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Report: David Tomasek Leaving Oilers, Heading Back To Sweden
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The Edmonton Oilers have placed forward David Tomášekon waivers for the purpose of terminating his contract, the NHL clubannounced via social media on Friday morning.
The6-foot-2, 209-pound Tomášek had three goals, two assists and10 penalty minutes in 22 NHL games.
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Accordingto Swedish and Czech media sources, the 29-year-old Czech will head back to SHL clubFärjestad BK, where he played from 2023 to2025.
"Ican probably always get a job in Europe. I will always have a leagueto come (back) to, teams to come to," Tomášekrecently told Sportsnet ."I didn't want to regret not giving (the NHL) a try, because I knowthat even if somebody told me how these things are going, I wouldstill take that over the feeling that I never tried."
Tomášek,who was born in Prague, had never played professionally in NorthAmerica before signing with the Oilers last summer , but he did playthreeyears of youth hockey in Michigan and then two seasons for the OHL 'sBelleville Bulls. He was never drafted, however, and spent the nextdecadein Europe – in Czechia with Dynamo Pardubice and Sparta Prague,with JYP in Finland, with Amur Khabarovsk in Russia and withFärjestad.
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In his first twoseasons with Färjestad, Tomášekrecorded 105 points in 109 SHLregular-season and playoff games. He led the league with 25 goals in2023-24 and then led the league with 33 assists and 57 points in2024-25, winning the SHL's MVP award.
As a team, Färjestadfinished first and fourth in the SHL regular season but waseliminated in the quarterfinals both years. In 2024-25,Färjestad went to the Champions Hockey Leaguefinal, losing to the ZSC Lions from Switzerland.
Thisseason, Färjestad currently sits sixth in the SHLstandings with 15 wins in 29 games. The team's roster includesex-NHLers Gabriel Carlsson , Radim Zohorna , Oskar Steen and MariánStudenič .
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