Oilers Place Smid on IR; Recall Mathieu Roy

[Thrillhouse]

The Edmonton Oilers have placed defenceman Ladislav Smid on the NHL Injured Reserve List after he suffered a sprained left shoulder in the first period of the Oilers’ 6-5 shootout loss versus the Dallas Stars on January 4th.

With the injury to Smid, the Oilers have recalled defenceman Mathieu Roy from the Hamilton Bulldogs of the American Hockey League.

In his first NHL season, Smid has scored three assists and accumulated 12 PIM in 39 games with Edmonton.

This will be Roy’s second call-up to the Oilers this season. The 6’2”, 214-pound blueliner was a healthy scratch in five games between December 14th and 23rd after being recalled from Hamilton on December 13th.

In 31 games with Hamilton this season, Roy has scored 6-12-18 with 40 PIM and is +17. He was leading the Bulldogs in plus/minus at the time of his recall and ranked eighth in team scoring.

[Podollan]

Roy is a tough player... I like this call up.
I hope he will stay a while..

Oilers have a depth team toughness -