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Penguins News: Tomasino Out; Roster Choices to Follow
RALEIGH, N.C. — The Pittsburgh Penguins will have a couple of roster choices to make beginning Sunday after the team announced winger Philip Tomasino is out week-to-week with a l0wer body injury.
Tomasino, 23, was injured in the second period of the Penguins 3-2 shootout loss to the Florida Panthers. As he chased a puck into the Florida zone, he lost an edge and slid hard into the end wall, feet first. Tomasino needed to be helped off the ice, unable to put pressure on his right leg.
The Penguins acquired Tomasino from the Nashville Predators on Nov. 25 for a 2027 fourth-round pick. He had only one assist in 11 games with Nashville but has seven points (4-3-7) in 16 games with the Penguins.
The Penguins temporarily had two extra forwards, Anthony Beauvillier and Jesse Puljujarvi. Beauvillier assumed Tomasino’s spot at practice on Saturday. Puljujarvi cleared waivers last week but has remained with the team.
The team could send Puljujarvi to the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins and recall a young forward such as Rutger McGroarty.
Puljujarvi will assume the 13th forward role, though fans should not get their hopes up to see the 26-year-old. Coach Mike Sullivan indicated passing Puljujarvi through waivers was an attempt to give the player a chance to play elsewhere.
The Penguins face the Carolina Hurricanes Sunday at Lenovo Center. The puck drops at 6 p.m. Get the Penguins pregame here.
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If the team isn’t going to play Jesse somewhere, just buy him out and save a little cap space.
Teams cannot buy out a player until June. His contract expires after this season.
Puljujarvi wasn’t great by any means, but he doesn’t deserve to not play at all. Maybe he can be a throw in for a trade. It doesn’t make sense to have him eating up a roster spot when the team could at least send him down to the minors. Very peculiar how this situation is being handled.
Play Jesse and see if his nachos have motivated him at all. If not then he cleared so send him to wbs
He isn’t allowed to play to see if his play will suit Sully’s system. He is different than everyone else on the team. Sully says so. It’s called cutting off Sully’s nose to spite his face.
Not sure how he’d fit in terms of the AHL’s veterans rule. They also may not have a ready spot for him. Broz hasn’t played the last two games. Not like they couldn’t put him in there. Not sure what the dynamic is there in terms of the WBS roster rules.
EK65 has played his best hockey the last two weeks. With Letang out of the line-up. Connect the dots, girls and boys . . .
So Letang messes up Karlsson’s game from the bench? 🤔 brilliant theory
Karlsson played his best game tonight…..with Letang in the lineup….