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 Skookum Jim
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Registered: March 2006
Location: Burnaby, BC
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Here's a listing of the top Euro free agents available for signing to NHL clubs..
https://www.mckeenshockey.com/nhl-blog/nhl-2025-european-fre e-agent-frenzy-26-players-nhl-franchise-season/
Worth reviewing to see the potential signings that Stauffer has been alluding to the last week or so..
Josh Samanski is listed, as well as David Tomasek, who were both just signed.
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David Tomasek (CZE) - C - 29 - 6-foot-2, 187 pounds - SHL
He led the Swedish SHL in regular season scoring last season with 25 goals and 45 points, albeit in 52 games. He had piqued interest. We know that teams were looking at him and he was in heavy consideration.
Then he flopped with just one point in a horrific first round sweep in which his first-place club lost to the eighth seed. After that, he showed up at the Men’s WC for Czechia and was quite ok, going 1-3-4 and +3 in 10 games. He didn’t get signed by an NHL team.
There were other interested parties around Europe, but Tomasek seemed to believe that he was already in the best place for his progress in Färjestad and this season has done nothing but back that up. At the moment, he’s leading the SHL - a league whose top scorer is often clipping at less than a PPG pace - with 57 points in 47 games.
His team is gearing up for a long playoff run and yes, we know he’s getting some serious attention, despite his age. Tomasek has another year on his SHL contract but there’s an out clause should the NHL come knocking.
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Josh Samanski (GER/CAN) - C/LW - 22 - 6-foot-6, 190 pounds - DEL
Former OHLer and 2-time WJC contestant Samanski is a player we continue to keep our sites on and this season, it hasn’t been hard to do as he’s been pure eye candy for his Straubing Tigers. We already thought he’d be a player the NHL would take into consideration last summer after he arrived as a bonafide middle six forward at the ripe age of 21.
Now he’s taken things to a whole new level. A very big boy who uses his size well to gain, protect, and battle for pucks, Samanski has done nothing but show continual bursts of speed, silky mitts, and a keen sense of creating and finishing all season long.
Yes, he’s got a contract with DEL powerhouse Berlin next season, but if he continues on this pace, he’ll be putting up numbers we haven’t really seen from a youngster his age since Dominik Kahun earned himself an NHL contract. And Kahun was older and smaller when he did. Wearing an A on his jersey, Samanski already has a career high 40 points in 52 games as his team holds the prime spot for the upcoming wild card round.
At this rate, you shouldn’t be surprised to see him suiting up for Team Germany at the upcoming Worlds either.
SIDENOTE: His younger brother Noah is currently playing for the Powell River Kings in the BCHL.
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