When is the Preds camp?
I'd assume if we seriously think he's NHL ready we would pull him out of the WJC and make him come to our camp. Unless that's something we aren't allowed to do. Would suck for him to miss out on the WJC, but I'd imagine Predators camp would be viewed as more important for his development.
Unless something changes in the Predators lineup i don't see how they don't put tolvanen and Tomasino in there atleast to try them out. He may not stick past 9 games but as it sits right now the top 6 is so full of holes they have nothing to lose by trying them there.You're allowed to (Chicago will do that with Dach and NYR will do that with Lafreniere), but Nashville won't do that with Tomasino. He's not a for sure NHLer this year like Dach/Lafreniere are
Unless something changes in the Predators lineup i don't see how they don't put tolvanen and Tomasino in there atleast to try them out. He may not stick past 9 games but as it sits right now the top 6 is so full of holes they have nothing to lose by trying them there.
Not to mention you wouldn't want 1 case to disrupt a team for 2 weeks. Rosters will have to be expanded.It's also possible that the next NHL return-to-play process will again allow the team to carry more than the usual 23 players. To avoid player movement with callups/demotions etc. If that is in play, it's always possible Tomasino could again have greater benefit sticking around here as an expanded-roster Black Ace than anything else available to him.
I would also not be averse to just leaving Tolvanen in the KHL until the end of their season. It's not at all clear that he's ready to make any significant impact here yet. So no harm in letting his loan go right to the end of the KHL season. At least he'd be playing high level hockey either way. And if he can stick in a top-6 spot there, that might be better for his development than a pressbox/rotation spot here.
Tolvanen is quickly becoming an after-thought. He’s played himself into that position. I still have expectations but I just don’t know.It's also possible that the next NHL return-to-play process will again allow the team to carry more than the usual 23 players. To avoid player movement with callups/demotions etc. If that is in play, it's always possible Tomasino could again have greater benefit sticking around here as an expanded-roster Black Ace than anything else available to him.
I would also not be averse to just leaving Tolvanen in the KHL until the end of their season. It's not at all clear that he's ready to make any significant impact here yet. So no harm in letting his loan go right to the end of the KHL season. At least he'd be playing high level hockey either way. And if he can stick in a top-6 spot there, that might be better for his development than a pressbox/rotation spot here.
I didn't think they would. Live action is better than practice most of the time.Doesn't sound like the Preds intend to pull Tomasino from WJC...
Predators Loan Philip Tomasino to Team Canada for 2021 World Juniors
Hes got a good junior two way game at leastSo we will watch him light it up, until he comes here and we shove him on a lesser line for not being a 2 way guy? Then send him back to learn a more 'all around game'.
I was going to say that was supposed to be one of his strengths along with skating.Hes got a good junior two way game at least
I was going to say that was supposed to be one of his strengths along with skating.
Skating and offensive game is definitely his strength. 2 way game is not a strength for him though (yet at least)
Ah, don't worry. By the time we're done with him, he'll be as sound a two-way forward as any but can't top 40 points in the NHL.
Depending on what Nashville's plan for him long term is will determine if he's in Nashville or Oshawa this year I think. What I mean by that is if they see him as a winger going forward then keep him in Nashville this year and learn on the job because he can come in and create offensively right away and get by being a winger in the D-zone. But if they see him being a centre long term, I think they send him back to Oshawa (after a handful of NHL games) because I don't think he could hang in his own zone in the NHL yet, which is the case for 99% of junior players.