Ladislav Šmíd

Ladislav Šmíd (Czech pronunciation: [ˈlaɟɪslaf ˈʃmiːt], born February 1, 1986) is a Czech former professional ice hockey defenceman. He played in the National Hockey League (NHL) with the Edmonton Oilers and Calgary Flames.

For the ice hockey player at the 1964 Winter Olympics, see Ladislav Šmíd (ice hockey, born 1938).
Not to be confused with Ladislas Smid.
Ladislav Šmíd
Šmíd with the Calgary Flames in 2013
Born (1986-02-01) February 1, 1986
Frýdlant, Czechoslovakia
Height 6 ft 3 in (191 cm)
Weight 209 lb (95 kg; 14 st 13 lb)
Position Defence
Shot Left
Played for Bílí Tygři Liberec
Edmonton Oilers
Calgary Flames
National team  Czech Republic
NHL Draft 9th overall, 2004
Mighty Ducks of Anaheim
Playing career 2002–2022

Playing career
Šmíd as a member of the Oilers

As a youth, Šmíd played in the 2000 Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament with a team from Chomutov.[1]

Šmíd was drafted in the first round of the 2004 NHL Entry Draft, ninth overall, by the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim. He played junior hockey for HC Liberec Junior in the 2001–02 season, and split the following three seasons between HC Liberec Junior and the professional HC Bílí Tygři Liberec. He also played for the Czech Republic in the 2004, 2005 and 2006 IIHF World U20 Championships, as well as for the under-18 team in the 2004 IIHF World U18 Championships.[2]

After coming to North America, Šmíd spent the 2005–06 season with the Portland Pirates, at the time the American Hockey League (AHL) affiliate of the Mighty Ducks.[2] On July 3, 2006, he was traded to the Edmonton Oilers with Joffrey Lupul and several draft picks in exchange for disgruntled defenceman Chris Pronger.[3] Šmíd made the Oilers' roster out of his first training camp with the team, and spent the entire 2006–07 season with Edmonton. After the Oilers missed the Stanley Cup playoffs, he joined the Czech senior team at the 2007 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships.[2] The following year, he was cut from the Oilers' training camp and assigned to the Springfield Falcons of the AHL, with whom he played eight games before being recalled to Edmonton.[2][4]

After the 2008–09 season, Šmíd was part of a trade negotiated between the Oilers and the Ottawa Senators that would have seen him, as well as teammates Andrew Cogliano and Dustin Penner, dealt to Ottawa in exchange for forward Dany Heatley. Heatley, however, refused to waive the no-trade clause in his contract to go to Edmonton, and after more than a month of the Oilers unsuccessfully trying to persuade Heatley to change his mind, the trade fell through and Šmíd remained with the Oilers.[5] In October 2009, the Oilers revealed that Šmíd had been diagnosed with H1N1, though he did not miss any games as a result.[6]

In Šmíd's sixth season in the NHL, he turned into a reliable shutdown defenceman, often paired with Jeff Petry on defence and playing against other teams' top lines each night. Šmíd finished the season with a positive plus-minus rating, and was in the top ten in blocked shots for the majority of the season.[7] Šmíd suffered a neck injury in a game against the Los Angeles Kings; despite avoiding serious neck injury, he did not play in any of the Oilers' remaining games in the season.[8] He ranked top five in the NHL for blocked shots for the 2011–12 season, also receiving attention for accidentally hitting Oilers Head Coach Tom Renney with a puck after deflecting it into the air during a drill during practice.[9]

On April 1, 2013, Šmíd signed a four-year, $14 million contract extension with the Oilers. At the time of his signing, he was in the final year of a two-year deal worth $2.25 million per season.[10]

On November 8, 2013, Šmíd was traded by the Oilers to rivals, the Calgary Flames, along with Olivier Roy, in exchange for Roman Horák and Laurent Brossoit.[11]

With his tenure with the Flames marked by a lingering back injury, Šmíd in his last year under contract sat out the entirety of the 2016–17 season, in order to rehabilitate his injury. As an impending free agent, on May 23, 2017, Šmíd signed a two-year contract in returning to his original club in the Czech Republic, HC Bílí Tygři Liberec of the ELH.[12]

On March 29, 2022, Šmíd announced his retirement from professional hockey following HC Bílí Tygři Liberec's elimination in the 2022 playoffs. The loss came after the second longest game in the history of Czech ice hockey against HC Sparta Praha. Šmíd played more than 40 minutes in his final game.[13]

