The Pittsburgh Penguins have acquired forward Philip Tomasino from the Nashville Predators in exchange for a 2027 fourth-round draft pick, it was announced Monday.
The Penguins have acquired forward Philip Tomasino from the Nashville Predators in exchange for a 2027 fourth-round draft pick.
Tomasino is signed through the 2024.25 season and carries an average annual value of $825,000 at the NHL level.
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— Pittsburgh Penguins (@penguins) November 25, 2024
In a corresponding move, the Penguins optioned forward Sam Poulin – who had one assist in six games this season – to Wilkes-Barre/Scranton, Pittsburgh’s AHL affiliate.
In 11 games with Nashville this season, the 23-year-old Tomasino – Nashville’s first-round pick (24th overall) in 2019 – has just one point. He has been a healthy scratch for much of the season as the struggling Predators have looked to turn their season around in the earlygoing.
However, he has shown some offensive upside in years past, registering 23 goals and 71 points over 159 games with Nashville. He is good on the forecheck and along the walls, and he was, likely, in need of a change of scenery.
Lots of hard work by Tomasino in the corner before this Cody Glass goal. No assist, but man did he deserve one.
This Preds team is feisty tonight. pic.twitter.com/vrhLxF2NMT
— Alex Daugherty (@AlexDaugherty1) March 29, 2023
Philip Tomasino, acquired by PIT, is a youngish offensive forward who plays all three forward positions. Produced at a reasonable clip before this season but struggled to grab a spot in Nashville. Was a rushing forward as a prospect but foot speed has been a limiter. #LetsGoPens pic.twitter.com/9yK3Yqq1vy
— JFresh (@JFreshHockey) November 25, 2024
This also goes right along with Penguins’ GM and POHO Kyle Dubas’s tendency to grab former first-round picks – and younger ones, at that – and try to get some upside out of them by giving them a fresh look in Pittsburgh. Other examples include Jesse Puljujarvi and Cody Glass – a former (and now, current) teammate of Tomasino’s in Nashville.
Tomasino – who signed a one-year deal worth $825,000 with Nashville this summer – will be a restriced free agent after the 2024-25 season.
