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Richard Smehlik

Position: D
Shoots: Left
Height: 6-4    Weight: 222 lbs.
Born: January 23, 1970 in Ostrava, Czechoslovakia

Drafted by the Buffalo Sabres in the 5th round (97th overall) of the 1990 NHL Entry Draft.

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Season Age Tm Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1992-93 23 BUF NHL 80 4 27 31 10 9 59 4 0 0 0 82 4.9
1993-94 24 BUF NHL 84 14 27 41 15 22 69 8 3 3 1 106 13.2
1994-95 25 BUF NHL 39 4 7 11 4 5 46 3 0 1 1 49 8.2
1996-97 27 BUF NHL 62 11 19 30 11 19 43 9 2 0 1 100 11.0
1997-98 28 BUF NHL 72 3 17 20 6 11 62 2 0 1 0 90 3.3
1998-99 29 BUF NHL 72 3 11 14 5 -9 44 3 0 0 0 61 4.9 1572 21:50
1999-00 30 BUF NHL 64 2 9 11 4 13 50 2 0 0 0 67 3.0 1349 21:04
2000-01 31 BUF NHL 56 3 12 15 5 6 4 3 0 0 1 40 7.5 1087 19:25
2001-02 32 BUF NHL 60 3 6 9 3 -9 22 3 0 0 1 52 5.8 1222 20:22
2002-03 33 TOT NHL 55 2 11 13 4 -5 16 2 0 0 0 49 4.1 1055 19:11
2002-03 33 ATL NHL 43 2 9 11 4 -4 16 2 0 0 0 38 5.3 847 19:42
2002-03 33 NJD NHL 12 0 2 2 1 -1 0 0 0 0 0 11 0.0 208 17:20
Career NHL 644 49 146 195 67 62 415 39 5 5 5 696 7.0 6286 20:28

NHL Miscellaneous

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Per Game Adjusted Plus/Minus Point Shares
Season Age Tm Lg GP G A PTS GC PIM S G A PTS GC TGF PGF TGA PGA +/- OPS DPS PS
1992-93 23 BUF NHL 80 0.05 0.34 0.39 0.12 0.74 1.03 3 22 25 8 86 4 115 42 9 1.0 4.2 5.2
1993-94 24 BUF NHL 84 0.17 0.32 0.49 0.18 0.82 1.26 13 24 37 14 107 27 86 28 22 3.0 6.5 9.4
1994-95 25 BUF NHL 39 0.10 0.18 0.28 0.11 1.18 1.26 7 12 19 7 46 7 49 15 5 0.6 2.9 3.4
1996-97 27 BUF NHL 62 0.18 0.31 0.48 0.18 0.69 1.61 11 20 31 11 76 14 59 16 19 2.6 4.1 6.7
1997-98 28 BUF NHL 72 0.04 0.24 0.28 0.09 0.86 1.25 3 19 22 7 68 12 75 30 11 0.9 4.1 5.0
1998-99 29 BUF NHL 72 0.04 0.15 0.19 0.06 0.61 0.85 3 12 15 5 38 4 70 27 -9 0.2 2.4 2.6
1999-00 30 BUF NHL 64 0.03 0.14 0.17 0.06 0.78 1.05 2 10 12 4 55 2 54 14 13 -0.1 3.8 3.8
2000-01 31 BUF NHL 56 0.05 0.21 0.27 0.09 0.07 0.71 3 13 16 5 44 5 42 9 6 0.7 3.3 4.0
2001-02 32 BUF NHL 60 0.05 0.10 0.15 0.06 0.37 0.87 3 7 10 4 47 2 71 17 -9 0.0 2.1 2.2
2002-03 33 TOT NHL 55 0.04 0.20 0.24 0.08 0.29 0.89 2 12 14 4 33 1 53 16 -5 0.5 1.7 2.2
2002-03 33 ATL NHL 43 0.05 0.21 0.26 0.08 0.37 0.88 2 10 12 4 27 1 46 16 -4 0.6 1.3 1.8
2002-03 33 NJD NHL 12 0.00 0.17 0.17 0.05 0.00 0.92 0 2 2 1 6 0 7 0 -1 0.0 0.4 0.4
Career NHL 644 0.08 0.23 0.30 0.10 0.64 1.08 50 151 201 68 600 78 674 214 62 9.3 35.2 44.5

NHL Playoffs

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Season Age Tm Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1992-93 23 BUF NHL 8 0 4 4 3 2 0 0 0 0 11 0.0
1993-94 24 BUF NHL 7 0 2 2 -1 10 0 0 0 0 2 0.0
1994-95 25 BUF NHL 5 0 0 0 -1 2 0 0 0 0 3 0.0
1996-97 27 BUF NHL 12 0 2 2 0 4 0 0 0 0 17 0.0
1997-98 28 BUF NHL 15 0 2 2 3 6 0 0 0 0 12 0.0
1998-99 29 BUF NHL 21 0 3 3 -4 10 0 0 0 0 20 0.0 506 24:04
1999-00 30 BUF NHL 5 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 6 16.7 102 20:20
2000-01 31 BUF NHL 10 0 1 1 3 4 0 0 0 0 7 0.0 198 19:45
2002-03 33 NJD NHL SC 5 0 0 0 -2 2 0 0 0 0 2 0.0 65 12:58
Career NHL 1 88 1 14 15 1 40 1 0 0 0 80 1.3 870 21:13

