Fantasy Hockey Feautre: Philip Tomasino's career back on track in Pittsburgh

In November of 2024, the Nashville Predators traded forward Philip Tomasino to the Pittsburgh Penguins. Tomasino has seven goals and 12 points in 28 games with Pittsburgh, skating under 13:30 per game, giving him a rate of 1.12 goals per 60 minutes, or the 73rd percentile of the league. It is worth going over his path as a prospect, what went right (and wrong) in Nashville, what’s gone right in Pittsburgh, and what we can glean about his future. 

When reading Tomasino’s 2019 scouting profile from current Elite Prospects Editor-In-Chief J.D. Burke, the tracking done by Mitchell Brown is what stands out. Both the expected goals and expected primary assists per 60 minutes were in the 95th percentile, and he also had a similarly high rate of on-ice primary shot assists: 

Burke points out that To