Former Oilers, Flames defenceman Ladislav Smid announces retirement
Former Edmonton Oilers and Calgary Flames defenceman Ladislav Smid has announced his retirement from professional hockey at the age of 36.
In an interview with Genus.cz, Smid said that this was the final season of his career and he intends on returning to Canada with his family in the near future.
Note: the following is translated from Czech.
I mainly want to be with my family and see my friends as much as possible before I fly to Canada. I will stay in the Czech Republic for about a month and then I have plans in Canada. We are building a house there and I have to take it over. Then I would like to get involved in skill-coaching or something similar to make my life a little more varied. But I don't want to run from work to work. I need to enjoy some time off," Smid said.
The Frydlant (Czech Republic) native was drafted all the way back in 2004 with the ninth overall pick by the Anaheim Ducks. He never played a game with Anaheim as they traded him to Edmonton in a massive package that saw Chris Pronger become a Duck.
Smid spent parts of ten seasons in the National Hockey League, before returning to the Czech Republic and playing the last five years with Liberec Bili Tygri HC.
In 583 career games with Edmonton and Calgary, Smid recorded 72 points (12 goals, 60 assists), 472 penalty minutes, and was a -62.
Source: Genus.cz.
| G | A | PTS | ||
| Mitch Marner | 2 | - | 2 | |
| Logan Cooley | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| William Nylander | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Jack McBain | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Dylan Guenther | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Michael Kesselring | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Fraser Minten | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Mikhail Sergachev | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Chris Tanev | - | 1 | 1 | |
| John Tavares | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Simon Benoit | - | - | - | |
| Nick Bjugstad | - | - | - | |
| Michael Carcone | - | - | - | |
| Ian Cole | - | - | - | |
| Lawson Crouse | - | - | - | |
| Connor Dewar | - | - | - | |
| Oliver Ekman-Larsson | - | - | - | |
| Barrett Hayton | - | - | - | |
| Pontus Holmberg | - | - | - | |
| Clayton Keller | - | - | - | |
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| STANDINGS 2024-2025 | ||||||
TOP 10 | GP | W | L | OL | PTS | |
Jets | 21 | 17 | 4 | - | 34 | |
Wild | 20 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 30 | |
Devils | 23 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 30 | |
Hurricanes | 20 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 29 | |
Golden Knights | 21 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 28 | |
Maple Leafs | 21 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 28 | |
Capitals | 20 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 27 | |
Flames | 21 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 27 | |
Stars | 19 | 13 | 6 | - | 26 | |
Rangers | 19 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 25 | |
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