Other Standard

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Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1987-88 18 Czechoslovakia EJC-A 5 1 1 2 4
1988-89 19 TJ Vitkovice Czech 38 2 5 7 12
1989-90 20 TJ Vitkovice Czech 44 4 3 7
1989-90 20 Czechoslovakia WJC-A 7 0 1 1 4
1990-91 21 Dukla Jihlava Czech 58 4 3 7 22
1990-91 21 Czechoslovakia WEC-A 8 1 2 3 8
1991-92 22 Czechoslovakia Can-Cup 5 0 1 1 2
1991-92 22 TJ Vitkovice Czech 47 9 10 19 42
1991-92 22 Czechoslovakia Olympics 8 0 1 1 2
1991-92 22 Czechoslovakia WC-A 8 0 0 0 4
1994-95 25 HC Vitkovice CzRep 13 5 2 7 12
1997-98 28 Czech Republic Olympics 6 0 1 1 4
2001-02 32 Czech Republic Olympics 4 0 0 0 -3 0 0 0 0 0
Career 1 Season Can-Cup 5 0 1 1 2
Career 4 Seasons Czech 187 19 21 40 76
Career 1 Season CzRep 13 5 2 7 12
Career 1 Season EJC-A 5 1 1 2 4
Career 3 Seasons Olympics 18 0 2 2 -3 6 0 0 0 0
Career 1 Season WC-A 8 0 0 0 4
Career 1 Season WEC-A 8 1 2 3 8
Career 1 Season WJC-A 7 0 1 1 4

Other Playoffs

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Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1989-90 20 TJ Vitkovice Czech 7 1 1 2
Career 1 Season Czech 7 1 1 2

Similarity Scores

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Thru 10 Years Adjusted Point Shares (Best to Worst)
Player 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Richard Smehlik 9.4 6.7 5.2 5.0 4.0 3.8 3.4 2.6 2.2 2.2
Dale Tallon 92.9 9.4 6.0 6.0 5.7 4.8 3.9 3.4 3.3 2.6 2.4
Bill Gadsby 92.8 8.2 5.7 5.6 5.2 4.9 3.6 2.9 2.3 2.3 1.2
Rick Smith 92.7 9.0 6.2 5.7 5.2 5.0 4.1 3.5 3.2 1.9 1.5
Jeff Norton 90.6 7.0 6.3 6.3 5.4 5.3 3.5 3.2 3.2 2.2 1.1
Viacheslav Fetisov 90.6 9.2 7.3 6.1 4.9 4.8 3.9 3.4 3.4 2.2
Jimmy Roberts 90.5 8.7 7.3 5.2 5.1 4.6 3.3 2.7 2.6 2.2 0.9
Brad Stuart 89.2 7.8 6.7 6.7 6.0 5.5 4.0 3.8 3.8 2.3 2.2
Boris Mironov 89.1 8.6 8.5 5.5 5.2 4.9 4.2 3.6 3.3 3.1 0.8
Pavel Kubina 89.0 7.7 7.1 6.3 5.3 5.0 4.1 4.0 3.4 2.4 0.6
Bert Corbeau 88.8 4.2 4.1 3.8 3.4 3.1 2.7 2.4 2.4 2.3 1.6
Career Adjusted Point Shares (Best to Worst)
Player 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
Richard Smehlik 9.4 6.7 5.2 5.0 4.0 3.8 3.4 2.6 2.2 2.2
Dale Tallon 92.9 9.4 6.0 6.0 5.7 4.8 3.9 3.4 3.3 2.6 2.4
Rick Smith 91.1 9.0 6.2 5.7 5.2 5.0 4.1 3.5 3.2 3.0 1.9 1.5
Viacheslav Fetisov 90.6 9.2 7.3 6.1 4.9 4.8 3.9 3.4 3.4 2.2
Brad Maxwell 88.8 7.7 6.3 6.0 6.0 5.7 5.0 4.5 3.0 2.5 2.2
Bert Corbeau 88.8 4.2 4.1 3.8 3.4 3.1 2.7 2.4 2.4 2.3 1.6
Wally Stanowski 88.3 6.5 4.8 4.8 3.4 3.1 3.0 2.7 2.3 2.1 1.7
Keith Magnuson 87.8 8.2 7.8 6.7 5.3 4.6 3.8 3.8 3.5 1.3 1.1 0.1
Boris Mironov 87.5 8.6 8.5 5.5 5.2 4.9 4.2 3.6 3.3 3.1 2.9 0.8
Reg Hamilton 87.0 5.3 4.9 4.5 4.0 3.8 3.5 2.7 2.6 1.9 1.6 0.4 0.3
Moe Mantha 86.9 8.1 5.4 5.2 5.1 4.9 4.4 3.4 2.9 2.4 1.4 1.2 1.0

Appearances on Leaderboards, Awards, and Honors

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Championships

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2003 New Jersey Devils (NHL)

Games Played

1993-94 NHL 84 (5)

Defensive Point Shares

1993-94 NHL 6.5 (4)

Transactions

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August 11, 1995: Missed entire 1995-96 due to knee surgery, August 11, 1995.

July 11, 2002: Signed as a free agent by Atlanta, July 11, 2002.

March 10, 2003: Traded to New Jersey by Atlanta with New Jersey's 6th and 8th round choices (previously acquired) in 2004 Entry Draft for New Jersey's 4th round choice (Michael Vannelli) in 2003 Entry Draft, March 10, 2003.

September 17, 2003: Officially announced his retirement, September 17, 2003.

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