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How do the Oilers solve their David Tomášek problem?

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David Tomášek has underwhelmed in the early going of his NHL career.

Last year’s leading scorer in the Swedish Hockey League (SHL), he signed with the Oilers in the offseason to give the NHL a go. He made the team out of training camp and started out in Zach Hyman’s spot on the first line, but has since, as the Oilers became healthier again, become the forgotten man.

Even as the Oilers suffer through another wave of injuries, Tomášek remains a healthy scratch, which is damning, as the team chooses to call up players from the farm team rather than put him in the lineup.

Tomášek hasn’t done that bad for a first-year player, but only been….OK, putting up three goals and five points in 22 games for the Oilers........

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