The 2018-19 season was both great and horrific for Radim Simek. The young Czech defenseman made his NHL debut on Dec. 2, 2018 and finished the game with 13:10 of ice time and a plus-1. It was enough of an impact to convince Head Coach Pete DeBoer to keep Simek in the lineup for the next game, where he registered his first NHL assist and finished that game a plus-2.
But injury soon knocked him out of the lineup. Simek missed the first two games of 2019 with a head injury after a late high hit by Sam Bennett of the Calgary Flames.