An offensively gifted player who plays with an aggressive nature, Abid played four seasons in the QMJHL with stops in Chicoutimi (1996-1999), Acadie-Bathurst (1999-2000) and Halifax (99-2000). In his second season with Chicoutimi, Abid led all scorers in the QMJHL with 50-85-135 and 266 minutes in penalties while earning QMJHL First Team All-Star and CHL Second Team All-Star honours and a spot in the 1998 Memorial Cup tournament.

Coming off a career year in 1998, Abid was dealt to the Acadie-Bathurst Titan midway through the 1998-99 season and was instrumental in leading the team to the 1999 QMJHL Championship and a second consecutive Memorial Cup appearance.

Abid returned to Acadie-Bathurst in 99-2000, however he would only play 13 games before being dealt to the Halifax Mooseheads. Upon his arrival in Halifax, Abid would terrorize the QMJHL, finishing the regular season with a career high 67 goals and 91 assists for 158 points finishing second behind future Tampa Bay superstar Brad Richards of the Rimouski Oceanic.

During his career year of 99-2000, Abid captained the Halifax to the Memorial Cup tournament, and to his third consecutive Memorial Cup. The tournament's Top Scorer, Abid was named to both the CHL First All-Star Team and QMJHL First All-Star Team. In his four years in the QMJHL, the Montreal, Quebec native registered 155 goals, 237 assists for 392 career points and 815 penalty minutes in 250 games.

Following an illustrious junior career, Abid re-entered the draft in 2000 after he was unable to reach an agreement with Colorado. The Phoenix Coyotes liked what they saw in Abid and selected him in the third round, 85th overall. Abid made his professional debut with the Coyotes AHL affiliate in Springfield in 2000-01, however, he was limited to a mere 17 games due to a hand injury that required surgery. He would return the following year and finished fourth in team scoring with 18 goals and 43 points along with 214 penalty minutes. In 2002-03, Abid split his season between Springfield and Phoenix before being dealt to the Pittsburgh Penguins in the latter stages of the season.

Looking for fresh start on a team filled with youngsters, Abid's 2003-04 season came to halt early into his season after he suffered a season ending knee injury. After another season in the Penguin system, Abid was acquired by the Atlanta Thrashers in the summer of 2005. He spent the majority of the following season with the Thrashers' AHL affiliate in Chicago averaging over a point a game with the club. Abids stint with the Atlanta Thrasher organization was short lived however as the Montreal, Quebec native opted to sign as a free agent with the Nashville Predators in the summer of 2006.

Abid split his 2006-07 season between Nashville and their AHL affiliate in Milwaukee prior to finding himself on the move once again, this time signing as a free agent in a Bern, Switzerland based club.