{"id":384445,"date":"2026-01-01T07:31:13","date_gmt":"2026-01-01T07:31:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/384445\/"},"modified":"2026-01-01T07:31:13","modified_gmt":"2026-01-01T07:31:13","slug":"tomasino-to-philly-for-embattled-zamula","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/384445\/","title":{"rendered":"Tomasino to Philly for Embattled Zamula"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>For the second time in a few days, the <a href=\"https:\/\/pittsburghhockeynow.com\/tag\/pittsburgh-penguins\/\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Pittsburgh Penguins<\/a> have swung a trade for a player 25 and under, this time acquiring embattled defenseman Egor Zamula from the Philadelphia Flyers. <\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/pittsburghhockeynow.com\/tag\/penguins-trade\/\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Penguins traded<\/a> Philip Tomasino to Philly in exchange. The move is technically a minor-league trade as both Tomasin and Zamula are in the AHL, but both have ample NHL experience. <\/p>\n<p>Zamula will report to the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wbspenguins.com\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Wilkes-Barre\/Scranton Penguins<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>The Penguins acquired Tomasino in November 2024 in exchange for a fourth-round pick from the Nashville Predators. He had fallen out of favor in Nashville, where he was the club\u2019s 2019 first-round pick (24th overall). The Penguins acquired him to give him an extended look in a more prominent role. <\/p>\n<p>Last season, Tomasino had 23 points (11-12-23) in 50 games, but failed to establish himself as an NHL regular. This season, the Penguins waived him on Nov. 18 after posting one assist in nine games. <\/p>\n<p>With WBS, Tomasino had 15 points (5-10-15) in 14 games. <\/p>\n<p>Zamula, 25, is a similar story in which many observers expected more from the 6-foot-3, 200-pound Russian defenseman. He has played 13 NHL games this season, registering just one assist and a plus-4 rating. <\/p>\n<p>The Flyers waived Zamula on Dec. 19. <\/p>\n<p>He will add blue line depth to the left side of the Penguins organization, joining Ryan Graves, <a href=\"https:\/\/pittsburghhockeynow.com\/tag\/owen-pickering\/\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Owen Pickering<\/a>, Alex Alexeyev, and Sebastian Aho as left-handed D-men in WBS. What the trade might mean for the futures of Pickering or Graves is to be determined. <\/p>\n<p>The Penguins re-assigned Graves to WBS Wednesday afternoon when he cleared waivers. <\/p>\n<p>The smooth-skating Zamula put up big numbers in junior hockey, playing in the WHL for the Regina Pats and then the Calgary Hitmen. In 2018-19, he registered 56 points (10-46-56) in 61 games and had 28 points in 28 games in his final junior season. <\/p>\n<p>He also played for Team Russia in the 2020 World Junior Championships, registering five points (2-3-5) in seven games. Overall, Zamula has dressed for 168 NHL games, scoring eight goals with 33 assists. <\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tTags: <a href=\"https:\/\/pittsburghhockeynow.com\/tag\/egor-zamula\/\" rel=\"tag nofollow noopener\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" target=\"_blank\">egor zamula<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/pittsburghhockeynow.com\/tag\/penguins-trade\/\" rel=\"tag nofollow noopener\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" target=\"_blank\">Penguins Trade<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/pittsburghhockeynow.com\/tag\/philip-tomasino\/\" rel=\"tag nofollow noopener\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" target=\"_blank\">Philip Tomasino<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/pittsburghhockeynow.com\/tag\/pittsburgh-penguins\/\" rel=\"tag nofollow noopener\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" target=\"_blank\">Pittsburgh Penguins<\/a> <\/p>\n<p class=\"categories\">Categorized: <a href=\"https:\/\/pittsburghhockeynow.com\/category\/penguins-trade-talk\/\" rel=\"tag nofollow noopener\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" target=\"_blank\">Penguins Trade Talk<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"For the second time in a few days, the Pittsburgh Penguins have swung a trade for a player&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":384446,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5113],"tags":[25435,5,4,118,644,6628,1469,100,5216],"class_list":{"0":"post-384445","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-pittsburgh-penguins","8":"tag-egor-zamula","9":"tag-hockey","10":"tag-nhl","11":"tag-penguins","12":"tag-penguins-trade","13":"tag-philip-tomasino","14":"tag-pittsburgh","15":"tag-pittsburgh-penguins","16":"tag-pittsburghpenguins"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nhl\/115818678552029217","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/384445","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=384445"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/384445\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/384446"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=384445"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=384445"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=384445"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}