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Rexrode: Predators’ Philip Tomasino situation is bad news for them, needs to inspire him

It is not a good idea for Philip Tomasino, Milwaukee. Nashville Predators. It can’t be.

This is a team that has improved, and it won two victories over the competition. San JosePrague was the place to begin the season. It is the team that should reach and possibly win the playoffs. It is not a team with a lot of offensive talent. Tomasino should be elevated to top-six status during his second full season. NHL — why coach John Hynes afforded him that opportunity when training camp began.

Tomasino missed the opportunity. It was much more about what he didn’t do than about what Kiefer SherwoodThat line was the next to be used to begin the season. Ryan JohansenAnd another acquisition. Nino Niederreiter. Any suggestion that the opposite is true is spin. This is not the Preds’ wish, and it should never have been.

It could be a good thing for Tomasino. That’s a very different question. Let’s head to the first open Predators locker room since early 2020, at Centennial Sportsplex after Tuesday’s practice, talk to a couple guys who have nothing to spin but do have interesting experiences to share. Eeli Tolvanen and Cody GlassAlso, you have much in common with Tomasino.


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