Ladislav Smid: One Hit to the Body

Ladislav Smid gets hurt a lot. These aren't small injuries and no one questions his toughness. However, when your resume includes concussions, a broken hand, a neck injury, arm injury, knees, legs, shoulder it isn't a stretch to suggest that the hits will keep on coming. When looking at Ladislav Smid, injuries are a major consideration. Boxcars: 51gp, 1-8-9 Shots: 36 Plus Minus: +5 Corsi (Rel): -2.2 (3rd among D's)GF/GA ON: 36-31 5x5/60: 0.50 (3rd best among D's) 5x4/60: 14.40 (best among D's) Quality of Competition: easiest among D's Quality of Teammates: best among D's Offensive Zone Start FO %: 46.8% (3rd easiest among D's)Cap Hit: $1,300,000What do these numbers tell us? Smid played in the best possible circumstances (Lubo as his partner, easy minutes in terms of opposition and a reasonable zone start) and his numbers reflect it. One would hope for more offense, although playing with Lubo meant a lot of playing guard while the brilliant one ad-lib...