Maybe the most under-the-radar Edmonton Oilers ’ training camp story is where Czech-born, Swedish Hockey League scoring champion David Tomasek fits in the pecking order. Article content

Tomasek once played junior in OHL Belleville for one-time Oilers head coach George Burnett, and before that as a kid in Michigan with current Carolina defenceman Jalen Chatfield, but he is 29-years-old and has never played a single minute of pro in North America. He has played in his home country, in Sweden, Finland and Russia but never over here. Article content Article content

Bringing over older Euros is always tricky—Tomasek’s Farjestads’ teammate Joakim Nygard didn’t pan out here, in part because he couldn’t stay healthy—but Tomasek signed a one-year, one-way $1.2 million deal with Oilers. Unle

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