score in six power-play chances, including a combined 2:01 of 5-on-3 action. They are 1 for 23 on the power play in the last five games. ... Toronto loaned G Jhonas Enroth to the Marlies.

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Add another name to the growing list of potential Rocket Richard Trophy winners.

With another goal in the Los Angeles Kings' 4-0 thumping of the Nashville Predators on Thursday, Jeff Carter climbed a little higher on the list of the league's top goal-scorers.

The 31-year-old now has 17 on the campaign - six behind Sidney Crosby, but just two back of David Pastrnak and the second overall spot.

Carter has been on a tear of late, with six goals in his last seven games, and has proven to be the Kings' most dependable option on offense. He's the only member of the team to hit double digits in goals, and has more than twice as many as the next-highest teammate, Tyler Toffoli, who has eight to date.

Carter is likely going to need Crosby to hit a wall if he hopes to dethrone the Pittsburgh Penguins captain and capture the honor. In the meantime, he can rest his hat on the fact that he's on pace to eclipse the 40-goal mark for the second time in his career, and should at least be in the running at season's end.

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The kid can skate.

Tampa Bay Lightning forward Jonathan Drouin stepped on the gas late in a win over the St. Louis Blues on Thursday, speeding down the ice in order to score an empty-net goal and squash any attempt at a comeback.

The goal was Drouin's second of the game and 10th of the season.

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Bruce Boudreau has a way with words.

The Minnesota Wild head coach was asked how he felt about his team tying a franchise record with its ninth straight win, and his answer was something.

"Tying is like kissing your sister," Boudreau said, according to the Star Tribune's Michael Russo. "Getting it is the nice thing. Our job's not done."

The Wild will go for 10 on Friday in Manhattan, when they visit the New York Rangers. They'll once again be without Zach Parise, Boudreau confirmed, as the winger's dealing with an illness that cost him Thursday's game, as well.

Devan Dubnyk was exceptional again Thursday, but backup Darcy Kuemper should get the call in the second half of a back-to-back.

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