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs
    Regular season   Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
2002–03Bílí Tygři LiberecCZE U20411181930821331
2002–03Bílí Tygři LiberecELH40000—————
2003–04Bílí Tygři LiberecCZE U2014410143821016
2003–04Bílí Tygři LiberecELH4511251—————
2003–04HC Berounští MedvědiCZE.2—————31124
2004–05Bílí Tygři LiberecCZE U2030114—————
2004–05Bílí Tygři LiberecELH3913414120006
2005–06Portland PiratesAHL7132528481601116
2006–07Edmonton OilersNHL77371037—————
2007–08Springfield FalconsAHL814515—————
2007–08Edmonton OilersNHL6504458—————
2008–09Edmonton OilersNHL600111157—————
2009–10Edmonton OilersNHL5118939—————
2010–11Edmonton OilersNHL780101085—————
2011–12Edmonton OilersNHL785101544—————
2012–13Bílí Tygři LiberecELH222121422—————
2012–13Edmonton OilersNHL4813455—————
2013–14Edmonton OilersNHL1711216—————
2013–14Calgary FlamesNHL5615662—————
2014–15Calgary FlamesNHL3101113—————
2015–16Calgary FlamesNHL220006—————
2015–16Stockton HeatAHL10000—————
2017–18Bílí Tygři LiberecELH4731013401011212
2017–18HC Benátky nad JizerouCZE.2100012—————
2018–19Bílí Tygři LiberecELH514202454171568
2019–20Bílí Tygři LiberecELH516293564—————
2020–21Bílí Tygři LiberecELH261101140—————
2021–22Bílí Tygři LiberecELH322161824101894
ELH totals 317 20 101 121 309 49 3 14 17 30
NHL totals 583 12 60 72 472 — — — — —

International
Year Team Event Result   GP G A Pts PIM
2003 Czech Republic WJC18 6th 6 0 0 0 2
2004 Czech Republic WJC 4th 6 1 2 3 4
2004 Czech Republic WJC18 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 5 0 2 2 0
2005 Czech Republic WJC 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 7 0 2 2 4
2006 Czech Republic WJC 6th 6 1 1 2 0
2007 Czech Republic WC 7th 6 0 0 0 31
2013 Czech Republic WC 7th 8 0 3 3 6
2014 Czech Republic OG 6th 5 0 0 0 2
Junior totals 30 2 7 9 10
Senior totals 19 0 3 3 39

References
  1. "Pee-Wee players who have reached NHL or WHA" (PDF). Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament. 2018. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2019-03-06. Retrieved 2019-02-15.
  2. "Ladislav Smid". Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2010-02-01.
  3. "Ladislav Smid". The Sports Network. Retrieved 2010-02-01.
  4. "Edmonton Oilers Transactions 2006-07". ESPN. Retrieved 2010-02-01.
  5. "Oilers' Smid on being traded for Heatley: 'It sucked'". Edmonton Sun. 2009-08-24. Retrieved 2010-02-01.
  6. "Smid had H1N1". Edmonton Journal. 2009-10-28. Retrieved 2010-02-01.
  7. "Smid and Petry still getting it done". Edmonton Journal. 2012-04-06. Archived from the original on 2013-11-09. Retrieved 2012-04-06.
  8. "Smid avoids serious neck damage". Edmonton Journal. 2012-04-07. Retrieved 2012-04-07.
  9. "Edmonton coach Renney to miss game after taking puck to head". NBC. February 6, 2012. Retrieved July 23, 2023.
  10. "Oilers re-sign trade target Ladislav Smid for four years, $14 million". CBS. April 1, 2013. Retrieved July 23, 2023.
  11. "Oilers, Flames complete trade". CBC. November 8, 2013. Retrieved 2013-11-09.
  12. "Defenseman Smid from the NHL back to Liberec" (in Czech). HC Bílí Tygři Liberec. 2017-05-23. Retrieved 2017-05-23.
  13. libor@drbna.cz, TRIMA NEWS, s r o. "Nedochází mi, že už je konec. Ladislav Šmíd se loučí s bohatou hokejovou kariérou". Liberecká Drbna - zprávy z Liberce a Libereckého kraje (in Czech). Retrieved 2022-03-29.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
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