Philip Tomasino was traded to Pittsburgh Penguins by the Nashville Predators on Monday for a fourth-round pick in the 2027 NHL Draft.
The 23-year-old forward will travel to Pittsburgh and hopes to practice Tuesday. He signed a one-year, $825,000 contract with the Predators on Sept. 18 and can be a restricted free agent after this season.
The Penguins (7-12-4) play the Vancouver Canucks at PPG Paints on Wednesday (7:30 p.m. ET; SN-PIT, SNP) and are last in the Metropolitan Division coming off a 6-1 loss to the Utah Hockey Club in Pittsburgh on Nov. 23.
Tomasino has one assist in 11 games after getting 20 points (seven goals, 13 assists) in 41 games last season and 18 points (11 goals, seven assists) for Milwaukee in the American Hockey League while helping the Admirals to the Western Conference Final of the Calder Cup Playoffs. Nashville’s first-round pick (No. 24) in the 2019 NHL Draft, has 71 points (23 goals, 48 assists) in 159 NHL games.
The Penguins reassigned forward Sam Poulin to Wilkes-Barre/Scranton of the AHL.