Hope for Ladislav Smid

by Jonathan Willis on May 10, 2008 11:22 PM EDT on The Copper & Blue

To the left is the title character of this post, Ladislav Smid, wiping out a fellow named Gaborik along the sideboards. The 2007-08 season was Smid's second in the NHL, and superficially it wasn't nearly as good as the first. *In 2006-07, Smid got a job in the top-six out of training camp after...