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Oilers to terminate veteran forward David Tomasek’s contract

Oilers to terminate veteran forward David Tomasek’s contract

Edmonton Oilers forward David Tomasek is expected to sign with the Swedish Hockey League’s Färjestad BK after the holiday roster freeze lifts on Sunday, Jonas Griberg and Johan Ekberg of Värmlands Folkblad report. Tomasek has already left Edmonton and returned to Sweden, according to the report.  The Oilers will place Tomasek on unconditional waivers on Sunday, allowing him to formalize the termination and register a new contract with Färjestad on Monday. The 29-year-old right winger is ticketed to return to the squad where he had immense success over the 2023-24 and 2024-25 seasons before attempting to kickstart an NHL career by signing a one-year, $1.2M deal with Edmonton in April.  He led the league in at least one major statistical category on both occasions and was named the SHL’s Most Valuable Player last season with a 24-33–57 scoring line and +5 rating in 47 games. Tomasek was technically left off the Oilers’ opening-night roster due to salary-cap constraints, taking advantage of his waiver-exempt stRead More

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