{"id":384160,"date":"2026-01-01T04:07:11","date_gmt":"2026-01-01T04:07:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/384160\/"},"modified":"2026-01-01T04:07:11","modified_gmt":"2026-01-01T04:07:11","slug":"penguins-flyers-swap-egor-zamula-philip-tomasino","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/384160\/","title":{"rendered":"Penguins, Flyers Swap Egor Zamula, Philip Tomasino"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Penguins announced<\/a> they\u2019ve acquired defenseman Egor Zamula<\/a>\u00a0from the Flyers in exchange for winger\u00a0Philip Tomasino<\/a>. Both players had previously cleared waivers and will report to their respective new AHL affiliates.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Zamula\u2019s name first\u00a0surfaced on the trade market at the beginning of the season,\u00a0initially <\/a>linked to the Flames<\/a>. While that deal never came close to fruition, the 25-year-old became an increasingly frequent healthy scratch as the season progressed. After sitting for six straight games in December and being leapfrogged on the depth chart by AHL call-up\u00a0Ty Murchison<\/a>, the Flyers placed him on waivers<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Lehigh Valley hadn\u2019t had a ton of action since Zamula\u2019s demotion due to the holiday break, but the 6\u20193\u2033 lefty did manage two assists and a -3 rating in three games. Last weekend, it was reported that Zamula had changed his representation<\/a> and was considering terminating his contract to sign with another team at a lower cap hit to boost his chances of returning to the NHL.<\/p>\n

Now, Zamula gets the change of scenery he wanted without having to walk away from the remainder of his $1.4MM base salary he\u2019s owed this season. He\u2019d spent his entire pro career in the Philly organization after signing with the Flyers as an undrafted free agent in 2020. Over the past six seasons, he\u2019s scored eight goals and 41 points with a -12 rating in 168 appearances, averaging 15:53 per game.<\/p>\n

He\u2019s always carried some intrigue with him because of his size and offensive ceiling \u2013 he had a career-high 22 points in 61 games two seasons ago \u2013 but doesn\u2019t play a physical brand. Nonetheless, he\u2019s had some above-average possession impacts during his time in Philadelphia and, although he\u2019d fallen out of favor with new head coach Rick Tocchet, his statistical profile suggests there\u2019s still an opportunity for him to stick around as a third-pairing option with power-play deployability.<\/p>\n

While Zamula will start in Wilkes-Barre\/Scranton, he\u2019ll likely be the first name called up if the Pens need a lefty. He should also quickly find his way onto the roster if the Pens ship out\u00a0Brett Kulak<\/a>\u00a0or\u00a0Ryan Shea<\/a>, their two pending unrestricted free agents on the left side of their blue line, before the trade deadline.<\/p>\n

Pittsburgh has been active in picking up change-of-scenery candidates over the past couple of seasons, including nabbing\u00a0Yegor Chinakhov<\/a>\u00a0from the Blue Jackets just two days ago<\/a>. Tomasino was a similar acquisition from the Predators last season as well, although that one didn\u2019t end up paying dividends.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>The 24th overall pick in 2019, Tomasino arrived in Pittsburgh early last season in exchange for a fourth-round pick. The high-skill winger looked like a natural fit in Pittsburgh\u2019s top nine early on, even getting some reps alongside\u00a0Evgeni Malkin<\/a>. After posting just one assist in 11 games with Nashville to begin the year, he logged 11 goals and 23 points in 50 contests to close out the season with the Pens.<\/p>\n

However, Pittsburgh\u2019s preference to integrate its own drafted-and-developed talent, plus UFA pickups\u00a0Justin Brazeau<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Anthony Mantha<\/a>\u00a0developing some high-end chemistry with Malkin, pushed Tomasino down the depth chart from the drop this season. The 24-year-old only averaged 12:10 per game through nine contests, scoring one assist with a -2 rating, before he ended up on waivers in November. He was eventually reassigned to Wilkes-Barre\/Scranton, where he\u2019s clicked at over a point per game pace with a 5-10\u201315 line and +12 rating in 14 games.<\/p>\n

For a Flyers team in need of some wing depth in the wake of\u00a0Tyson Foerster<\/a>\u2019s season-ending arm injury<\/a>, Tomasino is an intriguing pickup who could even slot into top-six minutes if they opt to return\u00a0Denver Barkey<\/a>\u00a0to the minors after giving him his first taste of NHL hockey. If nothing else, he\u2019s an immediate reinforcement to a Lehigh Valley offense that\u2019s only producing 2.77 goals per game this season.<\/p>\n

Both pending restricted free agents, Zamula carries a $1.7MM cap hit while Tomasino counts for $1.75MM. For now, Zamula will only cost $550K against the Pens\u2019 books, and Tomasino will cost $600K for the Flyers while each remains in the minors.<\/p>\n

Images courtesy of Eric Canha-Imagn Images (Zamula) and Charles LeClaire-Imagn Images (Tomasino).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Penguins announced they\u2019ve acquired defenseman Egor Zamula\u00a0from the Flyers in exchange for winger\u00a0Philip Tomasino. Both players had…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":384161,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[377],"tags":[25435,5,30,56,6628,100,405],"class_list":{"0":"post-384160","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-hockey","8":"tag-egor-zamula","9":"tag-hockey","10":"tag-newsstand","11":"tag-philadelphia-flyers","12":"tag-philip-tomasino","13":"tag-pittsburgh-penguins","14":"tag-transactions"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nhl\/115817876901966731","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/384160","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=384160"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/384160\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/384161"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=384160"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=384160"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=384160"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}